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	CLASSICAL METRES. 267 Come, all ye \| weary and \| worn, ye \| heavily \| laden and \| I sighing— Come ye, oh, \| come ye to \| Christ II —Saviour, \| Comforter, \| I King. F. B. R.


	Man disa \| vows and \| Dei \| ty dis \| owns me; Hell might \| afford \| my miser \| ies a \| shelter, Therefore \| hell keeps \|. her ever \| hungry \| mouths all Bolted a \| gainst me. Cowper. Cold was the j night wind, \| drifting \| fast the \| snow fell, Wide were the \| dcwns and \| shelter \| less and \| naked, When a poor \| wand'rer \| struggled \| on her \| journey Weary and \| waysore. Southey. " The Widow." The two following^- stanzas are from the Anti-Jacobin, in parody of Southey's matter and manner: Needy \| knife grind \| er, whither \| are you \| going ? Rough is I the road, \| your wheel is \| out of \| order: Bleak blows \| the blast— \| your hat has \| got a \| hole in't, So have your \| breeches.
	• The ilactyl and trochee in the first and third foot respectively would be inadmissible in classic verse. The specimens are scanned in such a manner as to give them every chai.ce of being considered rhythmical.