The learned reader will perceive that the metre is Sapphic, and affords a fine opportunity for his scanning and proving, if he has not forgotten them.
Cōld wăs thē nīght wīnd; drĭftĭng fāst thĕ snōws fĕll;
Wīde wĕre thē dōwns, ānd shĕltĕrlēss ănd nākēd:
Whēn ă poōr wānd’rēr strŭgglĕd ōn hĕr joūrnĕy,
Wēāry ănd wāy-sōre.[[9]]
This is enough; unless the reader should wish to be informed how
Fāst o’ĕr thē blēāk hēāth răttlĭng drōve ă chārīōt;
Or how, not long after,
Loūd blĕw thē wīnd, ūnhēārd wăs hēr cŏmplāinĭng—