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

Yě ser vănts of God,
Your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad

His wonderful name.

EXAMPLE.

two feet.

The great congrègā | tion
His triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation
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.

Trochaic, 88, 78, and 4s-four, three, and two feet.

Pilgrim through this barren | land;

I am weak, but thou art mighty;

Hold me in thy powerful hand:

Bread of heaven,

Feed me till I want no more.

9. Iambic and Anapestic, 8s - three feet.

EXAMPLE.

My gracious Redeem | ĕr I love,

His praises aloud I'll proclaim,

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 fol lowing examples.

And join with the armies above

To shout his adorable name.

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

12.

11.

EXAMPLE.

Boundless glōrý | Lōrd bě | thīne ;
Thou hast made the darkness shine;
Thou hast sent a cheering ray;
Thou hast turned our night to day.

Trochaic, 38 and 7s-four and three feet.

EXAMPLE.

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

Call for songs of loudest | praise.

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

EXAMPLE.

Come lēt | ŭs ånēw

Our journey pursue,

Roll round with the year,

And never stand still till the Mas | ter appear.

13. Iambic and Anapestic, 118-four feet.

EXAMPLE.

How firm | ǎ foundā | tion ye saints | of thě Lörd,
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.

Thěy håve gōne | to the land | where the pā | triarchs rest,
Where the bones | of the prophets are laid,

Where the chosen of Israel the promise possess'd,
And Jehovah his wonders displayed.

15. Trochaic, 88, 7s, and 4s —four, three, and two feet.

EXAMPLE.

Hārk, thě | jūdgměnt | trūmpět | sounding,

Rends the skies and | shakes the poles;
Lo, the day, with wrath abounding,

18 Anapestic, Iambic, and Spondaic, 12s and 11s—four feet

EXAMPLE.

Thoŭ ǎrt gōne | to thě grāve | but wě will | not deplōre | thee, 1

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.

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

EXAMPLE.

Hail to thě | brightness of | ZīŎn'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.

EXAMPLE.

Pilgrim | weary,

Lone and dreary,

Hast thou found the night?
Onward while thy | course pur | suing,
Hast thou been thy course renewing,
Or been cheered by faintly viewing

Some beacon light?

CHAPTER VIII.

FIGURES OF SPEECH.

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 curative language?

Figures also elevate and give dignity to style, and at the same time afford the pleasure of enjoying two objects at one view, without confusion; the principal idea, which is the subject of the discourse, and its accessory, which is the figurative dress. In addition to this, figures oftentimes give a clearer and more striking view of the principal object, than could be gained merely by the use of simple terms, unaccompanied by the accessory idea. Their beauty and effect are exemplified by the following sentences. The first, conveys an idea of what was intended should be understood, in the simplest form of expression; and the second, conveys the same idea, by a figurative use of words:

1. A good man enjoys comfort in the midst of adversity. 2. To the upright, there arises light in darkness.

In the second sentence, light suggests the idea of comfort, and darkness the idea of adversity. Hence, it is a figurative mode of expressing what is affirmed by the simple language of the first sentence.

The following are the most important of the figures of speech which demand our attention, in addition to the Exclamation, Interrogation, Antithesis, and Irony, already illustrated on preceding pages:

1. Metonymy.

2. Synecdoche.

3. Simile.

4. Metaphor.

5. Allegory.

6. Hyperbole.

7. Vision.

8. Personification.

9. Apostrophe.

10. Climax.

1. Metonymy.

A Metonymy is a figure, in which one word is put for another, or a change of names which have some relation to each other.

QUESTIONS. How are its beauty and effect exemplified? What are the most im portant figures of speech in addition to those already illustrated? What is a ine tonymy? Give an illustration?