(iii) Verbs, as-appall, astound, brook, cower, doff, ken, wend, ween, trow.

(iv) Adverbs, as—oft, haply, inly, blithely, cheerily, deftly, felly, rifely, starkly.

(v) Prepositions, as-adown, aloft, aloof, anear, aneath, askant, aslant, aslope, atween, atwixt, besouth, traverse, thorough, sans.

as:

(34) The formation of many adjectives in y, not common,

Dimply, dusky, gleamy, heapy, moony, paly, sheety, stilly, spiry, steepy, towery, vasty, writhy.

PART SECOND.

CHAPTER I.

FIGURES OF SPEECH COMMON TO POETRY.

FIGURES OF ETYMOLOGY.

APHERESIS.

The cutting off of one or more letters from the beginning of a word, as :

'Neath for beneath, 'gan for began, 'gainst for against 'thout for without, 'ghast for aghast, 'mazed for amazed, 'fore for before, 'feeble for enfeeble, 'dure for endure, 'venge for avenge, 'Nelope for Penelope, 'sdained for disdained, 'Frisco for San Francisco, woe's for woe is, he's for he is, what's for what is, 'twas for it was, I'll for I will, she's gone for she is gone, devil's for devil is, she'll for she will, world's for world is, I'm for I am, you're for you are, there's for there is, I'd for I would, soul's for soul is.

The glow-worm shōws the mātĭn tō bě nēar,
And 'gins to pale his ineffectual fire.

Shakespeare-"Hamlet, Act 5."

The moon's the earth's ĕnāmoŭred bride;

True to him in her very changes,

To other stars shě nevěr ranges:

Though, crossed by him, sometimes she dips

Her light in shōrt, offended pride,

And faints to an eclipse.

Campbell-" Moonlight."

APOCOPE

Is the elision of a letter or letters at the end of a word, as:

Tho' for though, th' for the, t'other for the other, thro' for through, Pont' for Pontus, Lucrece for Lucretia, obstruct for obstruction, Per for Persia, Ind for India, Adon for Adonis, conduct for conductor, amaze for amazement, Moroc for Morocco, addict for addicted, Pat for Patrick, wretch for wretched, sads for saddens, sult for sultry, swelt for swelter, potates for potatoes, after for afterwards.

Woe! wōe! each heart shåll bleed-shåll break!

She would have hung upon his neck,

Had he cōme but yēstĕr-evěn;

And he had clasped those peerless chārms

That shall nevěr, nēvěr fill his arms,

Ŏr meet him būt în heaven.

Campbell "The Brave Roland."

But time will teach the Russ, ĕv'n conquering War
Has handmăid arts.

Campbell "The Power of Russia."

EPENTHESIS.

Is the inserting of a letter or letters in the middle of a word, as:

The weariěd sentinel

Åt éve may overlook the crōuching fōe,
Till, ěre his hānd căn sound the alārăm bell,
Hě sinks beneath the unexpected blow;

Before the whisker of grimālkin fēll,

When slumbering on her pōst, the mōuse măy gō;
But wōmăn, wakeful wōmăn's nēvěr wēary;

Above all, when she waits-to thūmp her deary.

R. H. Barham.