Example VII.—­The Palmer’s Morning Hymn.

“Lauded | be thy | name for | ever, Thou, of | life the | guard and | giver!  Thou canst | guard thy | creatures | sleeping, Heal the | heart long | broke with | weeping, Rule the | =ouphes and | =elves at | w=ill Th~at v=ex | th~e =air | _~or h=aunt_ | th~e h=ill, _~And =all_ | th~e f=u | _-r~y s=ub_ | _-j~ect k=eep_ _~Of b=oil_ | _-ing cl=oud_ | _and ch=af_ | _-ed d=eep!_

    I have | s=een, and | w=ell I | kn=ow it! 
    Thou hast | done, and | Thou wilt | do it! 
    God of | stillness | and of | motion! 
    Of the | rainbow | and the | ocean! 
    Of the | mountain, | rock, and | river! 
    Blessed | be Thy | name for | ever! 
    I have | seen thy | wondrous | might
    Through the | shadows | of this | night!

    Thou, who | slumber’st | not, nor | sleepest! 
    Blest are | they thou | kindly | keepest! 
    Spirits, | from the | ocean | under,
    Liquid | flame, and | levell’d | thunder,
    Need not | waken | nor a |-larm them—­
    All com |-bined, they | cannot | harm them.

    God of | evening’s | yellow | ray,
    God of | yonder | dawning | day,
    Thine the | flaming | sphere of | light! 
    Thine the | darkness | of the | night! 
    Thine are | all the | gems of | even,
    God of | angels! | God of | heaven!”
        JAMES HOGG:  Mador of the Moor, Poems, p. 206.

Example VIII—­A Short Song, of Two Stanzas.

   “Stay, my | charmer, | can you | leave me? 
    Cruel, | cruel, | to de |-ceive me! 
    Well you | know how | much you | grieve me: 
    Cruel | charmer, | can you | go? 
    Cruel | charmer, | can you | go?

    By my | love, so | ill re |-quited;
    By the | faith you | fondly plighted;
    By the | pangs of | lovers slighted;
    Do not, | do not | leave me | so! 
    Do not, | do not | leave me | so!”
        ROBERT BURNS:  Select Works, Vol. ii, p. 129.

Example IX.—­Lingering Courtship.

1.  “Never | wedding, | ever | wooing, Still | lovelorn | heart pur |-suing, Read you | not the | wrong you’re | doing, In my | cheek’s pale | hue?  All my | life with | sorrow | strewing, Wed, or | cease to | woo.

2.  Rivals | banish’d, | bosoms | plighted, Still our | days are | disu |-nited; Now the | lamp of | hope is | lighted, Now half | quench’d ap | -pears, Damp’d, and | wavering, and be | -nighted, Midst my | sighs and | tears.

    3. 
    Charms you | call your | dearest | blessing,
    Lips that | thrill at | your ca | -ressing,
    Eyes a | mutual soul con | -fessing,
    Soon you’ll | make them | grow
    Dim, and | worthless | your pos | -sessing,
    Not with | age, but | woe!”
        CAMPBELL:  Everett’s System of Versification, p. 91.