| me from | above,
Melt me | in flames | of pure | desire,
A sac | -rifice | to love.

Let joy | and wor | -ship spend
The rem | -nant of | my days,
And to | my God, | my soul | ascend,
In sweet | perfumes | of praise."
WATTS: _Poems sacred to Devotion_, p. 50.

_Example V.--Lyric Stanzas_.

"I would | begin | the mu | -sic here,
And so | my soul | should rise:
O for | some heav'n | -ly notes | to bear
My spir | -it to | the skies!

There, ye | that love | my say | -iour, sit,
There I | would fain | have place
Amongst | your thrones | or at | your feet,
So I | might see | his face."
WATTS: _Same work_, "_Horae Lyricae_," p. 71.

_Example VI.--England's Dead_.

"The hur | -ricane | hath might
Along | the In | -dian shore,
And far, | by Gan | -ges' banks | at night,
Is heard | the ti | -ger's roar.

But let | the sound | roll on!
It hath | no tone | of dread
For those | that from | their toils | are gone;--
_There_ slum | -ber Eng | -land's dead."
HEMANS: _Poetical Works_, Vol. ii, p. 61.

The following examples have some of the common diversifications already
noticed under the longer measures:--

_Example I.--"Languedocian Air_."

"_L=ove ~is_ | a hunt | -er boy,
Who makes | young hearts | his prey;
_And in_ | his nets | of joy
Ensnares | them night | and day.

In vain | conceal'd | they lie,
Love tracks | them ev' | -ry where;
In vain | aloft | they fly,
Love shoots | them fly | -ing there.

But 'tis | his joy | most sweet,
At earl | -y dawn | to trace
The print | of Beau | -ty's feet,
And give | the trem | -bler chase.

And most | he loves | through snow
To track | those foot | -steps fair,
For then | the boy | doth know,
None track'd | before | him there."
MOORE'S _Melodies and National Airs_, p. 274.

_Example II.--From "a Portuguese Air_."

"Flow on, | thou shin | -ing _river_,
But ere | thou reach | the sea,
Seek El | -la's bower, | and _give her_
The wreaths | I fling | o'er thee.

But, if | in wand' | -ring _thither_,
Thou find | she mocks | my pray'r,
Then leave | those wreaths | to _wither_
Upon | the cold | bank there."
MOORE: _Same Volume_, p. 261.

_Example III.--Resignation_.

"O Res | -igna | -tion! y