4. The fourth Trochaic species consists of four trochees: as,
“Ūgh! yŏu līttlĕ lūmp ŏf blūbbĕr, Sleep, oh! sleep in quiet, do! Cease awhile your bib to slobber-- Cease your bottle mouth to screw.
“How I wish your eyelids never Would unclose again at all; For I know as soon as ever You’re awake, you’re sure to squall.
“Dad and Mammy’s darling honey, Tomb-stone cherub, stuff’d with slops, Let each noodle, dolt, and spooney Smack, who will, your pudding chops.
“As for me, as soon I’d smother, As I’d drown a sucking cat, You, you cub, or any other Nasty little squalling brat.”
[Illustration: “Would you, you disagreeable old Bachelor?”]
This form may take an additional long syllable, but this measure is very uncommon. Example:
“Chrōnŏnhōtŏnthōlŏgōs thĕ Grēat, Godlike in a barrow kept his state.”
5. The fifth Trochaic species is likewise uncommon; and, as a Bowbellian would say, “uncommon” ugly. It contains _five_ trochees: as,
“Hēre lĭes Māry̆, wīfe ŏf Thōmăs Cārtĕr, Who to typhus fever proved a martyr.”
These are a specimen of the “uncouth rhymes” so touchingly alluded to by Gray.
6. The sixth form of the English Trochaic is a line of six trochees: as,
“Mōst bĕwītchĭng dāmsĕl, c̄harmĭng Ārăbēllă, Prithee, cast an eye of pity on a fellow.”
The Dactylic measure is extremely uncommon. The following may be considered an example of one species of it:
“Cēliă thĕ crūĕl, rĕsōlv’d nŏt tŏ mārry̆ sŏon, Boasts of a heart like a fortified garrison, Bulwarks and battlements keeping the _beaux_ all off, Shot from within knocking lovers like foes all off.”
1. The shortest anapæstic verse is a single anapæst: as,
This measure, after all, is ambiguous; for if the stress of the voice be laid on the first and third syllables, it becomes trochaic. Perhaps, therefore, it is best to consider the first form of our Anapæstic verse, as made up of two anapæsts: as,
“Sĕt ă schōolbŏy ăt wōrk With a knife and a fork.”
And here, if you like, you may have another short syllable: as,
“Ănd hŏw sōon thĕ yoŭng glūttŏn Will astonish your mutton!”
2. The second species consists of three anapæsts: as,
“Ămărȳllĭs wăs slēndĕr ănd tāll, Colin Clodpole was dumpy and fat; And tho’ _she_ did’n’t like him at all, Yet he doted on _her_ for all that.”