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Historical Manual of English Prosody

Book 4 — INDEX

Reading edition

["Gloss." indicates that the word will be found explained at its alphabetical place in the Glossary.]

Abbott, Dr., 259, 337

Abnormal lines in Shakespeare, 130

Accent and accentual system, Bk. I. Ch. II. and passim (Gloss.)

Acephalous, 51, 157 (Gloss.)

Acrostic (Gloss.)

Adjective, forms in -y, 166 note

Adonais, 204

Agincourt, Ballad of, 303

Alastor, 204, 312

Alberic of Besançon, 330 note

Alcaics, 124 (Gloss.)

Alcman, 318

Alden, Mr. R. M., 337

Alexandrine, 15, 49, 51, 53, 55, 61, 65-71, 79, 84, 85, 90, 91, 102, 109, 129, 130, 159, 171, 177, 192, 193, 205, 212, 227, 290 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Alexis, St., 331

Alison, 45

Allen, Mr. Grant, 125, 281

Alliteration, 34

Alliterative verse, 37-40, 48-50, 134-139, 151-153, 155 (Gloss.), 316, 317

Alresford Pool, 187

Ambrose, St., 38, 318

Amoryus and Cleopes, 53

Amphibrach (Gloss.)

Amphimacer (Gloss.)

Anacreon, 318

Anacrusis (Gloss.)

Anapæst, 31 and passim (Gloss.)

Ancient Mariner, The, 272, 301, 329, 336 note

Andromeda, 123, 257, 306

Anglo-Saxon (or Old English) prosody, 37, 38, 134-137

Anima Anceps, 219 note

Annus Mirabilis, 209

Anti-bacchic (Gloss.)

Anti-Jacobin, The, 300

Antispast (Gloss.)

Antistrophe, 90 (Gloss.)

"Appoggiatura" (Gloss.)

Arcades, 185, 308

Aristophanes, 304, 318 note, 328

Arnold, M. (1822-1888), 102, 127, 212, 213, 286, 298

Arsis (Gloss.)

"Arte Mayor," 326

Artificial French forms, 125-127

Ascham, R. (1515-1568), 120, 121, 234

Asolando, 285 note

Assonance, 34 (Gloss.)

Astræa, 266

"At a Month's End," 217

Atonic (Gloss.)

Atys, The, 125, 281

Awntyrs of Arthur, The, 49

Ayton, Sir R. (1570-1638), 81

Bacchic (Gloss.)

Ballad (1647) (Gloss.)

Ballad-measure, 53, 56, 81, 96, 97 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Ballade, 126 (Gloss.)

Bar (Gloss.)

Barbour, John (1316-1395), 55

Bard, The, scanned, 89-91

Barham, R. H. (1788-1844), 298, 308

Bartsch, 330

"Baston," 233

Battle of Alcazar, The, 64

"Battle of the Baltic, The," 300

Beat (Gloss.)

Beaumont (1584-1616) and Fletcher (1579-1625), 68, 175, 176

Beaumont, Sir John (1583-1627), 78, 187, 188, 239, 298, 311

Beddoes, T. L. (1803-1849), 206, 336

Behn, Afra (1640-1689), 189

Bele Aeliz, 335

Bells and Pomegranates, 211

Beowulf, 37

Beppo, 203, 300

Bernard of Morlaix, 329

Beryn, 165

Bestiary, The, 112, 143, 320, 323

Blackwood's Magazine, 21

Blake, W. (1757-1827), 33, 42, 93, 94, 112, 143, 145, 199, 298

Blank verse, 63-72, 88, 89, 104-108, 174 sq. (Gloss.)

Blind Harry (fifteenth century), 56, 163

"Boadicea" (Cowper's), 10, 302

"Boadicea" (Tennyson's), 125, 281

Bob and Wheel (Gloss.)

