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 Woe-begone \ mother, half \ anger, half \ agony, Over thy \ shoulder thou \ lookest to \ hush the babe, Bleakly the \ blinding snow \ beats in thy \ haggard face. Ne'er will thy \ husband re\-turn from the \ war again, Cold is thy \ heart, and as \ frozen as \ Charity! Cold are thy \ children.&mdash;Now \ God be thy \ comforter!"       ROBERT SOUTHEY: Poems, Philad., 1843, p. 250. Example II.&mdash;Boys.&mdash;A Dactylic Stanza.   "Boys will an\-ticipate, \ lavish, and \ dissipate All that your \ busy pate \ hoarded with \ care; And, in their \ foolishness, \ passion, and \ mulishness, Charge you with \ churlishness, \ spurning your pray'r." Example III&mdash;"Labour."&mdash;The First of Five Stanzas.  "Pause not to \ dream of the \ future be\-fore us; Pause not to \ weep the wild \ cares that come \ o'er us: Hark, how Cre\-ation's deep, \ musical \ chorus, Uninter\-mitting, goes \ up into \ Heaven! Never the \ ocean-wave \ falters in \ flowing; Never the \ little seed \ stops in its \ growing; More and more \ richly the \ rose-heart keeps \ glowing, Till from its \ nourishing \ stem it is \ riven."       FRANCES S. OSGOOD: Clapp's Pioneer, p. 94. Example IV : "Boat Song."&mdash;First Stanza of Four.   "Hail to the \ chief who in \ triumph ad\-vances! Honour'd and \ bless'd be the \ ever-green \ pine! Long may the \ tree in his \ banner that \ glances, Flourish, the \ shelter and \ grace of our \ line! Heaven send it happy dew, Earth lend it sap anew, Gayly to \ bourgeon, and \ broadly to \ grow, While ev'ry \ Highland glen Sends our shout \ back agen, 'Roderigh Vich Alpine Dhu, ho! ieroe!'"       WALTER SCOTT: Lady of the Lake, C. ii, St. 19.

MEASURE VI.&mdash;DACTYLIC OF THREE FEET, OR TRIMETER.
Example : To the Katydid. "Ka-ty-did, \ Ka-ty-did, \ sweetly sing,&mdash;     Sing to thy \ loving mates \ near to thee;    Summer is \ come, and the \ trees are green,&mdash;      Summer's glad \ season so \ dear to thee.

Cheerily, \ cheerily, \ insect, sing; Blithe be thy \ notes in the \ hickory; Every \ bough shall an \ answer ring, Sweeter than \ trumpet of \ victory."

MEASURE VII.&mdash;DACTYLIC OF TWO FEET, OR DIMETER.
Example I.&mdash;The Bachelor.&mdash;Four Lines from Many. "Free from sa\-tiety,   Care, and anx\-iety,    Charms in va\-riety,    Fall to his \ share."&mdash;ANON.: Newspaper. Example II : The Pibroch.&mdash;Sixteen Lines from Forty. "Pibroch of \ Donuil Dhu,     Pibroch of \ Donuil,    Wake thy wild \ voice anew.      Summon Clan\-Conuil.    Come away, \ come away!      Hark to the \ summons!    Come in your \ war-array,      Gentles and \ commons!

"Come as the \ winds come, when     Forests are \ rended;    Come as the \ waves come, when      Navies are \ stranded;    Faster come, \ faster come,      Faster and \ faster!    Chief, vassal, \ page, and groom,      Tenant and \ master."&mdash;W. SCOTT. Example III : "My Boy."

&lsquo;There is even a happiness that makes the heart afraid.&rsquo;&mdash;HOOD. 1.   "One more new \ claimant for      Human fra\-ternity,    Swelling the \ flood that sweeps      On to e\-ternity;

I who have \ filled the cup, Tremble to \ think of it; For, be it \ what it may, I must yet \ drink of it.