he strife They _should engage_ with Julian's
men.--SOUTHEY.

III. Subjunctive of Result.

224. The subjunctive may represent the result toward which an action
tends:--

So many thoughts move to and fro,
That vain it _were_ her eyes to close.
--COLERIDGE.

So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan...
Thou _go_ not, like the quarry-slave at night.
--BRYANT.

IV. In Temporal Clauses.

225. The English subjunctive, like the Latin, is sometimes used in a
clause to express the time when an action is to take place.

Let it rise, till it _meet_ the sun in his coming.--D. WEBSTER.

Rise up, before it _be_ too late!--HAWTHORNE.

But it will not be long
Ere this _be thrown_ aside.
--WORDSWORTH.

V. In Indirect Questions.

226. The subjunctive is often found in indirect questions, the
answer being regarded as doubtful.

Ask the great man if there _be_ none greater.--EMERSON

What the best arrangement _were_, none of us could say.--CARLYLE.

Whether it _were_ morning or whether it _were_ afternoon, in her
confusion she had not distinctly known.--DE QUINCEY.

VI. Expressing a Wish.

227. After a verb of wishing, the subjunctive is regularly used in
the dependent clause.

The transmigiation of souls is no fable. I would it _were_!
--EMERSON.

Bright star! Would I _were_ steadfast as thou art!--KEATS.

I've wished that little isle _had_ wings,
And we, within its fairy bowers,
_Were wafted_ off to seas unknown.
--MOORE.

VII. In a Noun Clause.

[Sidenote: _Subject._]

228. The noun clause, in its various uses as subject, object, in
apposition, etc., often contains a subjunctive.

The essence of originality is not that it _be_ new.--CARLYLE

[Sidenote: _Apposition or logical subject._]

To appreciate the wild and sharp flavors of those October fruits,
it is necessary that you _be breathing_ the sharp October or
November air.--THOREAU.

[Sidenote: _Complement._]

The first merit, that which admits neither substitute nor
equivalent, is, that everything _be_ in its place.--COLERIDGE.

[Sidenote: _Object._]

As sure as Heaven shall rescue me, I have no thought what men
they _be_.--COLERIDGE.

Some might lament that I _were_ cold.--SHELLEY.

[Sidenote: _After verbs of commanding._