Boethius (the Provençal), 321, 331

Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich, The, 122

Bowles, W. L. (1762-1850), 200, 299

Bradshaw, Mr., 159

Brewer, R. F., 259, 337

Bridges, Mr., 12 note, 260, 261 note, 337

Brightland, J., 245

"Broken and cuttit" verse, 169, 173, 202, 237

Bronte, Emily (1818-1848), 129

Browne, W. (1591-1643), 75, 80, 187, 299

Browning, E. B. (1806-1861), 29, 212, 271, 299

Browning, R. (1812-1889), 100, 102, 105, 109, 117, 210-212, 285 note, 299, 324, 336

Brunne, Robert of (fl. 1288-1338), 233

Burden (Gloss.)

Burns, R. (1759-1796), and Burns-metre, 44-46, 199, 273, 299 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Byron, Lord (1788-1824), 114, 203, 268, 300, 311, 334

Bysshe, E. (fl. 1702-1712), 16, 19, 27, 195, 242-245, 337

Cadence, 233 (Gloss.)

Cæsura (Gloss.)

Calverley, C. S. (1831-1884), 338

Campbell, T. (1777-1844), 300

Campion, Thomas (d. 1619), 33, 73, 121, 238, 300, 338

Canning, G. (1770-1827), 123, 124, 292, 300

Canterbury Tales, The, 51

"Canute Song, The," 136

Carey, John (1756-1826), 252

Carol, 164 (Gloss.)

Caroline verse, 189

"Castaway, The," 302

Castle of Indolence, The, 315

Catalexis (Gloss.)

Catullus, 125, 281, 283

Cayley, C. B., 338

Chalkhill, J. (fl. c. 1600?), 76, 187

Chamberlain, R. (fl. 1640-1660), 301

Chamberlayne, W. (1619-1689), 76, 187, 301

Chansons de geste, 266, 312, 323

Chant-royal (Gloss.)

Chapman, G. (1559?-1634), 281, 325

Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770), 42, 93, 143, 145, 199, 301

Chaucer, G. (1340?-1400), 14, 42, 43, 47, 50, 51, 148, 155-163, 172, 186, 190, 191, 222, 233, 266, 267, 273, 278, 289, 291, 295, 296, 301, 307, 321-325, 332, 334

Chauceriana, 162

Cherry and the Slae, The, 57

Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of (1694-1773), 114

Chevy Chase, 53, 104

Childe Harold, 203, 300

Choriamb, 119 (Gloss.)

Christabel, 8, 42, 60, 95-100, 112, 170, 201, 251, 252, 301, 308, 312

Christmas Eve and Easter Day, 211

Churchill, Ch. (1731-1764), 194

Cleanness, 48

Cleveland, J. (1613-1658), 129 note, 301

Cloud, Shelley's, scanned, 100, 112, 204

Clough, A. H. (1819-1861), 122

Coda (Gloss.)

Coleridge, S. T. (1772-1834), 8, 42, 95-100, 112, 121, 124, 143, 145, 166 note, 201, 208, 251, 252, 272, 299, 301, 312, 329, 336 note, 338

Collins, W. (1721-1759), 33, 94-100, 194, 196-199, 273, 301

"Come unto these yellow sands," 182 note

"Common," 7 and passim (Gloss.)

Common measure, 81 sq. (Gloss.)

Complaints, Chaucer's, 332, 333

Comus, 177, 308

Confessio Amantis, 51

Congreve, W. (1670-1729), 302

Conway, G., 259, 338

Couplet (Gloss.)

"Cowee," 233

Cowley, A. (1618-1667), 78, 302, 324

Cowper, W. (1731-1800), 89, 94, 113, 125, 194, 196, 197, 292, 304

Crabbe, G. (1754-1832), 87, 88, 194

Cretic (Gloss.)

Crowe, W. (1745-1829), 27, 246, 252, 290, 338

Crown of Laurel, 54

Cupid and Psyche, 187 note

"Cuttit and broken" verse, 169, 173, 202, 237

Cynara, 129

Dactyl, 31, 33, and passim (Gloss.)

