drons | three a | -gainst him came;
This the | force of | Eirin | hiding,
Side by | side as | proudly | riding,
On her | shadow | long and | gay,
Lochlin | ploughs the | _watery_ | way:
There the Norman | sails a | -far
Catch the | winds, and | join the | war;
Black and | huge, a | -long they | sweep,
Burthens | of the | angry | deep.
Dauntless | on his | native | sands,
_The Drag | -on-son | of Mo | -na stands;[514]
In glit | -tering arms | and glo | -ry drest_,
High he | rears his | ruby | crest.
There the | thundering | stroke be | -gin,
There the | press, and | there the | din;
Taly | -malfra's | rocky | shore
_Echoing_ | to the | battle's | roar;
Where his | glowing | eyeballs | turn,
Thousand | banners | round him | burn.
Where he | points his | purple | spear,
Hasty, | hasty | rout is | there,
Marking | with in | -dignant | eye
Fear to | stop, and | shame to | fly.
There Con | -fusion, | Terror's | child,
Conflict | fierce, and | Ruin | wild,
Ago | -ny, that | pants for | breath,
_Despair_, | and HON | -OURA | -BLE DEATH."
THOMAS GRAY: _Johnson's British Poets_, Vol. vii, p. 285.

_Example XIII.--"Grongar Hill."--First Twenty-six Lines_.

"Silent | Nymph, with | _curious_ | eye,
Who, the | purple | eve, dost | lie
On the | mountain's | lonely | van,
_Beyond_ | _the noise_ | _of bus_ | _-y man_;
Painting | fair the | form of | things,
While the | yellow | linnet | sings;
Or the | tuneful | nightin | -gale
Charms the | forest | with her | tale;
Come, with | all thy | various hues,
Come, and | aid thy | sister | Muse.
Now, while | Phoebus, | riding | high,
_Gives lus_ | _-tre to_ | _the land_ | _and sky_,
Grongar | Hill in | -vites my | song;
Draw the | landscape | bright | and strong;
Grongar, | in whose | mossy | cells,
Sweetly | -musing | Quiet | dwells;
Grongar, | in whose | silent | shade,
For the | modest | Muses | made,
_So oft_ | _I have_, | _the eve_ | _-ning still_,
At the | fountain | of a | rill,
Sat up | -on a | _flowery_ | bed,
With my | hand be | -neath my | head,
_While stray'd_ | _my eyes_ | _o'er Tow_ | _-y's flood_,
Over | mead and | over wood,
_From house_ | _to house_, | _from hill_ | _to hill_,
_Till Con_ | _-templa_ | _-tion had_ | _her fill_."
JOHN