“With hic | and hoec, | as Pris | -cian tells, | sacer | -dos was
| de_cli | -n~ed_;
But now | its gen | -der by | the pope | far bet | -ter is | de_fi
| -n~ed_.”
Churchill’s New Grammar, p. 188.

MEASURE III.—­IAMBIC OF SIX FEET, OR HEXAMETER.

Example I.—­A Couplet.

“S~o v=a | _-r~y~ing still_ | th~eir m=oods, | obs=erv | -ing =yet
| in =all
Their quan | -tities, | their rests, | their cen | -sures met
| -rical.” 
MICHAEL DRAYTON:  _Johnson’s Quarto Dict., w.  Quantity_.

_Example II.—­From a Description of a Stag-Hunt_.

“And through | the cumb | -rous thicks, | as fear | -fully | he makes,
He with | his branch | -ed head | the ten | -der sap | -lings shakes,
That sprink | -ling their | moist pearl | do seem | for him | to weep;
When aft | -er goes | the cry, | with yell | -ings loud | and deep,
That all | the for | -est rings, | and ev | -ery neigh
| -bouring place: 
And there | is not | a hound | but fall | -eth to | the chase.” 
DRAYTON:  Three Couplets from twenty-three,
in Everett’s Versif., p. 66.

Example III.—­An Extract from Shakespeare.

“If love | make me | forsworn, | how shall | I swear | to love?  O, nev | -er faith | could hold, | if not | to beau | -ty vow’d:  Though to | myself | forsworn, | to thee | I’ll con | -stant prove; Those thoughts, | to me | like oaks, | to thee | like o | -siers bow’d. St=ud~y | his bi | -as leaves, | and makes | his book | thine eyes, Where all | those pleas | -ures live, | that art | can com | -prehend.  If knowl | -edge be | the mark, | to know | thee shall | suffice; Well learn | -ed is | that tongue | that well | can thee | commend; All ig | -norant | that soul | that sees | thee with’ | o~ut wonder; Which is | to me | some praise, | that I | thy parts | admire:  Thine eye | Jove’s light | -ning seems, | thy voice | his dread
                                                    | _-ful thunder_,
Which (not | to an | -ger bent) | is mu | -sic and | sweet fire.  Celes | -tial as | thou art, | O, do | not love | that wrong, To sing | the heav | -ens’ praise | with such | an earth | -ly tongue.”
    The Passionate Pilgrim, Stanza IX;
SINGER’S SHAK., Vol. ii, p. 594.

Example IV.—­The Ten Commandments Versified.

“Adore | no God | besides | me, to | provoke | mine eyes;
Nor wor | -ship me | in shapes | and forms | that men | devise;
With rev | ’rence use | my name, | nor turn | my words | to jest;
Observe | my sab | -bath well, | nor dare | profane | my rest;
Honor | and due | obe | -dience to | thy pa | -rents give;
Nor spill | the guilt | -less blood, | nor let | the guilt
| -y live;[507]
Preserve | thy bod | -y chaste, | and flee | th’ unlaw | -ful bed;
Nor steal | thy neigh | -bor’s gold, | his gar | -ment, or | his bread;
Forbear | to blast | his name | with false | -hood or deceit;
Nor let | thy wish | -es loose | upon | his large | estate.” 
DR. ISAAC WATTS:  Lyric Poems, p. 46.