Chapter IV: Bibliography

(The following list contains almost everything with which any student, who is not making the subject one of exhaustive and practically original research, need make himself acquainted; while it will carry him pretty far even in that direction. Further information will be found in the works of Mr. T. S. Omond, _English Metrists_ (Tunbridge Wells, 1903), and _English Metrists of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries_ (Oxford and London, 1907), as well as in the present writer's larger _History of English Prosody_. Several of the works hereinafter catalogued will be found collected in Professor Gregory Smith's _Elizabethan Critical Essays_ (2 vols., Oxford, 1904), and extracts from not a very few of them in the present writer's _Loci Critici_ (Boston, U.S.A., and London, 1903).)

ABBOTT, E. A. _Shakesperian Grammar_ (London, 1869), and (with J. R. Seeley) _English Lessons for English People_ (London, 1871). Reissued frequently.

ALDEN, R. M. _English Verse_ (New York, 1904), and _Introduction to Poetry_ (New York, 1909).

[BLAKE, J. W.] _Accent and Rhythm explained by the Law of Monopressures_ (Edinburgh, 1888).

BREWER, R. F. _Manual of English Poetry_ (London, 1869). Reissued and enlarged later as _Orthometry_ (London, 1893).

BRIDGES, R. S. _Milton's Prosody_ (Oxford, 1889). Frequently reissued, especially in 1901, with important additions on stress-prosody.

BYSSHE, EDWARD. _The Art of English Poetry_ (London, 1702). Frequently reprinted throughout the eighteenth century, the best edition being that of 1708.

CALVERLEY, C. S. _On Metrical Translation_, originally in a magazine. Reprinted in _Works_ (London, 1901).

CAMPION, THOMAS. _Observations in the Art of English Poetry_ (London, 1602). Reprinted in Gregory Smith's _Elizabethan Essays_, in Bullen's _Works_ of Campion (London, 1889), and in the Oxford edition of these _Works_ (1910).

CAYLEY, C. B. _Remarks and Experiments on English Hexameters_ (_Transactions of Philological Society_, Berlin, 1861), and Preface to translation of Æschylus's _Prometheus Bound_ (London, 1867).

COLERIDGE, S. T. Preface to _Christabel_. Almost any edition of _Poems_.

CONWAY, GILBERT. _A Treatise of Versification_ (London, 1878).

CROWE, WILLIAM. _A Treatise on English Versification_ (Oxford, 1827).

DANIEL, SAMUEL. _A Defence of Rhyme_ (London, 1603?-1607). In Gregory Smith, and in all reprints of Daniel's _Works_, as well as among the _Poems_ in Chalmers's _Poets_.

DRYDEN, JOHN. No single concentrated treatment, but interesting glances, some of which will be found in _Loci Critici_ (_v. sup._), and all of which can be easily traced in Professor Ker's edition of the _Critical Essays_ (2 vols., Oxford, 1900).

GASCOIGNE, GEORGE. _Certain Notes of Instruction in English Verse_ (London, 1575). Reprinted in Gregory Smith, in Arber's English reprints (London, 1868), etc.

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. _Essay on Versification_ (_British Magazine_, London, 1763). Reprinted in all editions of his _Works_ as "Miscellaneous Essays, No. 18."

GUEST, EDWIN. _History of English Rhythms_ (2 vols., London, 1838). Reprinted and edited in one vol. by Professor Skeat (London, 1882).

HODGSON, SHADWORTH. "English Verse" in _Outcast Essays_, etc. (London, 1881).

HOOD, T. (the younger). _The Rules of Rhyme_ (London, 1869).

JENKIN, FLEEMING. Papers on Metre in _Saturday Review_ for 1883. Reprinted in _Memoir and Remains_ (Edinburgh, 1887).

JOHNSON, SAMUEL. Papers chiefly in _The Rambler_ (London, 1750). To be found partly in _Loci Critici_, and completely in all editions of the _Rambler_ itself. A few remarks on prosody are in the "Grammar" accompanying the _Dictionary_, and many scattered over the _Lives of the Poets_.

KER, W. P.--_Analogies between English and Spanish Verse_ (_Philological Society's Transactions_, London, 1899).

KING JAMES THE FIRST (SIXTH OF SCOTLAND). _Rewlis and Cautelis_. [Full title longer.] (Edinburgh, 1595.) Reprinted by Arber (London, 1869), and in Gregory Smith.

LEWIS, C. M. _The Principles of English Verse_ (New York and London, 1906).

LIDDELL, MARK H. _Introduction to the Scientific Study of English Poetry_ (New York, 1902).

MASON, JOHN. _An Essay on the Power of Numbers and the Principle of Harmony in Poetical Compositions_ (London, 1749).

MASSON, DAVID. Essay on Milton's Versification in edition of _Milton's Works_ (London, 1890), vol. iii. pp. 107 _sq._

MAYOR, J. B. _Chapters on English Metre_ (Cambridge, 1886). _A Handbook of English Metre_ (Cambridge, 1904).

MITFORD, WILLIAM. _Essay on the Harmony of Language_ (London, 1774). Reissued, with large alterations and additions, as _An Enquiry into the Principles of Harmony in Language_ (London, 1804).

OMOND, T. S. _A Study of Metre_ (London, 1903).

PATMORE, COVENTRY. "English Metrical Criticism," originally in _North British Review_ for 1875. Reprinted with _Amelia_ (London, 1878), and since in various places of his _Poems_ and _Works_.

