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Ah, the \ dwellers \ of the \ town, How they \ sigh,&mdash; How un\-grateful\-ly they \ frown, When the \ cloud-king \ shakes his \ crown, And the \ pearls come \ pouring \ down From the \ sky! They de\-scry no \ charm at \ all Where the \ sparkling \ jewels \ fall, And each \ moment \ of the \ shower, Seems an \ hour!

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Yet there's \ something \ very \ sweet In the \ sight, When the \ crystal \ currents \ meet In the \ dry and \ dusty \ street, And they \ wrestle \ with the \ heat, In their \ might! While they \ seem to \ hold a \ talk With the \ stones a\-long the \ walk, And re\-mind them \ of the \ rule, To 'keep \ cool!'

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Ay, but \ in that \ quiet \ dell, Ever \ fair, Still the \ Lord doth \ all things \ well, When his \ clouds with \ blessings \ swell, And they \ break a \ brimming \ shell On the \ air; There the \ shower \ hath its \ charms, Sweet and \ welcome \ to the \ farms As they \ listen \ to its \ voice, And re\-joice!"       Rev. RALPH HOYT'S Poems: The Examiner, Nov. 6, 1847. Example VI.&mdash;"A Good Name?"&mdash;Two Beautiful Little Stanzas.    1.

"Children, \ choose it,      Don't re\-fuse it,    'Tis a \ precious \ dia\-dem;       Highly \ prize it,       Don't de\-spise it,    You will \ need it \ when you're \ men.

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Love and \ cherish, Keep and \ nourish, 'Tis more \ precious \ far than \ gold; Watch and \ guard it, Don't dis\-card it, You will \ need it \ when you're \ old."      The Family Christian Almanac, for 1850, p. 20.

OBSERVATIONS.

MEASURE VIII.&mdash;TROCHAIC OF ONE FOOT, OR MONOMETER.
Examples with Longer Metres.

1. WITH IAMBICS. "Frŏm wālk \ tŏ wālk, \ frŏm shāde \ tŏ shāde,   From stream to purl\-ing stream \ convey'd,    Through all \ the ma\-zes of \ the grove,    Through all \ the ming\-ling tracks \ I rove,        Turning,        Burning,        Changing,        Ranging,    Fūll ŏf \ griēf ănd \ fūll ŏf \ lōve." ADDISON'S Rosamond, Act I, Sc. 4:          Everett's Versification, p. 81. 2. WITH ANAPESTICS, &c. "Tŏ lōve ănd tŏ lānguĭsh,     Tŏ sīgh \ ănd cŏmplāin,    Hŏw crūĕl's thĕ ānguĭsh!      Hŏw tŏrmēnt\-ĭng thĕ pāin!        Suing,        Pursuing,        Flying,        Denying,      O the curse \ of disdain!      How torment\-ing's the pain!" GEO. GRANVILLE: ''Br. Poets'', Vol. v, p. 31.

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 * 1) The metres acknowledged in our ordinary schemes of prosody, scarcely amount, with all their "boundless variety," to more than one half, or three quarters, of what may be found in actual use somewhere. Among the foregoing examples, are some which are longer, and some which are shorter, than what are commonly known to our grammarians; and some, also, which