Dallas, E.S. (1828-1879), 257

Damasus, Pope, 319

Daniel, S. (1562-1619), 185, 238, 338

Dante, 167 note, 284, 292, 295, 321, 322

Darley, G. (1795-1840), 206, 336

Darwin, E. (1731-1802), 200

Davenant, Sir John (1606-1668), 70, 176

David, A., 292

Davidson, Mr. John (1857-1909), 219

Davies, Sir John (1569-1626), 266

Decasyllable, 46 sq. and passim (Gloss. and Origin-List)

De Contemptu Mundi, 329

Defence of Guenevere, The, 215, 309

Dennis, John (1657-1734), 241

Deschamps, Eust., 334

"Deserter," Curran's, 219 note

Di-iamb (Gloss.)

Dimeter (Gloss.)

Dispondee (Gloss.)

Distich (Gloss.)

Ditrochee (Gloss.)

Dixon, R. W. (1853-1900), 218, 219, 295, 303

Dobson, Mr. Austin, 125-127

Dochmiac (Gloss.)

Doggerel, 54, 55, 163 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

"Dolores" metre, 112-115

Don Juan, 203, 300

Donne, John (1573-1631), 73, 81, 302, 305

Douglas, G., 163

Dowson, E., 129

Drant, T. (d. 1578?), 236

Drayton, M. (1563-1631), 75, 77, 109, 185, 187, 225, 283, 302, 303, 324

"Dream of Fair Women, The," 209

Dryden, John (1631-1700), 15, 17 note, 29, 34 note, 82-85, 101-103, 129 note, 192, 193, 240, 241, 267, 274, 281, 290, 302, 303, 305, 310, 324, 332, 338

Dunbar, W. (1465?-1530?), 56, 163, 303

Duple (Gloss.)

Durfey, T. (1653-1723), 197, 199

Dyer, John (1700?-1758), 195 note, 303

Dying Swan (Tennyson's) scanned, 110-112

Earthly Paradise, The, 215, 309

"E.I.O.," 54, 164

Elegiacs, English, 73, 122

Elegy, Gray's, 209

Elinor Rumming, 54

Elision (Gloss.)

Ellis, A. J. (1814-1890), 259

End-stopped (Gloss.)

Endymion, 205, 306

England's Jubile, 301

Enjambment (Gloss.)

"Enterlace," 233

Envoi (Gloss.)

Epanaphora (Gloss.)

Epanorthosis (Gloss.)

Epithalamion (Spenser's), 62

Epitrite (Gloss.)

Epode (Gloss.)

Equivalence, 32 and passim (Gloss.)

Eulalia, Hymn of St., 151 note, 321, 331

Evangeline, 116, 122, 256, 306, 307

Evans, Archdeacon (1789-1866), 257

Eve of St. Agnes, The, 205, 306

"Eve of St. John," 270

Eve of St. Mark, The, 206, 306

"Eveleen's Bower," 202, 270

"Evening, Ode to" (Collins'), 302

"Evening on the Broads," 119

Example of Virtue, The, 305

Extrametrical syllables, 18 note

Eye-rhyme, 172 (Gloss.)

Faerie Queene, The, 171, 280

Fairfax, E. (d. 1635), 77, 185, 187, 303, 311, 334

"Feet" ("foot"), 6 and passim (Gloss.)

Feminine endings (Gloss.)

Fifine at the Fair, 212, 267, 303

"Fifteener," 39, 40 (Gloss.)

"Fingering," 35 (Gloss.)

Fitzgerald, E. (1809-1883). 217, 303, 332

Fletcher, Giles (1588?-1623), 304

Fletcher, John, see Beaumont and F., 304

Fletcher, Phineas (1582-1650), 304

Foot, see Feet

"Fourteener," 34, 40, 41, 49, 53, 55, 84, 85, 115, 140, 149, 153, 165, 167, 193, 215 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

French prosody, its connections, agreements, and differences with English, 14

Frere, J. H. (1769-1846), 304, 334

Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay, 64

Friars of Berwick, The, 186, 303

Galliambics, 125 (Gloss.)

