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Example II&mdash;Common Sense and Genius. 3.

"While I \ touch the \ string,   Wreathe my \ brows with \ laurel;    For the \ tale I \ sing,    Has, for \ once, a \ moral!

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Common \ Sense went \ on, Many \ wise things \ saying; While the \ light that \ shone, Soon set \ Genius \ straying.

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One his eye ne'er \ rais'd   From the \ path be\-fore him; T' other \ idly \ gaz'd   On each \ night-cloud \ o'er him.

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While I \ touch the \ string, Wreathe my \ brows with \ laurel; For the \ tale I \ sing, Has, for \ once, a \ moral!

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So they \ came, at \ last, To a \ shady \ river; Common \ Sense soon \pass'd   Safe,&mdash;as \ he doth \ ever.

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While the \ boy whose \ look Was in \ heav'n that \ minute, Never \ saw the \ brook,&mdash; But tum\-bled head\-long in it."      Six Stanzas from Twelve.&mdash;, p. 271. This short measure is much oftener used in stanzas, than in couplets. It is, in many instances, combined with some different order or metre of verse, as in the following:

Example III.&mdash;Part of a Song. "Go where \ glory \ waits thee,   But while \ fame e\-lates thee,        Oh! still \ remem\-ber me.    When the \ praise thou \ meetest,    To thine \ ear is \ sweetest,        Oh! then \ remem\-ber me.    Other \ arms may \ press thee,    Dearer \ friends ca\-ress thee,    All the \ joys that \ bless thee,        Sweeter \ far may \ be:    But when \ friends are \ nearest,    And when \ joys are \ dearest,        Oh! then \ remem\-ber me.

When, at \ eve, thou \ rovest, By the \ star thou \ lovest, ''Oh! then \ remem\-ber me''. Think when \ home re\-turning, Bright we've \ seen it \ burning; ''Oh! thus \ remem\-ber me''. Oft as \ summer \ closes, When thine \ eye re\-poses On its \ ling'ring \ roses, Once so \ loved by \ thee, Think of \ her who \ wove them, Her who \ made thee \ love them; ''Oh! then \ remem\-ber me."        Melodies, Songs, and Airs, p. 107. Example IV.&mdash;From an Ode to the Thames''.   "On thy \ shady \ margin, Care its \ load dis\-charging, Is lull'd \ to gen\-tle rest:

Britain \ thus dis\-arming, Nothing \ her a\-larming, Shall sleep on Cæ\-sar's breast."        See : Johnson's British Poets, Vol. iv, p. 58. Example V.&mdash;"The True Poet"&mdash;First Two of Nine Stanzas.    1.    "Poet \ of the \ heart, Delving \ in its \ mine, From man\-kind a\-part, Yet where \ jewels \ shine; Heaving \ upward \ to the \ light, Precious \ wealth that \ charms the \ sight;

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Toil thou \ still, deep \ down, For earth's \ hidden \ gems; They shall \ deck a \ crown, Blaze in \ dia\-dems; And when \ thy hand \ shall fall \ to rest, Brightly \ jewel \ beauty's \ breast."      JANE B. LOCKE: N. Y. Evening Post; The Examiner, No. 98. Example VI.&mdash;"Summer Longings"&mdash;First Two of Five Stanzas.   "Ah! my \ heart is \ ever \ waiting, Waiting \ for the \ May,&mdash; Waiting \ for the \ pleasant \ rambles Where the \ fragrant \ hawthorn \ brambles, With the \ woodbine \ alter\-nating, Scent the \ dewy \ way. Ah! my \ heart is \ weary \ waiting, Waiting \ for the \ May.

Ah! my \ heart is \ sick with \ longing, Longing \ for the \ May,&mdash; Longing \ to e\-scape from \ study, To the \ young face \ fair and \ ruddy, And the \ thousand \ charms be\-longing To the \ Summer's \ day. Ah! my \ heart is \ sick with \ longing, Longing \ for the \ May."       "D. F. M. C.:" Dublin University Magazine; Liberator, No. 952.