(2.) My heart's/ in the High/lands, my heart/ is not here/, my heart's/ in 

 the High/lands a-cha/sing the deer/, 

 A-cha/sing the wild/ deer and fol/lowing the roe/ — my heart's/ in 

 the High/lands where/ver 1 go ! 



(R. Burns. " My Heart's in tin; Higlilands.") 



(3.) Twelve years/ have elapsed/ since 1 last/ took a view/ of my fa/vourite 

 Held/, and the bank/ where they grew/ ; 

 And now/ in the grass/ behold/ they are laid/, and the tree/ is nn' 

 seat/ that once/ lent a shade/. 



(l^■. Votvjiei; " The Poi)lars," stanza 2.) 



This stanza is defective in so far that it contains two duple units — the third 

 and the seventh in the second verse. The more usual form of the stanza of 

 this type is the one following : — 



I .saw/ from the beach/, when tlic mor/ning was shi/ning, a l)aik/ uer llic 



wa/ters move glo/riously on/ ; 

 I came/ when tiie sun/ o'er the beach/ was dccli/ning, tlic bark/ was still 



there/, but the wa/ters were gone/. 



(T. Moore, " I .saw from the Beach," .stanza 1.) 



(4.) Like the bright/ lamp that shone/ in Kildare".s/ holy fane/, and 

 burned/ through long a/ges of dark/ness and storm/. 

 Is the heart/ that sor/rows have frowned/ on in vain/, whose spi/rit 



outlives/ them, unfa/ding and warm/. 

 (Erin, Erin ! thus bright through the tears of a long night of bondage 

 thy spirit appears.) 



(T. Moore, " Erin, O Erin," stanza 1.) 



The above stanza has one intruding duple unit, the second of the second 

 verse. 



(5.) The Assyr/ian came down/ like a wolf/ on the fold/, and his co/horts 

 were gleam/ing in pur/ple and gold/, 

 .\nd the sheen/ of their spears/ was like stars/ on the sea/, when the 

 blue/ wave rolls night/ly on deep/ Galilee/. 



(Lord lif/ron, " The Destruction of Sennacherib," stanza 1.) 



This stanza takes a slightly different form when the first half-verse is given 

 a feminine ending :■ — 



From the brown/ crest of New/ ark its sum/mons exten/ding, our sig/nal 



is wa/ving in smoke/ and in flame/ ; 

 And each for/rester blithe/, from his moun/tain descen/ding, bomids 



light/ o'er the hea/ther to join/ in the game/. 



(Sir W. Scott, " The Banner of the House of Buccleuch," stanza 1.) 



Besides thus expanding to triple, the duple unit may expand to quadruple, 

 so that between Nos. (3) and (4) the following verse should come — 



(3c.) ../..../...../..../..../..../..../..../ (2,4,4,4; 4,4,4,4) 



— which again may be varied by differences in the fifth unit : this unit may 

 contain, two three, or four syllables — three variations. This verse is, 

 however, of extremely rare occurrence, and whilst it need not, perhaps, be 

 included in the scheme of classification, its position may be indicated. A 

 specimen of the verse may be given : — 



(3c.) 1 bless/ them but I'm sad/ for them — I wish/ I could be glad/ for 

 them, for who/ alas ! can tell/ me the fate/ that shall befall ?/ 

 The flow'/rets of the mor/ning, the green/ wood path ador/ning, may 

 be scat/ter'd ere the noon/tide by the wild/ wind's sudden call/ ; 



(C. Maekay, " Flowers and Children," fifth line from opening.) 



The above has two triple units, the seventh of the first verse and the third 

 of the second verse ; but, indeed, this quadruple type of verse is seldom 