Gamelyn, 165, 281, 325, 326

Garth, S. (1661-1719), 85, 193

Gascoigne, G. (1525?-1577), 9, 15, 19, 59, 65, 155, 166, 168, 174, 199, 234, 235, 241, 290, 304, 314, 338

Gawain and the Green Knight, 48, 152, 221

Gay, J. (1685-1732), 92, 114, 310

Gemell or Geminel, 302 (Gloss.)

Genesis and Exodus, 14, 43, 47, 60, 145, 170, 221, 321

Gifford, H. (fl. 1580), 74

Gildon, C. (1665-1724), 245

Glover, R. (1712-1785), 88, 304

Goblin Market, 215, note

Godric, St. (12th cent.), 38, 136, 304

Goldsmith, O. (1728-1774), 96, 194, 338

Gorboduc, 63, 174

Gorgeous Gallery of Gallant Inventions, 72

Gospel of Nicodemus, 328

Gower, John (1325?-1408), 14, 42, 51, 153, 154, 156, 206, 222, 233, 274, 304

"Grandmamma" (Locker's), 300

"Grave Poem," the, 38, 136

Gray, T. (1718-1771), 89-92, 142, 194, 196-199, 249, 250, 294, 301, 302, 332

Greek prosody, its resemblance and relations to English, 1, 6, 7, 20, 32 note, 281

Greene, Robert (1560?-1592), 64

Grongar Hill, 195 note, 303

Guest, Dr. (1800-1880), 11 note, 38, 135, 237, 253-255, 292, 323, 324, 325, 329, 338

"Haidee, Lines to," 114

Hamlet, 130

Hampole, Richard Rolle of, (1290?-1349), 46, 47, 304, 305, 321

Hardie, Prof., 284 note, 318 note

Harvey, Gabriel (1545?-1630), 121, 236

Havelok, 149

Hawes, S. (d. 1523?), 163, 223, 305

Hayley, W. (1745-1820), 300

Head-rhyme (Gloss.)

Hendecasyllables, 124, 125 (Gloss.)

Henley, Mr. W. E. (1849-1903), 128, 219, 286

Henryson, R. (1430?-1506?), 56, 155, 163

Heptameter (Gloss.)

Herbert of Cherbury, Lord (1583-1648), 82, 333

Hero and Leander, 186

"Heroic" couplet, etc. (Gloss.)

Herrick, R. (1591-1674), 81, 305

"Hesperia," 118

Hewlett, Mr., 12 note

Hexameters, 120-123 (Gloss.)

Heywood, John (1497?-1580?), 54, 326, 327 note

Hiatus (Gloss.)

Hiawatha, 307

Hilary, 318

Hodgson, Mr. S., 260, 338

"Hollyhock" song (Tennyson's), 27, 99, 112

Holmes, O. W., 300

Hood, Tom, the elder (1799-1845), 269 note

Hood, Tom, the younger (1835-1874), 259, 338

Horace, 266, 289, 318

Horn (King), 149, 221, 320, 323, 328

House of Fame, The, 50

Hughes, Thomas (fl. 1587), 64

Hunt, H. J. Leigh (1784-1859), 101, 305, 306

Hyperion, 205, 306

Iambic, 19, 31, and passim (Gloss.)

"Immortality" Ode (Wordsworth's), 200 note

Ingoldsby Legends, The, 298

In Memoriam metre, 81 sq., 312 (Origin-List)

Inverted stress (Gloss.)

Ionic (Gloss.)

