ght
| form is | not!"
--J. G. WHITTIER: _National Era, and other Newspapers_, Jan. 1848.

_Example IV.--"The Present Crisis"--Two Stanzas out of sixteen._

"Once to | _every_ | man and | nation | comes the | moment | to de
|-cide,
In the | strife of | Truth with | Falsehood, | for the | good or | evil
| side;
Some great | cause, God's | new Mes |-siah, | _offering_ | each the
| bloom or | blight,
Parts the | goats up | -on the | left hand, | and the | sheep up
| -on the | right,
And the | choice goes | by for | -ever |'twixt that | darkness
| and that | light.

Have ye | chosen, | O my | people, | on whose | party | ye shall
| stand,
Ere the | Doom from | _its_ worn | sandals | shakes the | dust a
| -gainst our | land?
Though the | cause of | evil | prosper, | yet the | Truth a | -lone is
| strong,
And, al | _beit she_ | wander | outcast | now, I | see a | -round her
| throng
Troops of | beauti | -ful tall | angels | to en | -shield her
| from all | wrong."
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: _Liberator_, September 4th, 1846.

_Example V.--The Season of Love.--A short Extract_.

"In the | Spring, a | fuller | crimson | comes up | -on the | robin's
| breast;
In the | Spring, the | wanton | lapwing | gets him | -self an | other
| crest;
In the | Spring, a | _livelier_ | iris | changes | on the | burnished
| dove;
In the | Spring, a | young man's | fancy | lightly | turns to
| thoughts of | love.

Then her | cheek was | pale, and | thinner | than should | be for