In lines where the pause is placed after the second foot, we perceive a smaller degree of melody, for the divisions are not equal; one containing four syllables, the other six, as in the first example. But the melody in this example, is much superior to that of the verses which have the cesural pause after the third foot; for this obvious reason: When the pause bounds the second foot, the latter part of the verse is the greatest, and leaves the most forcible impression upon the mind; but when the pause is at the end of the third foot, the order is reversed. We are fond of proceeding from small to great, and a climax in sound, pleases the ear in the same manner as a climax in sense delights the mind. Such is the first example. It must be observed further, that when the cesural pause falls after the second and third feet, both the final and cesural pauses are on accented syllables; whereas when the cesural pause falls in the middle of the third foot, this is on a weak syllable, and the final pause, on an accented syllable. This variety in the latter, is another cause of the superior pleasure we derive from verses divided into equal portions. The pause may fall in the middle of the fourth foot; as, "Let favor speak for others, worth for me;" but the melody, in this case, is almost lost. At the close of the first foot, the pause has a more agreeable effect. "That's vile, should we a parent's fault adore, And err, because our fathers err'd before?" In the middle of the second foot, the pause may be used, but produces little melody. "And who but wishes to invert the laws Of order, sins against the eternal cause." Harmony is produced by a proportion between the members of the same verse, or between the members of different verses. Example. "Thy forests, Windsor, and thy green retreats, At once the monarch's, and the muse's seats, Invite my lays. Be present sylvan maids, Unlock your springs, and open all your shades." Here we observe, the pause in the first couplet, is in the middle of the third foot; both verses are in this respect similar. In the last couplet, the pause falls after the second foot. In each couplet separately considered, there is a uniformity; but when one is compared with the other, there is a diversity. This variety produces a pleasing effect.[126] The variety is further encreased, when the first lines of several succeeding couplets are uniform as to themselves, and different from the last lines, which are also uniform as to themselves. Churchill, speaking of reason, lord chief justice in the court of man, has the following lines.