POE, E. A. _The Rationale of Verse_, originally a magazine essay, 1848. In the various editions of his _Works_ (ed. Ingram, 4 vols.; Edinburgh, 1875, vol. iii. pp. 219-265).

[PUTTENHAM, GEORGE?] _The Art of English Poesie_ (London, 1581). Reprinted by Arber (Birmingham, 1869), and in Gregory Smith.

RUSKIN, JOHN. _Elements of English Prosody_ (Orpington, 1880).

SCHIPPER, J. _Englische Metrik_ (3 vols., Bonn, 1882-89). _History of English Versification_ (Oxford, 1910).

SHENSTONE, WILLIAM. _Essays_ in _Works_ (3 vols., London, 1764-69). The chief of the few, but very important, prosodic remarks will be found in _Loci Critici_.

SKEAT, W. W. Section on Chaucer's Prosody in _Works of Chaucer_, vol. vi. (Oxford, 1894). Rehandled in paper on the _Scansion of English Poetry_ (_Philological Society's Transactions for 1895-98_).

SOUTHEY, ROBERT. Preface of _Vision of Judgment_ (London, 1820). A few important remarks (see text) in _Letters_ and _Correspondence_.

SPEDDING, JAMES. Review in _Fraser's Magazine_, 1861. Reprinted in _Reviews and Discussions_ (London, 1879).

SPENSER, EDMUND. Correspondence with Gabriel Harvey. In full editions of _Works_, or in Gregory Smith.

STEELE, JOSHUA. _Prosodia Rationalis_ (London, 1779).

STONE, W. J. _On the Use of Classical Metres in English_ (Oxford, 1898). Reprinted, without specimens, together with Mr. Bridges' _Prosody of Milton_ (Oxford, 1901).

SYMONDS, J. A. _Blank Verse_ (London, 1895).

THELWALL, JOHN. _Illustrations of English Rhythmus_ (London, 1812).

VERRIER, M. _Essai sur la métrique anglaise_ (3 vols., Paris, 1909).

WADHAM, E. _English Versification_ (London, 1869).

WEBBE, WILLIAM. _A Discourse of English Poetry_ (London, 1586). Reprinted by Arber (London, 1870) and in Gregory Smith.

INDEX

["Gloss." indicates that the word will be found explained at its alphabetical place in the Glossary.]

Abbott, Dr., 259, 337

Abnormal lines in Shakespeare, 130

Accent and accentual system, Bk. I. Ch. II. and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Acephalous, 51, 157 (Gloss.)

Acrostic (Gloss.)

Adjective, forms in -_y_, 166 _note_

_Adonais_, 204

_Agincourt, Ballad of_, 303

_Alastor_, 204, 312

Alberic of Besançon, 330 _note_

Alcaics, 124 (Gloss.)

Alcman, 318

Alden, Mr. R. M., 337

Alexandrine, 15, 49, 51, 53, 55, 61, 65-71, 79, 84, 85, 90, 91, 102, 109,
129, 130, 159, 171, 177, 192, 193, 205, 212, 227,
290 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

_Alexis, St._, 331

_Alison_, 45

Allen, Mr. Grant, 125, 281

Alliteration, 34

Alliterative verse, 37-40, 48-50, 134-139, 151-153, 155 (Gloss.),
316, 317

_Alresford Pool_, 187

Ambrose, St., 38, 318

_Amoryus and Cleopes_, 53

Amphibrach (Gloss.)

Amphimacer (Gloss.)

Anacreon, 318

Anacrusis (Gloss.)

Anapæst, 31 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

_Ancient Mariner, The_, 272, 301, 329, 336 _note_

_Andromeda_, 123, 257, 306

Anglo-Saxon (or Old English) prosody, 37, 38, 134-137

_Anima Anceps_, 219 _note_

_Annus Mirabilis_, 209

Anti-bacchic (Gloss.)

_Anti-Jacobin, The_, 300

Antispast (Gloss.)

Antistrophe, 90 (Gloss.)

"Appoggiatura" (Gloss.)

_Arcades_, 185, 308

Aristophanes, 304, 318 _note_, 328

Arnold, M. (1822-1888), 102, 127, 212, 213, 286, 298

Arsis (Gloss.)

"Arte Mayor," 326

Artificial French forms, 125-127

Ascham, R. (1515-1568), 120, 121, 234

_Asolando_, 285 _note_

Assonance, 34 (Gloss.)

_Astræa_, 266

"At a Month's End," 217

Atonic (Gloss.)

_Atys, The_, 125, 281

_Awntyrs of Arthur, The_, 49

Ayton, Sir R. (1570-1638), 81

Bacchic (Gloss.)

Ballad (1647) (Gloss.)

Ballad-measure, 53, 56, 81, 96, 97 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Ballade, 126 (Gloss.)

Bar (Gloss.)

Barbour, John (1316-1395), 55

_Bard, The_, scanned, 89-91

Barham, R. H. (1788-1844), 298, 308

Bartsch, 330

"Baston," 233

_Battle of Alcazar, The_, 64

"Battle of the Baltic, The," 300

Beat (Gloss.)

