Never once shaking: so on high Jehova
Who his hope buildeth, very firmly steadfast
Ever abideth."
The 120th Psalm is in Alcaics, and, I think, very successful, considering the difficulty of the metre. It commences thus:
"As to th' Eternall often in anguishes
Erst have I called, never unanswered,
Againe I call, againe I calling
Doubt not againe to receave an answer."
There are also specimens of other Latin metres in the same collection.
I remember about eighteen or twenty years ago an "Ode to December," in Blackwood's Magazine, the first stanza of which was as follows (I quote from memory):