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128 "See the clouds Like to shrouds All so dun, Hide the Sun: Daylight dies; Winds arise; Songsters quake, 'Midst the brake; Shepherds beat Swift retreat: Thunder rolls Save our souls!— Welkin glares— Lightning flares, While it splits Oak to bits— Hail comes down— Oh, my crown! Patter crack! Clatter whack!

"Lo you there! High in air Whirlwinds snatch Tiles and thatch! Steeple nods! Oh! ye Gods! Hark!—that bang!— Brazen clang! There the bell Thund'ring fell! How it pours! Ocean roars, Earth replies— Mind your eyes— Here's a cave— Oh! that's brave! Gracious Powers Safety's ours!"

2. The second English form of the Trochaic consists of two feet: as,

It sometimes contains two feet, or trochees, with an additional long syllable: as,

3. The third species consists of three trochees: as,

Or of three trochees, with an additional long syllable; as,