Beaumont (1584-1616) and Fletcher (1579-1625), 68, 175, 176

Beaumont, Sir John (1583-1627), 78, 187, 188, 239, 298, 311

Beddoes, T. L. (1803-1849), 206, 336

Behn, Afra (1640-1689), 189

_Bele Aeliz_, 335

_Bells and Pomegranates_, 211

_Beowulf_, 37

_Beppo_, 203, 300

Bernard of Morlaix, 329

_Beryn_, 165

_Bestiary, The_, 112, 143, 320, 323

_Blackwood's Magazine_, 21

Blake, W. (1757-1827), 33, 42, 93, 94, 112, 143, 145, 199, 298

Blank verse, 63-72, 88, 89, 104-108, 174 _sq._ (Gloss.)

Blind Harry (fifteenth century), 56, 163

"Boadicea" (Cowper's), 10, 302

"Boadicea" (Tennyson's), 125, 281

Bob and Wheel (Gloss.)

_Boethius_ (the Provençal), 321, 331

_Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich, The_, 122

Bowles, W. L. (1762-1850), 200, 299

Bradshaw, Mr., 159

Brewer, R. F., 259, 337

Bridges, Mr., 12 _note_, 260, 261 _note_, 337

Brightland, J., 245

"Broken and cuttit" verse, 169, 173, 202, 237

Bronte, Emily (1818-1848), 129

Browne, W. (1591-1643), 75, 80, 187, 299

Browning, E. B. (1806-1861), 29, 212, 271, 299

Browning, R. (1812-1889), 100, 102, 105, 109, 117, 210-212, 285 _note_,
299, 324, 336

Brunne, Robert of (_fl._ 1288-1338), 233

Burden (Gloss.)

Burns, R. (1759-1796), and Burns-metre, 44-46, 199, 273,
299 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Byron, Lord (1788-1824), 114, 203, 268, 300, 311, 334

Bysshe, E. (_fl._ 1702-1712), 16, 19, 27, 195, 242-245, 337

Cadence, 233 (Gloss.)

Cæsura (Gloss.)

Calverley, C. S. (1831-1884), 338

Campbell, T. (1777-1844), 300

Campion, Thomas (_d._ 1619), 33, 73, 121, 238, 300, 338

Canning, G. (1770-1827), 123, 124, 292, 300

_Canterbury Tales, The_, 51

"Canute Song, The," 136

Carey, John (1756-1826), 252

Carol, 164 (Gloss.)

Caroline verse, 189

"Castaway, The," 302

_Castle of Indolence, The_, 315

Catalexis (Gloss.)

Catullus, 125, 281, 283

Cayley, C. B., 338

Chalkhill, J. (_fl. c._ 1600?), 76, 187

Chamberlain, R. (_fl._ 1640-1660), 301

Chamberlayne, W. (1619-1689), 76, 187, 301

_Chansons de geste_, 266, 312, 323

Chant-royal (Gloss.)

Chapman, G. (1559?-1634), 281, 325

Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770), 42, 93, 143, 145, 199, 301

Chaucer, G. (1340?-1400), 14, 42, 43, 47, 50, 51, 148, 155-163, 172, 186,
190, 191, 222, 233, 266, 267, 273, 278, 289, 291, 295, 296, 301, 307,
321-325, 332, 334

_Chauceriana_, 162

_Cherry and the Slae, The_, 57

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (1694-1773), 114

_Chevy Chase_, 53, 104

_Childe Harold_, 203, 300

Choriamb, 119 (Gloss.)

_Christabel_, 8, 42, 60, 95-100, 112, 170, 201, 251, 252, 301, 308, 312

_Christmas Eve and Easter Day_, 211

Churchill, Ch. (1731-1764), 194

_Cleanness_, 48

Cleveland, J. (1613-1658), 129 _note_, 301

_Cloud_, Shelley's, scanned, 100, 112, 204

Clough, A. H. (1819-1861), 122

_Coda_ (Gloss.)

Coleridge, S. T. (1772-1834), 8, 42, 95-100, 112, 121, 124, 143, 145,
166 _note_, 201, 208, 251, 252, 272, 299, 301, 312, 329, 336 _note_,
338

Collins, W. (1721-1759), 33, 94-100, 194, 196-199, 273, 301

"Come unto these yellow sands," 182 _note_

"Common," 7 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Common measure, 81 _sq._ (Gloss.)

_Complaints_, Chaucer's, 332, 333

_Comus_, 177, 308

_Confessio Amantis_, 51

Congreve, W. (1670-1729), 302

Conway, G., 259, 338

Couplet (Gloss.)

"Cowee," 233

Cowley, A. (1618-1667), 78, 302, 324

Cowper, W. (1731-1800), 89, 94, 113, 125, 194, 196, 197, 292, 304

Crabbe, G. (1754-1832), 87, 88, 194

Cretic (Gloss.)

Crowe, W. (1745-1829), 27, 246, 252, 290, 338

_Crown of Laurel_, 54

_Cupid and Psyche_, 187 _note_

"Cuttit and broken" verse, 169, 173, 202, 237

_Cynara_, 129

Dactyl, 31, 33, and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Dallas, E.S. (1828-1879), 257

Damasus, Pope, 319

Daniel, S. (1562-1619), 185, 238, 338

Dante, 167 _note_, 284, 292, 295, 321, 322

Darley, G. (1795-1840), 206, 336

Darwin, E. (1731-1802), 200

Davenant, Sir John (1606-1668), 70, 176

David, A., 292

Davidson, Mr. John (1857-1909), 219

Davies, Sir John (1569-1626), 266

Decasyllable, 46 _sq._ and _passim_ (Gloss. and Origin-List)

_De Contemptu Mundi_, 329

_Defence of Guenevere, The_, 215, 309

Dennis, John (1657-1734), 241

Deschamps, Eust., 334

"Deserter," Curran's, 219 _note_

Di-iamb (Gloss.)