Isabella, 204, 205, 306

"J. D.", 239

James I. of Scotland (1394-1437), 56, 163, 172 note

James VI. of Scotland (I. of England), (1566-1625), 236, 257, 296, 335, 338

Jason, The Life and Death of, 309

Jenkin, Prof. F. (1833-1885), 260, 338

"Jerusalem the Golden," 329

Johnson, Dr. (1709-1784), 12, 19, 87, 88, 194, 196, 246, 338

Jonson, Ben (1573?-1637), 72, 176, 187, 239, 241, 302, 305, 307, 333

Judas poem, 41, 328

Kapiolani, 116, 201, 288

Keats, John (1795-1821), 101, 102, 108, 192, 205-6, 305, 306, 324

Ker, Prof., 326, 338, 339

King Horn, 112

Kingis Quair, The, 163, 290

Kingsley, Ch. (1819-1875), 118, 123, 257, 306

Kynaston, Sir Francis (1587-1642), 186, 334

La Belle Dame sans Merci, 206, 306

L'Allegro, 308

Lamia, 102, 306

Landor, W. S. (1775-1864), 306

Langland, W. (1330?-1400?), 49, 152, 153, 190, 222, 307, 323

Lanier, S., 261

Laon and Cythna, 204

"Last Buccaneer, The" (Macaulay's), 271, 308

"Last Leaf, The" (Holmes's), 300

"Last Ride Together, The," 211

Latham, R. G. (1812-1888), 11 note, 257

Latin prosody, its connection, agreements, and differences with English, 1, 6, 7, 20, 32 note

Laus Veneris, 217, 332

Lawes, H. (1596-1662), 240 note

Layamon (fl. c. 1200), 39-42, 137-139, 307, 319

Lay of the Last Minstrel, The, 201

Lays of Ancient Rome, 308

Le Bone Florence of Rome, 44

Leger, Vie de St., 330 note

Leoline and Sydanis, 334

Leonine verse, 143 (Gloss.)

"Letter of Advice" (Praed's), 114

Lewis, C. M., 339

Lewis, D. (1683-1760), 92

Lewis, M. G. (1775-1818), 200 note, 203, 307, 312

Liddell, Prof. Mark H., 339

Life and Death of Jason, The, 215

Line and Line-Combination, 33 and passim (Gloss.)

Locker, F. (1821-1895), 300, 307

"Long," Bk. I. Chap. II. and passim (Gloss.)

"Long" lines, 115, 116 (Origin-List)

"Long Measure," 81 sq. and passim (Gloss.)

Longfellow, H. W. (1807-1882), 122, 256, 307

"Lotos-Eaters, The," 209

"Love among the Ruins," 211

Love is Enough, 118, 215-309

Love-Rune, 144

Lycidas, 183, 275, 309

Lydgate, John (1370?-1451?), 52, 53, 162, 223, 233, 287, 307

Lydgatian line, 52, 53 (Gloss.)

Lyndsay, Sir D. (1490-1555), 163

Macaulay, Lord (1800-1859), 207, 208 note, 271

Macaulay, Prof. G. C., 52

Macbeth, 23 note, 129, 130

Machault, G. de, 331, 334

M'Cormick, Dr., 12 note

Maginn, W. (1793-1842), 308

Mano, 218, 294, 303

Mapes, W. (fl. c. 1200), 325

"Mark Antony" (Cleveland's), 301

Marlowe, C. (1564-1593), 64, 66, 75, 174, 187, 308

Marmion, S. (1603-1639), 76, 187

Marot, C., 330

Martial, 318

Marvell, A. (1621-1678), 82

Mary Ambree, 74

Masculine rhyme (Gloss.)

Mason, J. (1706-1763), 247, 339

Masson, Prof., 258, 339

Maud, 115

Mayor, Prof. J. B., 260, 339

Medea (Glover's), 304

Meredith, Mr. George (1829-1909), 125, 219, 281

Merope, 298

Metham, John (15th century), 53

Metre, 6 and passim (Gloss.)

Metrum (Gray's), 198, 250

Milton, John (1608-1674), 11, 12, 15, 25 note, 70, 71, 177-185, 191, 195, 240, 246, 260, 273, 277, 279, 289, 293, 294, 296, 308, 309, 324

Mirror for Magistrates, 166, 234 note, 322, 324

Misfortunes of Arthur, 64

Mitford, W. (1744-1827), 19, 248, 339

"Molly Mog," 92, 114

Molossus (Gloss.)

Monks and the Giants, The, 304

Monk's Tale, 289

Monometer (Gloss.)

Monopressure (Gloss.)

