90 THE AUTHOR OF " DARTMOOR. '* 



" Tremendous Arsenic its fatal fumes 

 Has breathed." p. 40. 



" Steal 

 A virgin treamire thence, and vainly prate 

 Of such achievement.'^ p. 57. 



" Poor wanderer, she 

 Was but ill-formed the buffetings to brave 

 Of stem adversity.'' p. 61. 



" Fate — sweeps 

 With such wide wasting besom." p. 74. 



" The desolating power 

 Which stalks the universe ! " p. 75. 



In looking over the construction of individual lines, 

 it will be found that they are sometimes so arranged 

 as to cause emphases to fall on very trivial words, 

 either by placing too many unimportant syllables in 

 justaposition, or by terminating a line with a short 

 monosyllable. Skilful reading might, perhaps, render 

 this imperceptible, but only by running one line into 

 that which succeeds it so as eftectually to remove the 

 character of blank verse. 



" Tamar rolls 

 His sinuous course mid foliage, flowers and songs 

 Until he mingles with the azure Sound." p. 14. 



Unless the first foot of the last line be considered a 

 tribrach (and there are four short syllables besides) 

 and the line be read in a hurried measure, not very 

 consonant with the subject, the emphasis must fall 

 on until — which can hardly be defended. 

 Again : — 



"Delicious ^tls 

 To look on thy peninsula." p. 13. 



" Soothing Uis 

 To listen to the moan.'' &c. p. 17. 



" Refreshing 'tis 

 To hold a joyous holiday." p. 21. 

 " To listen to the moan of Ocean, as 

 It kisses the smooth beach.'' p. 17. 



"A moment, she 

 Remains upon her slope." p. 23. 



" Faultless was 

 The maiden in his sight." p. 57. 



