11. And fourthly you will notice, that some of the words are shortened by leaving out a letter, and putting in its place a mark called an apostrophe, which looks just like a comma, only it is placed higher up in the line, as in the following line:
"Thus we're prepared for longer days."
12. In this line, if the words were written out at full length, with all their letters in them, the line would stand as follows:
"Thus we are prepared for longer days."
13. But this would destroy what is called the measure of the line, by putting too many syllables into it; and therefore the words we are are shortened, so as to be read as one syllable, and the line is to be read as follows:
"Thus weer prepared for longer days."
14. The next difference I shall point out to you between prose and verse, is that in verse the words are placed in a different order from what they would be in prose; as you will notice in the following lines:
| "When all thy mercies, oh my God! |
| My rising soul surveys, |
| Transported with the view, I'm lost |
| In wonder, love and praise." |
15. Now, if these lines were written in prose, the words would stand in the following order: "O my God! when my rising soul surveys all thy mercies, I'm transported with the view of them, and lost in wonder, love and praise."