Dimeter (Gloss.)

Dispondee (Gloss.)

Distich (Gloss.)

Ditrochee (Gloss.)

Dixon, R. W. (1853-1900), 218, 219, 295, 303

Dobson, Mr. Austin, 125-127

Dochmiac (Gloss.)

Doggerel, 54, 55, 163 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

"Dolores" metre, 112-115

_Don Juan_, 203, 300

Donne, John (1573-1631), 73, 81, 302, 305

Douglas, G., 163

Dowson, E., 129

Drant, T. (d. 1578?), 236

Drayton, M. (1563-1631), 75, 77, 109, 185, 187, 225, 283, 302, 303, 324

"Dream of Fair Women, The," 209

Dryden, John (1631-1700), 15, 17 _note_, 29, 34 _note_, 82-85, 101-103,
129 _note_, 192, 193, 240, 241, 267, 274, 281, 290, 302, 303, 305,
310, 324, 332, 338

Dunbar, W. (1465?-1530?), 56, 163, 303

Duple (Gloss.)

Durfey, T. (1653-1723), 197, 199

Dyer, John (1700?-1758), 195 _note_, 303

_Dying Swan_ (Tennyson's) scanned, 110-112

_Earthly Paradise, The_, 215, 309

"E.I.O.," 54, 164

Elegiacs, English, 73, 122

_Elegy_, Gray's, 209

_Elinor Rumming_, 54

Elision (Gloss.)

Ellis, A. J. (1814-1890), 259

End-stopped (Gloss.)

_Endymion_, 205, 306

_England's Jubile_, 301

Enjambment (Gloss.)

"Enterlace," 233

Envoi (Gloss.)

Epanaphora (Gloss.)

Epanorthosis (Gloss.)

_Epithalamion_ (Spenser's), 62

Epitrite (Gloss.)

Epode (Gloss.)

Equivalence, 32 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

_Eulalia, Hymn of St._, 151 _note_, 321, 331

_Evangeline_, 116, 122, 256, 306, 307

Evans, Archdeacon (1789-1866), 257

_Eve of St. Agnes, The_, 205, 306

"Eve of St. John," 270

_Eve of St. Mark, The_, 206, 306

"Eveleen's Bower," 202, 270

"Evening, Ode to" (Collins'), 302

"Evening on the Broads," 119

_Example of Virtue, The_, 305

Extrametrical syllables, 18 _note_

Eye-rhyme, 172 (Gloss.)

_Faerie Queene, The_, 171, 280

Fairfax, E. (d. 1635), 77, 185, 187, 303, 311, 334

"Feet" ("foot"), 6 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Feminine endings (Gloss.)

_Fifine at the Fair_, 212, 267, 303

"Fifteener," 39, 40 (Gloss.)

"Fingering," 35 (Gloss.)

Fitzgerald, E. (1809-1883). 217, 303, 332

Fletcher, Giles (1588?-1623), 304

Fletcher, John, _see_ Beaumont and F., 304

Fletcher, Phineas (1582-1650), 304

Foot, _see_ Feet

"Fourteener," 34, 40, 41, 49, 53, 55, 84, 85, 115, 140, 149, 153, 165,
167, 193, 215 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

French prosody, its connections, agreements, and differences with
English, 14

Frere, J. H. (1769-1846), 304, 334

_Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay_, 64

_Friars of Berwick, The_, 186, 303

Galliambics, 125 (Gloss.)

_Gamelyn_, 165, 281, 325, 326

Garth, S. (1661-1719), 85, 193

Gascoigne, G. (1525?-1577), 9, 15, 19, 59, 65, 155, 166, 168, 174, 199,
234, 235, 241, 290, 304, 314, 338

_Gawain and the Green Knight_, 48, 152, 221

Gay, J. (1685-1732), 92, 114, 310

Gemell or Geminel, 302 (Gloss.)

_Genesis and Exodus_, 14, 43, 47, 60, 145, 170, 221, 321

Gifford, H. (_fl._ 1580), 74

Gildon, C. (1665-1724), 245

Glover, R. (1712-1785), 88, 304

_Goblin Market_, 215, _note_

Godric, St. (12th cent.), 38, 136, 304

Goldsmith, O. (1728-1774), 96, 194, 338

_Gorboduc_, 63, 174

_Gorgeous Gallery of Gallant Inventions_, 72

_Gospel of Nicodemus_, 328

Gower, John (1325?-1408), 14, 42, 51, 153, 154, 156, 206, 222, 233, 274,
304

"Grandmamma" (Locker's), 300

"Grave Poem," the, 38, 136

Gray, T. (1718-1771), 89-92, 142, 194, 196-199, 249, 250, 294, 301, 302,
332

Greek prosody, its resemblance and relations to English, 1, 6, 7, 20,
32 _note_, 281

Greene, Robert (1560?-1592), 64

_Grongar Hill_, 195 _note_, 303

Guest, Dr. (1800-1880), 11 _note_, 38, 135, 237, 253-255, 292, 323, 324,
325, 329, 338

"Haidee, Lines to," 114

_Hamlet_, 130

Hampole, Richard Rolle of, (1290?-1349), 46, 47, 304, 305, 321

Hardie, Prof., 284 _note_, 318 _note_

Harvey, Gabriel (1545?-1630), 121, 236

_Havelok_, 149

Hawes, S. (d. 1523?), 163, 223, 305

Hayley, W. (1745-1820), 300

Head-rhyme (Gloss.)