Monosyllabic foot, 23, 281; illustrations, passim

Montgomerie, Alex. (1556?-1610?), 57, 163

Moore, T. (1779-1852), 202, 270, 309

Moral Ode, 41, 141, 220, 281, 325

Morris, W. (1834-1896), 103, 108, 117, 118, 156, 206, 214, 215, 298, 306, 309, 334

Mother Hubberd's Tale, 62, 75

Murray, Lindley (1745-1826), 252

Musical and rhetorical arrangements of verse, 8 note, 35 (Rule 41) (Gloss.)

Myers, F. (1843-1901), 128, 129

Nash, T. (1567-1601), 238

"Nativity" hymn (Milton's), 308

"Needy Knife-Grinder, The," 123, 292

Norton, Thomas (1532-1584), 63

Notes of Instruction (Gascoigne's), 234, 235, 305

"Nut-brown Maid, The," 164

Occleve, 162, 199

Octave, 185, 186, 203-205 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Octometer (Gloss.)

Octosyllable, 40 and passim (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Octovian Imperator, 335

Old English prosody, see Anglo-Saxon

Omar Khayyám, 217, 303, 332

Omond, Mr. T. S., 256, 261, 337, 339

Orison of Our Lady, 140, 141, 321

Orm and the Ormulum, 14, 17, 38, 140, 220, 310

O'Shaughnessy, A. E. (1844-1881), 217, 310

Ossian, 33 note, 199

Ottava rima (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Owl and the Nightingale, The, 14, 42, 145, 221

Pæon (Gloss.)

"Palace of Art, The," 209

Paracelsus, 210

Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained, 178-181, 309

Pastime of Pleasure, The, 305

"Paternoster," the M.E., 136, 220

Patmore, Coventry (1823-1896), 258, 339

Pauline, 210

Pause, 33 and passim (Gloss.)

Pause-foot, 23 note, 281

Pearl, The, 49, 152

Peele, George (1558?-1597?), 64, 65, 174, 300, 310

Pemberton, H. (1694-1771), 245, 246

Pentameter (Gloss.)

Percy, Bp. (1729-1811), 75, 97, 197, 199, 310

Phaethon (Mr. Meredith's), 281

Pharonnida, 187, 301

Philips, A. (1675?-1749), 199

Phœnix, The, 37

Phœnix Nest, The, 72

Piers Plowman, The Vision of, 49, 152, 153, 307

Pills to Purge Melancholy, 82

Pindar, 318

"Pindaric," 25 (Gloss.)

Poe, Edgar A. (1809-1840), 310, 340

"Poet, The" (Tennyson's), 209, 303

Polyolbion, 160, 266

Poole, Joshua (fl. c. 1640), 239

Pope, Alex. (1688-1744), 29, 85-87, 192-194

"Position" (Gloss.)

"Poulter's measure," 59, 167, 267 (Gloss.)

Praed, W. M. (1802-1839), 92, 114, 310

Prick of Conscience, 47, 305, 321

Prior, M. (1664-1721), 82, 194, 310

Proceleusmatic (Gloss.)

Prologue to Canterbury Tales, 50, 51

Prometheus Unbound, 204

Provençal, 273

Proverbs of Alfred, 141, 220

Proverbs of Hendyng, 142, 221

Prudentius, 318

Pulteney, W. (1684-1764), 114

Puttenham, G. or R. (both fl. c. 1560-1590), 237, 241, 340

Pyrrhic, 31 (Gloss.)

Quantity, 20 sq. and passim (Gloss.)

Quarterly Review, The, 252

Quartet, Quatrain (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Queen Mab, 203, 312

"Queen was in the Parlour, The," 326

Quintet (Gloss.)

Quintilian, 284 note

Redundance (Gloss.)

Refrain (Gloss.)

Reliques (Percy's), 197, 199, 310

Revolt of Islam, The, 204

Rhyme, 33-34 and passim (Gloss.)

Rhyme-royal, 50, 56, 185, 215 (Gloss. and Origin-List)

"Rhyming Poem," 136

Rhythm (Gloss. and passim)

Richard Cœur de Lion, 43, 47

"Riding Rhyme," 157 (Gloss.)

