An Experiment For A Metre

I heard a voice pealing loud triumph to-day: The voice of the Triumph, O Freedom, was thine! Sumptuous Tyranny challeng'd the fray,[1014:2] 'Drunk with Idolatry, drunk with wine.' Whose could the Triumph be Freedom but thine? Stars of the Heaven shine to feed thee; Hush'd are the Whirl-blasts and heed thee;-- By her depth, by her height, Nature swears thou art mine!

1. Amphibrach tetrameter catalectic [breve macron breve] | [breve macron breve] | [breve macron breve] | [breve macron]

2. Ditto.

3. Three pseudo amphimacers, and one long syllable.

4. Two dactyls, and one perfect Amphimacer.

5. = 1 and 2.

6. [macron breve macron] | [macron breve macron breve] |

7. [macron breve macron] | [macron breve macron breve] |

8. [macron breve macron] | [macron breve macron], [macron breve macron], [macron breve macron]

1801. Now first published from an MS.

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