| gret 7 | 7 7 and es * 7 That will not so suddenly | pass. 7 teem * 7 Where | * * * * 7 To | deck | 7 its | Poet's sylvan | grave. * * [The pupil will observe that prose as well as poetry is made up of similar measures of speech. The only difference in sound, between poetry and prose, is that poetry or verse consists of a regular succession of similar measures, which produce a harmonious impression on the ear; while in prose, the different kinds of measure occur promiscuously without any regular succession. The following example affords an instance of prose divided off into measures.] [In the following extracts, the marks of the accented and unaccented syllables are omitted, but the bars and rests are retained. The usual punctuation is also restored.] 700. PART OF THE NINTH CHAPTER OF ST. JOHN. And as Jesus | passed | by, 7 | 7 he | saw a man which was blind from his birth. | 77 |77| And his dis- ciples | asked him, saying, | Master, | who did | sin, 77 this man | 7 or his | parents, that he was born 7 blind? | 77 | 77 | Jesus answered, | Neiman | sinned | nor his works of | God | 7 should ther hath this but that the manifest in parents: |77| be made 7 | him. 77 | 77 | I must work the | works of him that | sent me, | while it is | day; | 77 | 7 the night | cometh | 7 when | no 7 | man work. 7 | 77 | 77 | 7 As | long | 7 as the world, 7 | I | am the | light | 7 of the world. | 77|77| When he had thus 7 | spoken, | 7 he | spat on the ground, 7 | 7 and made | clay | 7 of eyes 7 | 7 of clay, 7 | 7 and | said the spittle, and he a- | nointed the the blind man 7 with the | unto him, | Go, 7 | wash in the pool of | Siloam, | 77 (which is, by in- terpre- tation, | Sent.) | 77 | 777 He went his way, therefore, | 7 and | washed, 7 and came | seeing. |77|77| 7 The neighbors | therefore, | 7 and they which before had seen him, that he was blind, | 7 7 | said 7 Is not [this 7 | he that | sat and | begged? | 7777 | Some | said, 7 | This is | he; |77| others | said, 7 | He is like him: |77|7 but | he | said, 7 I am | he. | 77 | 77 | Therefore | said they unto him, | 77 | How | were thine | eyes | opened? | 77777 He | answered and | said, | 7 A | man | 7 that is called | Jesus, | made | clay, | 7 and a- | nointed mine | eyes, | 7 and | said unto me, | Go to the pool of Siloam, | 7 and | wash: 7 | 77 | 7 and I went and | washed, | 7 and I re- | ceived | sight. | 77 | 77 | Then | said they unto him, | 77 | Where | is he? | 77 | 7 | He | said, 7 | 7 | I know not. | 7 7 | 7 7 | 7 They brought to the Pharisees | him that a- | fore time 7 was | blind. | 7 7 | And it was the | Sabbath day 7 | 7 when | Jesus | made the clay, | 7 and opened his | eyes. |77| Then a- | gain the | Pharisees also | asked him | how he had re- |ceived his sight. | 77 | 7 He | said unto them,* | 7 He | put 7 clay 77 upon mine | eyes, | 7 and I washed | and do see. | 77 | 77 | Therefore said | some of the | Phariseas, 7 This man is not of God, | 7 be- | cause 7 he keepeth not the Sabbath | day. | 77 | Others | said, 7 | How can a | man that is a | sinner, | do such | miracles? | 77 | And there was 7 a di- | vision among them. 7 7 7 7 7 They say unto the blind man a- | gain, 7|77| What | sayest | thou of him that he hath | opened thine | eyes? | 7 7 | 7 He said, 7 | He is a | prophet. | 7 7 | 7 7 | 701. PSALM CXXXIX. O | Lord, 7 | thou hast | searched me, | 7 and | known me. 77777 Thou | knowest my down | sitting | 7 and mine up 7 | rising; | 7 thou | under- | standest my thoughts 7 a- | far | off. 7|77|77| Thou | * See number 660, page 90. compassest my | path, 7 | 7 and my | lying | down, 7 | and art acquainted with all my ways. 77 | For | there is not a word in my tongue, | 7 but | lo, 7 | 07 | Lord thou 7 | knowest it | alto- | gether. | 77 | 77 Thou hast be- | set me | 7 be- | hind and before, 77 and laid thine hand up- | on me. |77| 77 Such 7 | knowledge is too wonderful for | me: | 77 it is high 7 | 7 I | cannot at- | tain unto it. | 7 7 | 77 | Whither shall I go 7 | 7 from thy | spirit? | 77 | 7 or whither shall I | flee from thy | presence? | 77 | 77 | If I as- | cend 7 | up into | heaven, |77| thou art there 77 | if I make my | bed in | hell | 7 be- | hold, 7 | thou art | there. | 7 7 | 7 7 | If I | take the wings of the | morning | 7 and | dwell in the | uttermost parts of the | sea: 77 | Even | there | 7 shall thy hand 7 | lead me, | 7 and thy | right | hand shall hold me. | 7 7 7 7 | If I say, | Surely the darkness shall | cover me: 77 | even the night 7 | 7 shall be light a- | bout me: | 7 7 | Yea, | 7 the darkness | hideth not from thee; 7 7 but the night | | | shineth as the day : | 77 | 7 the | darkness | and the | light 7 | 7 are | both a- | like | 7 to | thee. | 77 | 77 | 702. MARCO BOZZARIS. 7 [He fell in an attack upon the Turkish camp at Lapsi, the site of ancient Platæa, August 20, 1823, and expired in the moment of victory.] 7 At | midnight, | 77 | in his | guarded | tent, 7 | 7 The Turk | 7 was | dreaming | 7 of the | hour, | 7 When Greece, | 7 her | knee in | suppliance | bent,7| 7 Should tremble | 7 at his | power ; | 777 In | dreams, 7 through | camp and court,7 | 7 he bore 7 | 7 The trophies | 7 of a conqueror. [ In dreams, 7 his | song of | triumph | heard ; | 77 | 771 Then 7 wore his | monarch's | signet | ring,-|77| Then 7 press'd that | monarch's | throne,- | 77 | 7 a | King; 7|77| 7 As wild his thoughts, 7 | 7 and | gay of | wing, 7 | 7 As | Eden's | garden | bird. 7 | 77 | 77 | 703. 7 At midnight, | 7 in the | forest | shades, | 77 | Heroes 7 in | heart and | hand; | 77 | 77 | 7 | On | old Pla- | tæa's | day | 7 And now,7 | 7 there | breathed that | haunted | air7 | The sons 7 of sires who conquered | there, 7 | 7 With arm to | strike 7 | 7 and | soul to | dare, | 7 As quick, 7 | 77 | 7 as far as they. 7|77|77| 704. 7 An hour pass'd | on- -7 | 77 | 7 the | Turk a- | woke : 1771 That 7 bright 7 | dream | 7 was his | last; 7|77| 7 He woke-7|7 to | hear his | sentry's | shriek, | 7 "To arms! | 7 they | come! | 7 the | Greek, 717 the | Greek." 7 | 7 He woke-to | die | 7 midst | flame and | smoke, 7 | 7 And shout, and groan, and | sabre stroke, 7 | 777 And death-shots | falling | thick and | fast 7 | 7 As | lightnings | 7 from the mountain | cloud; 7 | 77 | 7 And heard, 7 | 7 with | voice as | thunder | loud, 7 | 7 Boz- zaris | cheer his band; | |