Hendecasyllables, 124, 125 (Gloss.)

Henley, Mr. W. E. (1849-1903), 128, 219, 286

Henryson, R. (1430?-1506?), 56, 155, 163

Heptameter (Gloss.)

Herbert of Cherbury, Lord (1583-1648), 82, 333

_Hero and Leander_, 186

"Heroic" couplet, etc. (Gloss.)

Herrick, R. (1591-1674), 81, 305

"Hesperia," 118

Hewlett, Mr., 12 _note_

Hexameters, 120-123 (Gloss.)

Heywood, John (1497?-1580?), 54, 326, 327 _note_

Hiatus (Gloss.)

_Hiawatha_, 307

Hilary, 318

Hodgson, Mr. S., 260, 338

"Hollyhock" song (Tennyson's), 27, 99, 112

Holmes, O. W., 300

Hood, Tom, the elder (1799-1845), 269 _note_

Hood, Tom, the younger (1835-1874), 259, 338

Horace, 266, 289, 318

_Horn_ (_King_), 149, 221, 320, 323, 328

_House of Fame, The_, 50

Hughes, Thomas (fl. 1587), 64

Hunt, H. J. Leigh (1784-1859), 101, 305, 306

_Hyperion_, 205, 306

Iambic, 19, 31, and _passim_ (Gloss.)

"Immortality" Ode (Wordsworth's), 200 _note_

_Ingoldsby Legends, The_, 298

_In Memoriam_ metre, 81 _sq._, 312 (Origin-List)

Inverted stress (Gloss.)

Ionic (Gloss.)

_Isabella_, 204, 205, 306

"J. D.", 239

James I. of Scotland (1394-1437), 56, 163, 172 _note_

James VI. of Scotland (I. of England), (1566-1625), 236, 257, 296, 335,
338

_Jason, The Life and Death of_, 309

Jenkin, Prof. F. (1833-1885), 260, 338

"Jerusalem the Golden," 329

Johnson, Dr. (1709-1784), 12, 19, 87, 88, 194, 196, 246, 338

Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637), 72, 176, 187, 239, 241, 302, 305, 307, 333

_Judas_ poem, 41, 328

_Kapiolani_, 116, 201, 288

Keats, John (1795-1821), 101, 102, 108, 192, 205-6, 305, 306, 324

Ker, Prof., 326, 338, 339

_King Horn_, 112

_Kingis Quair, The_, 163, 290

Kingsley, Ch. (1819-1875), 118, 123, 257, 306

Kynaston, Sir Francis (1587-1642), 186, 334

_La Belle Dame sans Merci_, 206, 306

_L'Allegro_, 308

_Lamia_, 102, 306

Landor, W. S. (1775-1864), 306

Langland, W. (1330?-1400?), 49, 152, 153, 190, 222, 307, 323

Lanier, S., 261

_Laon and Cythna_, 204

"Last Buccaneer, The" (Macaulay's), 271, 308

"Last Leaf, The" (Holmes's), 300

"Last Ride Together, The," 211

Latham, R. G. (1812-1888), 11 _note_, 257

Latin prosody, its connection, agreements, and differences with English,
1, 6, 7, 20, 32 _note_

_Laus Veneris_, 217, 332

Lawes, H. (1596-1662), 240 _note_

Layamon (_fl. c._ 1200), 39-42, 137-139, 307, 319

_Lay of the Last Minstrel, The_, 201

_Lays of Ancient Rome_, 308

_Le Bone Florence of Rome_, 44

_Leger, Vie de St._, 330 _note_

_Leoline and Sydanis_, 334

Leonine verse, 143 (Gloss.)

"Letter of Advice" (Praed's), 114

Lewis, C. M., 339

Lewis, D. (1683-1760), 92

Lewis, M. G. (1775-1818), 200 _note_, 203, 307, 312

Liddell, Prof. Mark H., 339

_Life and Death of Jason, The_, 215

Line and Line-Combination, 33 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Locker, F. (1821-1895), 300, 307

"Long," Bk. I. Chap. II. and _passim_ (Gloss.)

"Long" lines, 115, 116 (Origin-List)

"Long Measure," 81 _sq._ and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Longfellow, H. W. (1807-1882), 122, 256, 307

"Lotos-Eaters, The," 209

"Love among the Ruins," 211

_Love is Enough_, 118, 215-309

_Love-Rune_, 144

_Lycidas_, 183, 275, 309

Lydgate, John (1370?-1451?), 52, 53, 162, 223, 233, 287, 307

Lydgatian line, 52, 53 (Gloss.)

Lyndsay, Sir D. (1490-1555), 163

Macaulay, Lord (1800-1859), 207, 208 _note_, 271

Macaulay, Prof. G. C., 52

_Macbeth_, 23 _note_, 129, 130

Machault, G. de, 331, 334

M'Cormick, Dr., 12 _note_

Maginn, W. (1793-1842), 308

_Mano_, 218, 294, 303

Mapes, W. (_fl. c._ 1200), 325

"Mark Antony" (Cleveland's), 301

Marlowe, C. (1564-1593), 64, 66, 75, 174, 187, 308

Marmion, S. (1603-1639), 76, 187

Marot, C., 330

Martial, 318

Marvell, A. (1621-1678), 82

_Mary Ambree_, 74

Masculine rhyme (Gloss.)

