_By whom was David taught To aim the deadly blow, When he Goliath fought, And laid the Gittite low? Nor sword nor spear the stripling took, But chose a pebble from the brook._ Numerous other examples are quoted in _Metrik_, ii, § 394, together with similar stanzas formed according to the schemes _a b ~ a b ~₃ c c₄_, _a b a b₃ C C₄_, _a ~ b a ~ b₃ c c₅_, _a b a b₄ c c₅_, _a ~ b a ~ b₄ c c₆_, &c. The reverse order with regard to the length of the verses in the _pedes_ and the _cauda_ is also not uncommon, as e.g. in stanzas on the schemes _a b a b c₅ c₄_, _a b a b c₅ c₃_, _a b a b₅ c₄ c₅_, &c. Stanzas of this kind are met with chiefly in the earlier Modern English poets, e.g. in Cowley and Herbert. Shorter lines also are used, e.g. in stanzas corresponding to the formulas _a b a b₄ c c₃_, _a b a b₄ c c₂_; stanzas like these also occur later, e.g. in Moore. In Cowley, now and then, a stanza is found with a preceding _frons_ (on the scheme _a a₅ b c b c₄_). In Moore we find yet another variety (in _Poor broken flower_), the _cauda_ of which is enclosed by the _pedes_ (according to the formula _a ~ b₅ c c₃ a ~ b₅_). Another group of stanzas is to be mentioned here, the verses of which are of different length in the first part, admitting of many various combinations. Especially stanzas of Septenary rhythm in the first part are very popular, as e.g. in Cowper's fine poem _The Castaway_ (p. 400), on the scheme _a₄ b₃ a₄ b₃ c c₄_: _Obscurest night involved the sky, The Atlantic billows roared, When such a destined wretch as I, Washed headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left._ There are many varieties of this form of stanza, as e.g. _a₄ b₃ a₄ b₃ c c₅_, _a₄ b₃ a₄ b₃ c₄ c₅_, _a₃ b₂ a₃ b₂ c₄ c₅_, _a₄ b₂ a₄ b₂ c c₄_, _a₅ b₄ a₅ b₄ c c₅_; _a₃ b₄ a₃ b₄ c c₄_, _a₂ b₄ a₂ b₄ c c₅_. All these different schemes were chiefly used by the earlier Modern English poets, as Browne, Carew, Cowley, Waller, and Herbert. (See _Metrik_, ii, § 397). There are some other stanzas of allied structure which may be regarded as extensions of the Poulter's Measure by the addition of a second Alexandrine or Septenary verse, their formulas being _a b c b₃ d₄ d₃_ or _a b₃ c₄ b₃ d₄ d₃_. For examples see _Metrik_, ii, § 398. § =275. Stanzas of seven lines= are very common, and have many diverse forms. In the first place may be mentioned those which have parallel arrangement of rhymes, and in which the _frons_ is isometrical. Some of these forms, used chiefly by the earlier poets, as Cowley, Sheffield, and others, have the scheme _a a b b c₄ c₂ c₅_ or _a a b b c₄ c a₅_. Another variety, with alternate four-and two-foot iambic-anapaestic lines according to the formula _a a b b₄ r r₂ R₄_, occurs in Moore, _The Legend of Puck the Fairy_: