There are, however, some errors of accentuation—for example:
| So strong in that misanthrope's bosom wrought A frenzied malice. |
Again—
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He would have made himself A green oasis mid the strife of tongues. |
We observe too that Mrs. Sigourney places the accent in Wyoming on the second syllable.
| 'Twas summer in Wyoming. Through the breast, &c. |
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———And the lore Of sad Wyoming's chivalry, a part Of classic song. |
But we have no right to quarrel with her for this. The word is so pronounced by those who should know best. Campbell, however, places the accent on the first syllable.
On Susquehannah's banks, fair Wyoming!
We will conclude our remarks upon Zinzendorff with a passage of surpassing beauty, energy, and poetic power. Why cannot Mrs. Sigourney write always thus?