Mason, J. (1706-1763), 247, 339

Masson, Prof., 258, 339

_Maud_, 115

Mayor, Prof. J. B., 260, 339

_Medea_ (Glover's), 304

Meredith, Mr. George (1829-1909), 125, 219, 281

_Merope_, 298

Metham, John (15th century), 53

Metre, 6 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

_Metrum_ (Gray's), 198, 250

Milton, John (1608-1674), 11, 12, 15, 25 _note_, 70, 71, 177-185, 191,
195, 240, 246, 260, 273, 277, 279, 289, 293, 294, 296, 308, 309, 324

_Mirror for Magistrates_, 166, 234 _note_, 322, 324

_Misfortunes of Arthur_, 64

Mitford, W. (1744-1827), 19, 248, 339

"Molly Mog," 92, 114

Molossus (Gloss.)

_Monks and the Giants, The_, 304

_Monk's Tale_, 289

Monometer (Gloss.)

Monopressure (Gloss.)

Monosyllabic foot, 23, 281; illustrations, _passim_

Montgomerie, Alex. (1556?-1610?), 57, 163

Moore, T. (1779-1852), 202, 270, 309

_Moral Ode_, 41, 141, 220, 281, 325

Morris, W. (1834-1896), 103, 108, 117, 118, 156, 206, 214, 215, 298, 306,
309, 334

_Mother Hubberd's Tale_, 62, 75

Murray, Lindley (1745-1826), 252

Musical and rhetorical arrangements of verse, 8 _note_, 35 (Rule 41)
(Gloss.)

Myers, F. (1843-1901), 128, 129

Nash, T. (1567-1601), 238

"Nativity" hymn (Milton's), 308

"Needy Knife-Grinder, The," 123, 292

Norton, Thomas (1532-1584), 63

_Notes of Instruction_ (Gascoigne's), 234, 235, 305

"Nut-brown Maid, The," 164

Occleve, 162, 199

Octave, 185, 186, 203-205 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Octometer (Gloss.)

Octosyllable, 40 and _passim_ (Gloss. and Origin-List)

_Octovian Imperator_, 335

Old English prosody, _see_ Anglo-Saxon

_Omar Khayyám_, 217, 303, 332

Omond, Mr. T. S., 256, 261, 337, 339

_Orison of Our Lady_, 140, 141, 321

Orm and the _Ormulum_, 14, 17, 38, 140, 220, 310

O'Shaughnessy, A. E. (1844-1881), 217, 310

_Ossian_, 33 _note_, 199

_Ottava rima_ (Gloss. and Origin-List)

_Owl and the Nightingale, The_, 14, 42, 145, 221

Pæon (Gloss.)

"Palace of Art, The," 209

_Paracelsus_, 210

_Paradise Lost_ and _Paradise Regained_, 178-181, 309

_Pastime of Pleasure, The_, 305

"Paternoster," the M.E., 136, 220

Patmore, Coventry (1823-1896), 258, 339

_Pauline_, 210

Pause, 33 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Pause-foot, 23 _note_, 281

_Pearl, The_, 49, 152

Peele, George (1558?-1597?), 64, 65, 174, 300, 310

Pemberton, H. (1694-1771), 245, 246

Pentameter (Gloss.)

Percy, Bp. (1729-1811), 75, 97, 197, 199, 310

_Phaethon_ (Mr. Meredith's), 281

_Pharonnida_, 187, 301

Philips, A. (1675?-1749), 199

_Phœnix, The_, 37

_Phœnix Nest, The_, 72

_Piers Plowman, The Vision of_, 49, 152, 153, 307

_Pills to Purge Melancholy_, 82

Pindar, 318

"Pindaric," 25 (Gloss.)

Poe, Edgar A. (1809-1840), 310, 340

"Poet, The" (Tennyson's), 209, 303

_Polyolbion_, 160, 266

Poole, Joshua (_fl. c._ 1640), 239

Pope, Alex. (1688-1744), 29, 85-87, 192-194

"Position" (Gloss.)

"Poulter's measure," 59, 167, 267 (Gloss.)

Praed, W. M. (1802-1839), 92, 114, 310

_Prick of Conscience_, 47, 305, 321

Prior, M. (1664-1721), 82, 194, 310

Proceleusmatic (Gloss.)

Prologue to _Canterbury Tales_, 50, 51

_Prometheus Unbound_, 204

Provençal, 273

_Proverbs of Alfred_, 141, 220

_Proverbs of Hendyng_, 142, 221

Prudentius, 318

Pulteney, W. (1684-1764), 114

Puttenham, G. or R. (both _fl. c._ 1560-1590), 237, 241, 340

Pyrrhic, 31 (Gloss.)

Quantity, 20 _sq._ and _passim_ (Gloss.)

_Quarterly Review, The_, 252

Quartet, Quatrain (Gloss. and Origin-List)

_Queen Mab_, 203, 312

"Queen was in the Parlour, The," 326

Quintet (Gloss.)

Quintilian, 284 _note_

Redundance (Gloss.)

Refrain (Gloss.)

_Reliques_ (Percy's), 197, 199, 310

_Revolt of Islam, The_, 204

Rhyme, 33-34 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Rhyme-royal, 50, 56, 185, 215 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

"Rhyming Poem," 136

Rhythm (Gloss. and _passim_)

_Richard Cœur de Lion_, 43, 47

"Riding Rhyme," 157 (Gloss.)

_Rime couée_, 43, 150 _sq._ (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Robert of Gloucester (13th century), 41, 149, 281, 311, 325

Robert Manning (or of Brunne, _q.v._), 329

Romance (Gloss.)