Rime couée, 43, 150 sq. (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Robert of Gloucester (13th century), 41, 149, 281, 311, 325

Robert Manning (or of Brunne, q.v.), 329

Romance (Gloss.)

"Romance-six," 43 and passim (Gloss. and Origin-List)

Romances, the, 149

Rondeau, Rondel, 125 (Gloss.)

Roscommon, W. Dillon, Earl of (1633?-1685), 241

"Rose-cheeked Laura," 73, 74

Rossetti, Christina (1830-1894), 29, 213, 293, 311

Rossetti, D. G. (1828-1882), 120, 213, 293, 311, 333

Ruskin, Mr. (1819-1900), 260, 340

Rymer, T. (1641-1713), 241

Sackville, Thomas, Earl of Dorset (1536-1608), 166 note, 311, 334

St. Alexis, 331

St. Eulalia, 151 note, 321, 331

St. Leger, 330 note

St. Paul, 128

Samson Agonistes, 184, 309

Sandys, George (1578-1644), 78, 79, 311, 338

Sapphics, 124 (Gloss.)

Saturday Review, The, 260

Savage, R. (?-1743), 194

Sayers, F. (1763-1817), 94, 95, 200, 250, 312

Schipper, Dr., 340

Scott, Alex. (1528?-1584?), 57, 163

Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832), 145, 200, 201, 300, 307, 312

Seasons, The, 195, 196

"Section," Guest's and others', 254 note (Gloss.)

Sedley, Sir Charles (1639-1701), 189

Seeley, J. R., 259

Septenar, 40 (Gloss.)

Septet (Gloss.)

Sestet (Gloss.)

Sestine (Gloss.)

Shakespeare, W. (1564-1616), 15, 28, 29, 66-68, 79, 80, 129, 130, 174, 175, 181-183, 191, 224, 225, 279, 289, 293, 296, 308, 312, 324

Shelley, P. B. (1792-1822), 29, 96, 104, 203-205, 295, 306, 312, 335

Shenstone, W. (1714-1763), 18 note, 92, 113, 142, 194, 247, 313, 340

Shepherd's Kalendar, The, 15, 60, 145, 169-171

Sheridan, T. (1719-1788), 247

Shirley, James (1596-1666), 69, 176

"Short," 6 and passim (Gloss.)

"Short" lines, 317

"Short measure," 167 (Gloss.)

Sidney, Sir P. (1554-1586), 169, 171, 267, 313, 324

Sievers, Dr., 37

Sigurd the Volsung and Sigurd metre, 118, 215, 309, 325

Single-moulded (Gloss.)

Sir Thopas, 143, 155, 160, 330

Sir Tristrem, 45

Skeat, Prof., 11 note, 260, 340

Skelton, John (1460?-1529), 54, 163, 223, 292

Skeltonic, 54 (Gloss.)

"Skylark" (Shelley's), 204

Slur (Gloss.)

Smith, Prof. Gregory, 337

"Song to a Portuguese Air," 309, 325

Sonnet, 167, 171, and passim (Gloss.)

Sordello, 210

Southey, R. (1744-1843), 25, 95, 96, 121, 122, 123, 124, 143, 145, 200, 250, 299, 313, 340

Spanish poetry, 271, 273

Spedding, James (1808-1881), 340

Spenser, E., and Spenserian, 15, 42, 60-62, 75, 121, 145, 156, 169-172, 194, 224, 225, 236, 292, 305, 306, 308, 313, 324, 340 (Origin-List)

Spondee, 30 and passim (Gloss.)

Stanyhurst, R. (1547-1618), 236

Stanza or Stave (Gloss.)

Steel Glass, The, 65, 174, 305

Steele, Joshua (1700-1791), 248, 249, 340

Stone, Mr. W. J. 123, 200, 236, 340

Story of Thebes, The, 52

Stress, Bk. I. Chap. II. and passim (Gloss.)

"Stress-unit," 19 (Gloss.)

Strophe (Gloss.)

"Substitution," 32 and passim (Gloss.)

