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In this verse an additional short syllable is also admitted: as,

4. The fourth form is made up of four Iambuses: as,

5. The fifth species of English Iambic consists of five Iambuses: as,

The Epic of which the above example is the opening, will perhaps appear hereafter. This kind of Iambic constitutes what is called the heroic measure:—of which we shall have more to say by and by; but shall