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 I think,' \ said the god, \ recollect\-ing, (and then   He fell twid\-dling a sun\-beam as I \ may my pen,) 'I think&mdash; \ let me see&mdash; \ yes, it is, \ I declare, As long \ ago now \ as that Buck\-ingham there; And yet \ I can't see \ why I've been \ so remiss, Unless \ it may be&mdash; \ and it cer\-tainly is, That since Dry\-den's fine ver\-ses and Mil\-ton's sublime, I have fair\-ly been sick \ of their sing\-song and rhyme.'"       LEIGH HUNT: Poems, New-York Edition, of 1814.

Example III.&mdash;The Crowning of Four Favourites. "Then, 'Come,' \ cried the god \ in his el\-egant mirth,   'Let us make \ us a heav'n \ of our own \ upon earth,    And wake, \ with the lips \ that we dip \ in our bowls,    That divin\-est of mu\-sic&mdash;conge\-nial souls.'    So say\-ing, he led \ through the din\-ing-room door,    And, seat\-ing the po\-ets, cried, 'Lau\-rels for four!'    No soon\-er demand\-ed, than, lo! \ they were there,    And each \ of the bards \ had a wreath \ in his hair.    Tom Camp\-bell's with wil\-low and pop\-lar was twin'd,    And South\-ey's, with moun\-tain-ash, pluck'd \ in the wind;    And Scott's, \ with a heath \ from his old \ garden stores,    And, with vine\-leaves and jump\-up-and-kiss\-me, Tom Moore's." LEIGH HUNT: from line 330 to line 342. Example IV.&mdash;"Glenara."&mdash;First Two of Eight Stanzas. "O heard \ ye yon pi\-broch sound sad \ in the gale,   Where a band \ cometh slow\-ly with weep\-ing and wail!    'Tis the chief \ of Glena\-ra laments \ for his dear;    And her sire, \ and the peo\-ple, are called \ to her bier.

Glena\-ra came first \ with the mourn\-ers and shroud; Her kins\-men, they fol\-lowed, but mourned \ not aloud; Their plaids \ all their bo\-soms were fold\-ed around; They marched \ all in si\-lence&mdash;they looked \ on the ground."       T. CAMPBELL'S Poetical Works, p. 105. Example V.&mdash;"Lochiel's Warning."&mdash;Ten Lines from Eighty-six.   "'Tis the sun\-set of life \ gives me mys\-tical lore, And com\-ing events \ cast their shad\-ows before. I tell \ thee, Cullo\-den's dread ech\-oes shall ring With the blood\-hounds that bark \ for thy fu\-gitive king. Lo! anoint\-ed by Heav'n \ with the vi\-als of wrath, Behold, \ where he flies \ on his des\-olate path! Now, in dark\-ness and bil\-lows he sweeps \ from my sight; Rise! rise! \ ye wild tem\-pests, and cov\-er his flight! 'Tis fin\-ished. Their thun\-ders are hushed \ on the moors; Cullo\-den is lost, \ and my coun\-try deplores."&mdash;Ib., p. 89. Example VI.&mdash;"The Exile of Erin."&mdash;The First of Five Stanzas.  "There came \ to the beach \ a poor Ex\-ile of E\-rĭn, The dew \ on his thin \ robe was heav\-y and chill; For his coun\-try he sighed, \ when at twi\-light repair\-ĭng To wan\-der alone \ by the wind\-beaten hill. But the day\-star attract\-ed his eye's \ sad devo\-tĭon, For it rose \ o'er his own \ native isle \ of the o\-cĕan, Where once, \ in the fire \ of his youth\-ful emo \ tĭon, He sang \ the bold an\-them of E\-rin go bragh."&mdash;Ib., p. 116. Example VII.&mdash;"The Poplar Field."  "The pop\-lars are fell'd, \ farewell \ to the shade, And the whis\-pering sound \ of the cool \ colonnade; The winds \ play no lon\-ger and sing \ in the leaves, Nor Ouse \ on his bo\-som their im\-age receives. Twelve years \ have elaps'd, \ since I last \ took a view Of my fa\-vourite field, \ and the bank \ where they grew; And now \ in the grass \ behold \ they are laid, And the tree \ is my seat \ that once lent \ me a shade. The black\-bird has fled \ to anoth\-er retreat, Where the ha\-zels afford \ him a screen \ from the heat, And the scene, \ where his mel\-ody charm'd \ me before, Resounds \ with his sweet\-flowing dit\-ty no more. ''