A lit | tle child | a lim | ber elf ||
— Sing | ing danc | ing to | itself ||
At any rate, to adopt this latter method (of beginning to mark off the feet from the end, instead of from the beginning of the line) will be found to be far more convenient in practice; since the accented syllables, instead of drifting about, will thus always be placed at the end of a foot. We should thus, for instance, introduce the same marking off of syllables in the line,
Ánd | ðe séx | te dá | is ligt || l. [167],
as we have in the line,
ðo cám | ðe fíf | te dá | is ligt || l. [158].
Examples of couplets containing a line of each kind are not uncommon; thus, ll. [29], [30]:—
Fá | der gód | of ál | le ðhínge ||
Almíg | tin lóu | erd hég | est kínge ||