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Minor Poets of the Caroline Period, Vol. III

Note 10 — INTRODUCTION TO JOHN CLEVELAND.

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Very confusedly on the trisyllabic side or ear: for 'In th' ĕvenĭng' is a very awkward dactyl, and 'th' ĕvenīng whīsp' not a much cleverer anapaest, while the same remark applies to 'frāgrănt fĭeld' and 'wīth rōsĕs' and their anapaestic counterparts.

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