"Romance-six," 43 and _passim_ (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Romances, the, 149

Rondeau, Rondel, 125 (Gloss.)

Roscommon, W. Dillon, Earl of (1633?-1685), 241

"Rose-cheeked Laura," 73, 74

Rossetti, Christina (1830-1894), 29, 213, 293, 311

Rossetti, D. G. (1828-1882), 120, 213, 293, 311, 333

Ruskin, Mr. (1819-1900), 260, 340

Rymer, T. (1641-1713), 241

Sackville, Thomas, Earl of Dorset (1536-1608), 166 _note_, 311, 334

_St. Alexis_, 331

_St. Eulalia_, 151 _note_, 321, 331

_St. Leger_, 330 _note_

_St. Paul_, 128

_Samson Agonistes_, 184, 309

Sandys, George (1578-1644), 78, 79, 311, 338

Sapphics, 124 (Gloss.)

_Saturday Review, The_, 260

Savage, R. (?-1743), 194

Sayers, F. (1763-1817), 94, 95, 200, 250, 312

Schipper, Dr., 340

Scott, Alex. (1528?-1584?), 57, 163

Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), 145, 200, 201, 300, 307, 312

_Seasons, The_, 195, 196

"Section," Guest's and others', 254 _note_ (Gloss.)

Sedley, Sir Charles (1639-1701), 189

Seeley, J. R., 259

Septenar, 40 (Gloss.)

Septet (Gloss.)

Sestet (Gloss.)

Sestine (Gloss.)

Shakespeare, W. (1564-1616), 15, 28, 29, 66-68, 79, 80, 129, 130, 174,
175, 181-183, 191, 224, 225, 279, 289, 293, 296, 308, 312, 324

Shelley, P. B. (1792-1822), 29, 96, 104, 203-205, 295, 306, 312, 335

Shenstone, W. (1714-1763), 18 _note_, 92, 113, 142, 194, 247, 313, 340

_Shepherd's Kalendar, The_, 15, 60, 145, 169-171

Sheridan, T. (1719-1788), 247

Shirley, James (1596-1666), 69, 176

"Short," 6 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

"Short" lines, 317

"Short measure," 167 (Gloss.)

Sidney, Sir P. (1554-1586), 169, 171, 267, 313, 324

Sievers, Dr., 37

_Sigurd the Volsung_ and _Sigurd_ metre, 118, 215, 309, 325

Single-moulded (Gloss.)

_Sir Thopas_, 143, 155, 160, 330

_Sir Tristrem_, 45

Skeat, Prof., 11 _note_, 260, 340

Skelton, John (1460?-1529), 54, 163, 223, 292

Skeltonic, 54 (Gloss.)

"Skylark" (Shelley's), 204

Slur (Gloss.)

Smith, Prof. Gregory, 337

"Song to a Portuguese Air," 309, 325

Sonnet, 167, 171, and _passim_ (Gloss.)

_Sordello_, 210

Southey, R. (1744-1843), 25, 95, 96, 121, 122, 123, 124, 143, 145, 200,
250, 299, 313, 340

Spanish poetry, 271, 273

Spedding, James (1808-1881), 340

Spenser, E., and Spenserian, 15, 42, 60-62, 75, 121, 145, 156, 169-172, 194, 224, 225, 236, 292, 305, 306, 308, 313, 324, 340 (Origin-List)

Spondee, 30 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Stanyhurst, R. (1547-1618), 236

Stanza or Stave (Gloss.)

_Steel Glass, The_, 65, 174, 305

Steele, Joshua (1700-1791), 248, 249, 340

Stone, Mr. W. J. 123, 200, 236, 340

_Story of Thebes, The_, 52

Stress, Bk. I. Chap. II. and _passim_ (Gloss.)

"Stress-unit," 19 (Gloss.)

Strophe (Gloss.)

"Substitution," 32 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Suckling, Sir John (1605-1642), 70

Surrey, Earl of (1517?-1547), 15, 59, 63, 159, 166, 223, 273, 313

Swift, Jon. (1667-1745), 194

Swinburne, A. C. (1836-1909), 29, 92, 100, 103, 114, 115, 118-120, 123, 124, 215-217, 257, 267, 268 _note_, 275, 283, 288, 292, 311, 313, 314, 327-332

Syllables, their position in English prosody, Bk. I. Chap. III. and _passim_

Symonds, J. A, (1840-1893), 12 _note_, 259, 340

Synalœpha (Gloss.)

Syncope (Gloss.)

Synizesis (Gloss.)

Syzygy (Gloss.)

Tailed sonnet (Gloss.)

_Tamburlaine_, 64

Tasso (Fairfax's), 185, 303, 334

Taylor, W. (1765-1836), 200, 250

_Temple of Glass, The_, 52

Tennyson, Lord (1809-1892), 24-29, 82, 99, 103, 106-108, 110-112, 115-116, 124, 125, 208-210, 257, 266, 268 _note_, 279, 283, 288, 297, 314, 332, 333, 336

Tercet (Gloss.)

_Terza rima_, 167, 307, 314 (Gloss.)

Tetrameter (Gloss.)

_Thalaba_, 96, 97, 313

Thaun, Ph. de, 112, 143

_Thealma and Clearchus_, 76, 187

Thelwall, John (1764-1834), 252, 270, 340

Thesis (Gloss.)

