oOi Traiisaefw/!s. 



come first. The construetion is. however, different. In the cases con- 

 .sidered above, as in (55). the word " low," hearing the rhythmic stress, is 

 followed bv a word " raise," also apparently bearing a stress. But it has 

 been shown that " raise " cannot bear a stress unless it is separated by a 

 pause from the already stressed " low " — that is, two rhythmic stresses 

 cannot come together ; if no pause intervene, the second syllable receives 

 the stress, the first syntactic accent only, and this is appreciably lighter 

 than stress. In (56) " Night " bears the rhythmic stress, " old " bears 

 syntactic accent. The stress on " and " has been suppressed, not on account 

 of the syntactic accent following, for it is often suppressed when no such 

 accent follows : it could be present in the above construction were it so 

 desired, as may be shown by wiiting " through old Night " instead of " and 

 old Night." Were it desired to throw a rhythmic stress on '" old." a pause 

 would have to be inserted between it and " Night," as, — 

 (.J7.) ri. Frigh/ted the rergn/ of Cha/o« and old/ Night/. 



h. He's .s]Teakiiag now. 



Or mur/miiriug, "' Where \s/ my ser/pent of old/ Nile ? " 



For so he calls me. (Ant. & Cleo., T. v. 2.5.) 



c. Look here, and at thy sovereign leis\ire read 



The gar/hoils she/ awaked/ ; at the last/. best/; 



(Ant. & Cleo.. T, iii, (iO.) 



Here we get the reverse construction of (55) — that is, a triple unit is fol- 

 lowed by a unit containing a pause and a stressed syllable. The reading 

 (57), -whilst not usual, gives strength in this instance, and also in the follow- 

 ing : — 



(.■)8. ) <(. (") sov/ran. vir/tnous. pre/cions of all/ trees/ 



In Paradise, ' (P.L., ix. 795.) 



h. E(|ual ill days and nights, except to these 



Beyond/ the i)6/lar cir/eles : to them/ day/ 



Had unbenighted shone. (P-L-. x, 681. ) 



c. Hive me some wine, till full. 



I drink/ to the gen/eral jov/ o" tlie whole/ ta/ble. 



(Macb., Ill, iv. 89.) 



1)1 the case of c, the construction " o' th'^ whole " seems to demand the 

 pause, unless it be supposed that the accent of " table " is removed from the 

 first to the second syllable as in the example (25) ; but whereas " piper " 

 and '■ aspect " are pronunciatioiis not improbable. " table " seems almost 

 impossible. Such apparently impossible accent, however, seems intended 

 when the word occurs in old ballads, as in " Burd Ellen " — 



(.")8r/.) Biird I'^llen was at the bye-table 

 Amang the ]iages set 



• — unless here, too, a pause is intended to separate '" bye " and " table." 



It must be admitted that as different readers will give different readings 



to a certain passage, so different prosodists will give different divisions 



or scansions. On general laws all are agreed ; differences arise with the 



variations of the laws ; arid it is wished here to suggest theories, not to 



formulate dogmas. 



21. Supposing that in examples (51) (i. b, and c. for the w()rds '" mind," 

 " restraint." and " low," the words " reason," " restriction," and 

 " loAvly " a.re substituted, — 



(.")9.) a. A reason not to be chaug'd by pl.icc or time, 

 h. For one i-estriction, lord of the world besides ? 

 '■. lliii.nin; what is lowiy I'.i.ise and support; 



