VERSIFICATION. 



The hepthcmimeral tome was alfo approrcd as heroic ; as, it is then generally unneceffary, and when it occuri the verfe 



is not harmonious ; as, 



Clamo[-rc3 stniiil | horren-]-d5s J^ ad fidcra tollit. — Virg. 



The tome after the third foot has been the fubjeft of 

 critical cenfure, though Virgil, the princeps facile poetarum, 

 has on a fezu occafions employed it. The penthemimeral 

 or hepthcmimeral tome is, however, unquellioiiably pre- 

 ferable. 



The tome between the fourth and fifth feet has been con- 

 fidcred as pecuharly adapted to paftoral verfe, and therefore 

 called tome Bucolica ; as, 



Slant vitii-|-li, et tene-|-ris rau-[-grtibiis)43 aera com- 

 plent. — Nemefian. 



But this paufe occurs as frequently in iieroic as in paftoral 

 verfe. 



In the fecond acceptation, the casfura means the divifion 



Omnes innocux ; fed non pupj/iif tua Tarchon Virg. 



Vertitur interea coelum, et ruit ocean|o nox. — Virg. 



Wlieii formed by a monofyllable, and wlien the verfe iD 

 fpondaic, it is unobjeftionable ; as, 



Explorare labor : mihi jufla capeflere fas eft. — Virg. 



Perfolvit pendens e verticiibiis praeruptis.— Catul. 



II. Negkded Hexameters. 



In the epiltles and fatires of Horace are hexameters, 

 which, from their ftudied negligence, and their want of all the 

 charadleriftic majefty of the heroic, have received this appel- 

 lation. Tiiey are not, however, deroid of either beauty or 

 fimplicity ; and Horace has fuccefsfuUy employed them ui 



or reparation which takes place in a foot, when that foot is occaf.onall'y drawing the portrait of the foibles and paffion 

 compofed of lyllables belongmg to dinerent words. - . . . = » 



A verfe in which this cafura is neglected, in which the 

 infulated and unconnefted feet fcem to fhun all fociety with 

 each other, is held to be ftiff and uncouth in the extreme, 

 and devoid of all poetic elegance ; as. 



Sparsis I haftis | late | campus | fplendet et | horret. 



Ennius. 



On tlie contrary, thofe verfes are the moft pleafing in 



of mankind ; as, 



Rure ego viventem, tu dicis in urbe beatum : 

 Cui placet alterius, fua nimerum eft odlo fors. 

 Stultus uterque locum immeritum caufatur iniqie 

 In culpa eft animus, qui fe non efFugit unquam. 



The following verfe confifts either of the beginning or 

 latter part of an hexameter. 



I. The Archilochian penthemimer or dimeter, named 



Yhich this figure abounds ; and this effcd is equally pro- f^„^ Archilochus, its inventor, confifts of two daayls and 



duced, whether the divifion take place before a femifoot or 

 before a folid trochee. 



A^. B. By a folid trochee is meant a trochee confifting of 

 a fmgle word, or the laft two fyllables of a word ; not a 

 femifoot joined with a (hort monofyllable. 



Te fpec-j-Zc^m, {vi'\prema mi-jliT quum | venerit | hora. 



Tibullus. 



But two fucceffive trochees of this kind occurring in the 

 fecond and third, or in the third and fourth feet, fliould be 

 avoided ; but in the firft and fecond, or in the firft, third, 

 and fifth, they are unobjeftionable. 



After the firft foot, the negleft of the cajfura is no blemifli, 

 provided that foot be a daflyl ; as, 



Regia I folis erat fublimibus alta columnis. — Ovid. 



Nor after a fpondee is it much felt, efpecially if it be an 

 emphatic word ; as. 



Tandem | progreditur, magna ftipante caterva. — Virg. 



one fyllable, and therefore named hypercataleftic ; as, 

 PSlvis et I umbril fCi-|-mus. — Her. 



2. The Alcmanian daftylic trimeter, firft ufcd by Ale- 

 man, confifts of three dadyls and a liypercataleftic fyl- 

 lable ; as, 



Noftra d^-|-us canet ) harm6ni-|a. — Prudent. 



This verfe, like the hexameter, of which it is a part, 

 admits a fpoiulee in the firft, fecond, and third places. 



3. The Alcmanian dartyhc tetrameter ac.italec'tic admits 

 in tlic firft, fecond, and lliird places, either a daftyl or fpon- 

 dee ; in the fourth, a daftyl only ; as, 



Lrimlni-|bufqiie pri-[-or r6di-|-3t v'fgor. 

 Nimbof-|-Tlqiie po-|-lfis ftftift | imbribtis ' 

 DcsCiper | In tcr-j-rfim nox | filnditiir. — Boet. 



Solvitiir I acris hy-]ems gra-|-ta vice. — Hor. 



^, . , r , r r , ^ , . , . 4. The Alcmanian tetrameter acataleftic contains the laft 



Nor 18 the want or the cxiura telt after the lecond foot, r r . r 1 . r v i r r„ .i„ .1,; s 



• 1. c A ) J- -1, r 11 1,1 •""'> jQjir (j,(.^ (,f 3,, liexametcr, ot which, ot courle, the tnirii 



if it be a fpondee concluding with a monofyllable ; as, 



Ah quojties per j faxa canum latratibus afta eft. — Ovid. 



The cxfura, at the third foot, is held to be, if not ab- 

 folutely neceftary, h';Thly dcfirable. When the tome, how- 

 ever, takes place at the penthcmimeris, and there is no paufe 

 at tlic clofe of the third foot, no obgeftion can be made to 

 its terminating, cither with a long monofyllable, two fliort 

 monofyllables, or a diftyllabic word ; as, 



Contem-|-nuntque fa-j-ijox, J^ it | frigida tedla relinquunt. 



Virg. 



Scindit I fe iva\bes, J^ el in | sethera purgat apertum. 



Virg. 

 £t femel | emif-j-/am J^ volat | irrevocabile vcrbiim. 



Hor. 

 The csfura is feldora introduced after the fourth foot ; 

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is a daftyl, and the laft foot a fpoudce ; as, 



Ibimils I o f6cI-|-T comi-[-tt}fque. — Hor. 



A fpondee may precede the laft foot, provided a driiftvl 

 precede it ; as, 



Menf5-|-rem ctShJ-|-bcnt Ar-]-chytii. — Hor. 



5. The Alcmanian tetrameter cataleftic conliiins one- 

 long fyllable, or two (hort fyllables, then a daftyl or Ipon- 

 dee ; afterwards a daftyl ; and lallly a fpondee. 



Qui I fe volet I ijftc p6-j-tcntcn» 



AnI-l-mos domel | ilk: fe-|-roce8. — Boct. 



6. The Alcmanian tetrameter hypercataleftic contains an 

 heroic penthemimer ind an adonic (fee N" VI.) ; as, 



Hcu quam | priccipl-|-ti || merfj pro-l-fimdo. — Boct. 



7. The 



