A History of English Versification

Name: A History of English Versification
Author: Schipper, J. (Jakob)

Schipper, J. (Jakob)

English language -- Versification; English poetry -- History and criticism

_So that =w=íldest of =w=áves, | in their ángriest móod,
     Scarce =b=réak on the =b=oúnds | of the lánd for a róod._
                                         Byron, Siege of Corinth, 382-4.

Eighteenth Century, End:


    _My =h=éart's in the =H=íghlands, | my =h=éart is not =h=ére;
     My =h=éart's in the =H=íghlands, | a-chásing the déer._      Burns.

Eighteenth Century, Middle:

    _A cóbbler there wás, | and he líved in a stáll._[119]

Eighteenth Century, Beginning (1715):

   _I síng not old Jáson | who trável'd thro' Gréece
    To kíss the fair máids  | and posséss the rich fléece._
               Prior, Down-Hall, to the tune of King John and the Abbot.

Seventeenth Century, Beginning (or Sixteenth Century, End):

    _An áncient stóry | I'le téll you anón
     Of a nótable prínce, | that was cálled king Jóhn._
                                  King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.

Sixteenth Century, End (1585):

    _Fetching =f=úde for to =f=éid it | fast =f=úrth of the
          =F=árie._[120]
                                                             Montgomery.

Sixteenth Century (1575):

    _No =w=íght in this =w=órld | that =w=éalth can attáyne
     Un=l=ésse hè bè=l=éve | thàt áll ìs bùt váyne._[121]
                                                           G. Gascoigne.

Sixteenth Century (before 1575):

    _As =G=ámmer =G=úrton, | with mánye a wyde stýche,
     Sat =p=ésynge and =p=átching | of Hódg her mans brýche._
                                                 Gammer Gurton's Needle.

Sixteenth Century, Middle (about 1548):

    _Such lúbbers as =h=áth | dysgysed =h=éads in their hóods._
                                   Bale (_died_ 1563), King Johan, p. 2.

    _Thýnke you a Róman | with the Rómans cannot lýe?_
                                                            ibid. p. 84.

    _For as =C=hríste ded say to Péter, | =C=áro et sánguis
     Non revelávit tíbi | sed =P=áter meus celéstis._
                                                         ibid. pp. 92-3.

    _A péna et =c=úlpa | I desýre to be =c=lére,
     And thén all the dévylles | of héll I wold not fére._
                                                            ibid. p. 33.

    _Judicáte pupíllo, | deféndite víduam:
     Defénde the wýdowe, | whan she ís in dystrésse._
                                                             ibid. p. 6.

    _Sáncte Domínice, | óra pro nóbis.
     Sáncte pyld mónache, | I be-shrów vóbis.
     Sáncte Francísse, | óra pro nóbis._
                                                            ibid. p. 25.

Sixteenth Century, Beginning:

    _Apón the =m=ídsummer évin, | =m=írriest of níchtis._
                                            Dunbar, Twa Mariit Wemen, 1.

Fifteenth Century, Second Half:

    _In the =ch=éiftyme of =Ch=árlis, | that =ch=ósin =ch=íftane._
                                                       Rauf Coilȝear, 1.

Fifteenth Century, ? First Half:

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A History of English Versification

Schipper, J. (Jakob)

English language -- Versification; English poetry -- History and criticism

_So that =w=íldest of =w=áves, | in their ángriest móod,
     Scarce =b=réak on the =b=oúnds | of the lánd for a róod._
                                         Byron, Siege of Corinth, 382-4.

Eighteenth Century, End:


    _My =h=éart's in the =H=íghlands, | my =h=éart is not =h=ére;
     My =h=éart's in the =H=íghlands, | a-chásing the déer._      Burns.

Eighteenth Century, Middle:

    _A cóbbler there wás, | and he líved in a stáll._[119]

Eighteenth Century, Beginning (1715):

   _I síng not old Jáson | who trável'd thro' Gréece
    To kíss the fair máids  | and posséss the rich fléece._
               Prior, Down-Hall, to the tune of King John and the Abbot.

Seventeenth Century, Beginning (or Sixteenth Century, End):

    _An áncient stóry | I'le téll you anón
     Of a nótable prínce, | that was cálled king Jóhn._
                                  King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.

Sixteenth Century, End (1585):

    _Fetching =f=úde for to =f=éid it | fast =f=úrth of the
          =F=árie._[120]
                                                             Montgomery.

Sixteenth Century (1575):

    _No =w=íght in this =w=órld | that =w=éalth can attáyne
     Un=l=ésse hè bè=l=éve | thàt áll ìs bùt váyne._[121]
                                                           G. Gascoigne.

Sixteenth Century (before 1575):

    _As =G=ámmer =G=úrton, | with mánye a wyde stýche,
     Sat =p=ésynge and =p=átching | of Hódg her mans brýche._
                                                 Gammer Gurton's Needle.

Sixteenth Century, Middle (about 1548):

    _Such lúbbers as =h=áth | dysgysed =h=éads in their hóods._
                                   Bale (_died_ 1563), King Johan, p. 2.

    _Thýnke you a Róman | with the Rómans cannot lýe?_
                                                            ibid. p. 84.

    _For as =C=hríste ded say to Péter, | =C=áro et sánguis
     Non revelávit tíbi | sed =P=áter meus celéstis._
                                                         ibid. pp. 92-3.

    _A péna et =c=úlpa | I desýre to be =c=lére,
     And thén all the dévylles | of héll I wold not fére._
                                                            ibid. p. 33.

    _Judicáte pupíllo, | deféndite víduam:
     Defénde the wýdowe, | whan she ís in dystrésse._
                                                             ibid. p. 6.

    _Sáncte Domínice, | óra pro nóbis.
     Sáncte pyld mónache, | I be-shrów vóbis.
     Sáncte Francísse, | óra pro nóbis._
                                                            ibid. p. 25.

Sixteenth Century, Beginning:

    _Apón the =m=ídsummer évin, | =m=írriest of níchtis._
                                            Dunbar, Twa Mariit Wemen, 1.

Fifteenth Century, Second Half:

    _In the =ch=éiftyme of =Ch=árlis, | that =ch=ósin =ch=íftane._
                                                       Rauf Coilȝear, 1.

Fifteenth Century, ? First Half:

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A History of English Versification

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