Thetbaldus, 143

Thomson, James (I.) (1700-1748), 88, 195, 196

Thomson, James (II.) (1834-1882), 217, 218

Thomson, Mr. William, 12 _note_, 261

"Time" (Gloss.)

_Tottel's Miscellany_, 168

"Townley" Plays, 46

Trench, Archbishop (1807-1886), 257

Tribrach, 31 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

Triolet, 125 (Gloss.)

Triple (Gloss.)

Triplet (Gloss.)

Trochee, 31 and _passim_ (Gloss.)

_Troilus and Criseyde_, 50, 290, 334

Truncation (Gloss.)

Tumbling verse, 237 (Gloss.)

Turberville, G. (1548?-1610?), 60, 168

Turn of words (Gloss.)

Tusser, T. (1524?-1580), 74, 168, 234, 314

Tyrwhitt, 248

"Under the Greenwood Tree," 28 _note_, 183 _note_

_Veni Redemptor gentium_, 38

Vernon, MS., 155, 322, 323

Verrier. M., 12 _note_, 100, 340

Verse (Gloss.)

_Versus caudatus_, 291

_Vie de St. Leger_, 330 _note_

"Vilikins and his Dinah," 285

_Vision of Judgment, The_, 121, 251, 313

"Vision of Sin, The," 209

Vowel-music, 35 (Gloss.)

_Voyage of Maeldune, The_, 116

Wace, 138

Wadham, Mr. E., 258, 340

Walker, John (of the Dictionary) (1732-1807), 252

Walker, W. Sidney (1795-1846), 258

Waller, Edm. (1606-1687), 78, 311, 314

Warton, T. (1728-1790), 200, 267

Watson, T., Bishop (1513-1584), 120

Watson, T., sonneteer (1557?-1592), 171

Watts, Dr. (1674-1748), 123, 245, 292, 314

Weak ending (Gloss.)

Webb, D. (1719-1798), 245

Webbe, W. (_fl. c._ 1586), 236, 340

"Wheel," 48, 49 (Gloss.)

Whitman, Walt, 33 _note_, 314

_William of Palerne_, 48, 221

William of Poitiers, 335

_Witch of Atlas, The_, 204, 335

Wither, George (1588-1667), 81, 187

Woodford, Dr. S. (1636-1700), 240

Wordsworth, W. (1770-1850), 104, 200, 250, 251, 314

Wrenched accent (Gloss.)

Wyatt, Sir T. (1503?-1542), 15, 57, 58, 61 _note_, 159, 166, 223, 295, 314

Wynn, Southey's letter to, 250

Wyntoun (15th century), 55, 233, 274

"Yardley Oak," 196

"York" Plays, 45

Young, E. (1683-1765), 89

_Zophiel_, 129

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Transcriber's Notes

In a few cases where sidenotes refer to new topics introduced within a long paragraph, an additional paragraph break has been added.

All footnotes have been renumbered [1] ... [181]. Because of the number and the length of some footnotes, all are presented at the end of the chapter or section to which they refer.

On page 86 in the example (3) from the Rape of the Lock the first part of each line is angled up the page, and second part of each line is angled down.

Where changes have been made to the text (to correct more typographical errors) these are listed as follows:

p. 29, footnote [24]: added missing opening quotation mark ("Quantity")

p. 38: added missing closing parenthesis around paragraph (_"Grave" Poem.... added in dots._)

p. 54: added period to subtitle (Examples of Skeltonic and other Doggerel.)

p. 57: added period to subtitle ( ... Poets before Spenser.)

p. 58: the foot markers in the last line of the Wyatt sonnet have been repositioned, such that the original

For good | is thè | life | end|ing faithfully.

reads

For good | is thè | life end|ing faith|fully.

p. 59: final foot symbol in line 3 of the example in paragraph (d) was moved from the end of the line to the expected position preceding "the dice", as in

... what chance | come on | the dice.

p. 63 added missing foot symbol breaking the word "Unhap|py" to line 11 of the example in paragraph (a)

Unhap|py she | that on | no sleep | could chance,

p. 66: the final foot symbol in line 4 of the Marlowe sonnet moved from

Their minds, | and mu|ses, on | admirèd | themes;

to the expected position

Their minds, | and mu|ses, on | admir|èd themes;

p. 67: the final foot symbol in line 8 of the example in paragraph (2) was moved from

With worms | that are | thy cham|ber-maids; O, | here

to

With worms | that are | thy cham|ber-maids; | O, here

p. 68: note that the diacritic over the "o'" combines breve and macron, whereas a macron alone may be expected in the context (Trisyllabic at ... "ĭty̆ ō̆'.")

p. 71: added the missing final foot symbol from the line

Wherewith | she tamed | the brind|ed li|oness

p. 74 example (2): note that no foot symbol is given where expected at the sentence break in

Let my | despair | prevail! O stay, | hope is | not spent.

p. 77 example (c) first line: changed "fictions" to "fictious", in

If fictious light I mix with Truth Divine

p. 105, example (d): changed final punctuation (unclear period) to comma

If you'd be free | o' the stove-|side, rocking-chair,

p. 118: added missing close parenthesis at end of paragraph (Intentionally irregular ... and some here.)

p. 178, footnote [84], example (b): changed closing single quotation mark to double quotation mark ( ... we must pronounce "spir't,") `

p. 225: added missing close parenthesis (as by Spenser ... and for "history" by Drayton).

p. 335: changed "Emund" to "Edmund" (the invention of Edmund Spenser)