Sternhold and Hopkins did, generally, write in the alternate measure of eight and six syllables; but Hopkins commonly rhymed the first and third; Sternhold, only the second and fourth: so that Sternhold may be considered, as writing couplets of long lines; but Hopkins wrote regular stanzas.

Look at his love for Nature, too; and read the fourth stanza in connexion with my previous remarks upon symbolism.

I shall quote as a specimen the first three stanzas: 'If e'er my fingers touch'd the lyre, In satire fierce, in pleasure gay; Shall not my THRALIA'S smiles inspire?

* FOOTNOTE ON THE TEXT [Footnote A: Compare the last stanza of "Strange fits of passion have I known," p. 79 of this volume.

They contain rhetorical and martial stanzas, which are the delight of many boys; but they lack the spirituality and beauty that are necessary for great poetry.

He had dined that day at Mr. Hoole's, and Miss Helen Maria Williams being expected in the evening, Mr. Hoole put into his hands her beautiful Ode on the Peace: Johnson read it over, and when this elegant and accomplished young lady was presented to him, he took her by the hand in the most courteous manner, and repeated the finest stanza of her poem; this was the most delicate and pleasing compliment he could pay.

[Footnote 1: This poem is composed of hendecasyllabic verses of both classes, with a heptasyllabic verse closing the first stanza, and a pentasyllable verse closing the second stanza.

I add two stanzas of another of like sort.

When I have given two precious stanzas, most wise as well as most lyrical and lovely, from the poems of our honoured Charles Kingsley, I shall turn to the other of the classes into which the devout thinkers of the day have divided.

" Victorine was a little frightened herself, as she sang this last stanza.

I have omitted three stanzas.

My friends will not deem it too trifling to relate, that while walking to and fro I composed the last stanza first, having begun with the last line.

You will see that he understood if you will recall the second stanza, which, if you are the person I take you for, you will do without needing to turn to a book.

Poe immediately completed the stanza which now reads: Hear the tolling of the bells, Iron bells!

I have left out just three stanzas, because of the sentimentalism of which I have spoken: I would have left out more if I could have done so without spoiling the symmetry of the poem.

From the first of these we shall extract two or three stanzas of the introductory poem, not only on account of their intrinsic merit, but because they state, pretty roundly, Mr. Moxon's principles of poetry.

I remember the first two stanzas of it: "Once I was a monarch's daughter, And sat on a lady's knee; But am now a nightly rover, Banish'd to the ivy tree Crying, hoo hoo, hoo hoo, hoo hoo, Hoo hoo hoo, my feet are cold!

There were three typical methods of rime disposition: firstly, the rimes might all find their answer within the stanza, which was thus a self-contained whole; secondly, the rimes might find their answer within the stanza and be again repeated in the same order in all following stanzas; and thirdly, the rimes might find no answer within the stanza, but be repeated in following stanzas.

To such defenders of Religion I would apply a stanza of a poem which I remember to have seen in some old collection: "Henceforth be quiet and agree, Each kiss his empty brother; Religion scorns a foe like thee, But dreads a friend like t'other.

Reverting to our discussion of memory, we come upon another question: In memorizing material like the poem of our example, should one impress the entire poem at once, or break it up into parts, impressing a stanza each day?

I have inserted the stanza as Johnson repeated it from memory; but I have since found the poem itself, in The Foundling Hospital for Wit, printed at London, 1749.

You probably proceeded as follows: After school one day, you learned the first stanza, then went out to play.

I love that stanza ending with

In the first paragraph of the thirty-third chapter of Adam Bede is a sentence which makes a successful stanza in iambics by the addition of a single word.

One of these, little Nannie, was full of pleasant surprises, and "brought down the house" during examination, by reciting a country girl's account of her presentation at court, in which occurs this stanza: "And there the King and I were standing Face and face together; I said, 'How is your Majesty?