Suckling, Sir John (1605-1642), 70

Surrey, Earl of (1517?-1547), 15, 59, 63, 159, 166, 223, 273, 313

Swift, Jon. (1667-1745), 194

Swinburne, A. C. (1836-1909), 29, 92, 100, 103, 114, 115, 118-120, 123, 124, 215-217, 257, 267, 268 note, 275, 283, 288, 292, 311, 313, 314, 327-332

Syllables, their position in English prosody, Bk. I. Chap. III. and passim

Symonds, J. A, (1840-1893), 12 note, 259, 340

Synalœpha (Gloss.)

Syncope (Gloss.)

Synizesis (Gloss.)

Syzygy (Gloss.)

Tailed sonnet (Gloss.)

Tamburlaine, 64

Tasso (Fairfax's), 185, 303, 334

Taylor, W. (1765-1836), 200, 250

Temple of Glass, The, 52

Tennyson, Lord (1809-1892), 24-29, 82, 99, 103, 106-108, 110-112, 115-116, 124, 125, 208-210, 257, 266, 268 note, 279, 283, 288, 297, 314, 332, 333, 336

Tercet (Gloss.)

Terza rima, 167, 307, 314 (Gloss.)

Tetrameter (Gloss.)

Thalaba, 96, 97, 313

Thaun, Ph. de, 112, 143

Thealma and Clearchus, 76, 187

Thelwall, John (1764-1834), 252, 270, 340

Thesis (Gloss.)

Thetbaldus, 143

Thomson, James (I.) (1700-1748), 88, 195, 196

Thomson, James (II.) (1834-1882), 217, 218

Thomson, Mr. William, 12 note, 261

"Time" (Gloss.)

Tottel's Miscellany, 168

"Townley" Plays, 46

Trench, Archbishop (1807-1886), 257

Tribrach, 31 and passim (Gloss.)

Triolet, 125 (Gloss.)

Triple (Gloss.)

Triplet (Gloss.)

Trochee, 31 and passim (Gloss.)

Troilus and Criseyde, 50, 290, 334

Truncation (Gloss.)

Tumbling verse, 237 (Gloss.)

Turberville, G. (1548?-1610?), 60, 168

Turn of words (Gloss.)

Tusser, T. (1524?-1580), 74, 168, 234, 314

Tyrwhitt, 248

"Under the Greenwood Tree," 28 note, 183 note

Veni Redemptor gentium, 38

Vernon, MS., 155, 322, 323

Verrier. M., 12 note, 100, 340

Verse (Gloss.)

Versus caudatus, 291

Vie de St. Leger, 330 note

"Vilikins and his Dinah," 285

Vision of Judgment, The, 121, 251, 313

"Vision of Sin, The," 209

Vowel-music, 35 (Gloss.)

Voyage of Maeldune, The, 116

Wace, 138

Wadham, Mr. E., 258, 340

Walker, John (of the Dictionary) (1732-1807), 252

Walker, W. Sidney (1795-1846), 258

Waller, Edm. (1606-1687), 78, 311, 314

Warton, T. (1728-1790), 200, 267

Watson, T., Bishop (1513-1584), 120

Watson, T., sonneteer (1557?-1592), 171

Watts, Dr. (1674-1748), 123, 245, 292, 314

Weak ending (Gloss.)

Webb, D. (1719-1798), 245

Webbe, W. (fl. c. 1586), 236, 340

"Wheel," 48, 49 (Gloss.)

Whitman, Walt, 33 note, 314

William of Palerne, 48, 221

William of Poitiers, 335

Witch of Atlas, The, 204, 335

Wither, George (1588-1667), 81, 187

Woodford, Dr. S. (1636-1700), 240

Wordsworth, W. (1770-1850), 104, 200, 250, 251, 314

Wrenched accent (Gloss.)

Wyatt, Sir T. (1503?-1542), 15, 57, 58, 61 note, 159, 166, 223, 295, 314

Wynn, Southey's letter to, 250

Wyntoun (15th century), 55, 233, 274

"Yardley Oak," 196

"York" Plays, 45

Young, E. (1683-1765), 89

Zophiel, 129

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