There are various other measures designated by figures, which denote the number of syllables in the different lines.

1. S. M., Iambic, 6s and 8s-three and four feet.

2.

C. M., Iambic, 8s and 6s-four and three feet.

EXAMPLE.

He comes the brōk | ĕn heart | tŏ heal,
The bleeding soul to cure;
And with the treasures of his grace,
T'enrich the humble poor.

3. L. M., Iambic, 8s-four feet.

EXAMPLE.

Hě guides | Ŏur feet, | he guards | Ŏur wãy ;
His morning smiles bless all the day;
He spreads the evening veil, and keeps
The silent hours while Israel sleeps.

4. L. P. M., Iambic, 8s-four feet.

EXAMPLE.

I'll praise | my Ma | ker with | mỹ breath;
And when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers;

My days of praise shall ne'er be past
While life, and thought, and being last,

Or immortality endures.

QUESTIONS. How are other measures designated? What do the figures denote ? In what measure is Short Meter written? How many syllables do the lines contain? How many feet? In what measure is C. M. written? How many syllables do the lines contain? How many feet? In what measure is L. M. written? How many syllables in each line? How many feet? In what measure is L. P. M. written ? How many syllables in each line? How many feet? Wherein does it differ

from L. M.?

5. H. M., Iambic, 6s and 4s -- three and two feet.

6. Iambic and Anapestic, 5s and 6s-two feet.

Yě ser vănts of Gōd,

Your Master proclaim,

And publish abroad

His wonderful name.

EXAMPLE.

The great congrĕgā | tion

His triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salva | tion
To Jesus our King.

7. Anapestic, 6s and 9s. two and three feet.

EXAMPLE.

Ŏ how happy ǎre they,

Who the Saviour obey,

And have laid | up their treasures above;

O what tongue can express

The sweet comfort and peace,

Of a soul in its earliest love.

8. Trochaic, 88, 7s, and 4s-four, three, and two feet.

QUESTIONS. In what measure is H. M. written? How many syllables do the lines contain? How many fact: Let the teacher ask similar questions on all the following examples.

And join with the armies above

To shout his adorable name.

10. Trochaic, 7s—three feet, with an additional long syllable.

EXAMPLE.

Boundless glōry | Lōrd bě | thine ;
Thou hast made the darkness shine;
Thou hast sent a cheering ray;

Thou hast turned our night to day.

11. Trochaic, 3s and 7s-four and three feet.

EXAMPLE.

Como thou | fōunt of | ev'ry | blessing,
Tune my heart to | grateful | lays;
Streams of mercy never ceasing,

Call for songs of loudest | praise.

12. Iambic and Anapestic, 5s and 11s- two and four feet.

EXAMPLE.

Come let us ǎnēw

Our journey pursue,

Roll round with the year,
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And never stand still till the Mas | ter appear.

13. Iambic and Anapestic, 11s-four feet.

EXAMPLE.

How firm | ǎ foundā | tión yě sãints | of the Lōrd,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!
What more could his mercy and goodness have said
To those who for refuge, to Jesus have fled.

14. Anapestic, 12s and 9s-four and three feet.

EXAMPLE.

They have gōne | to the land | where thě pā | trĩărchs rēst,
Where the bones | of the proph | ets are laid,
Where the chosen of Israel the promise possess'd,
And Jehovah his wonders displayed.

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15.

Trochaic, 88, 73, and 48-four, three, and two feet.

EXAMPLE.

Hārk, thě | jūdgment | trūmpět | sounding,
Rends the skies and | shakes the | poles;
Lo, the day, with wrath abounding,

17.

From Green | land's i cỷ moûn Į tains,
From India's cor | al strand;
Where Afric's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand;

From many an ancient river,
From many a palmy plain,

They call us to deliver

Their land from error's chain.

Trochaic, 7s and 4s- three and two feet.

EXAMPLE.

When the veil of | death ăp | pears,

Faint and cold this mortal clay,

Kind Forerunner! soothe my fears,

Light me through the darksome way;

Break the shadows,

Usher in eternal day.

18. Anapestic, Iambic, and Spondaic, 12s and 11s-four feet.

EXAMPLE.

Thou art gōne | to the grave | but wě will | not děplōre | thee,
Though sorrows and dark | ness encom | pass the tomb;
The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee,
And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.

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19. Dactylic and Trochaic, 11s and 10s—four and three feet

EXAMPLE.

Hail to the brightness of | Zion's glåd | mōrning!

Joy to the lands that in | darkness have | lain;
Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning,

Zion in triumph begins her mild reign.

20. Trochaic and Iambic, 4s, 5s, and 8s-four and two feet.

FIGURES of speech are intentional departures from simplicity of expression, and may be described to be that language which is prompted, either by the imagination, or the passions. They are divided into two general classes, called figures of words, and figures of thought.

Figurative language, when appropriately introduced, is one of the distinguishing beauties of style. It serves to enrich, and render the language itself more copious, by multiplying words and phrases for expressing all sorts of ideas; for describing the minutest differences, and the nicest shades and colors of thought, which no words in their literal sense could do.

QUESTIONS. What are figures of speech? What is said of figurative language?