Note 108 — Chapter VI · THE LAST STAGE—TENNYSON TO SWINBURNE
Reading edition
Especially in these two, as here:
Half Alex. Winds | ŏf thĕ Wēst, | arise!
Alex. Hesper|ĭăn bāl|mĭĕst āirs, | O waft | back those | sweet sighs
Dec. couplet.{To her | that breathes | them from | her own | pure skies,
Dew-drop|ping, mixt | with Dawn's | engold|ened dyes
Half Alex. O'er my | unhap|py eyes!
Fourteener. From prim|rose bed | and wil|low bank | where your | moss cra|dle lies.
Alex. O! from | your rush|y bowers | to waft | back her | sweet sighs—
Half Alex. Winds | of the West, | arise!
(Darley.)
If thou | wilt ease | thine heart Of love | and all | its smart, Then sleep, | dear, sleep; And not | a sor|row Hang a|ny tear | on your | eyelash|es; Lie still | and deep, Sad soul, | until | the sea-|wave wash|es The rim | ŏ' thĕ sūn | tŏ-mōr|row In east|ern sky.
(Beddoes.)
The redundant syllables are specially marked off here, to bring out their contrast with the acatalectic lines.