TRIPLE TIME RHYTHMUS.

AND there lay the | steed with his | nostril all | wide, |
But through it there | rolled not the | breath of his | pride: |
And the foam of his | gasping lay | white on the | turf, |
And cold as the | spray of the | rock beating | surf. |77|77|
And there lay the | rider distorted and | pale, |

With the dew on his | brow, and the | rust on his | mail

And the tents were all | silent, the | banners alone, |

The lances un lifted, the | trumpet un blown. 77/771

When examples of versification are correctly scored, they should be read simultaneously with the rhythmic master to the beating of time, and then read as a solo by the pupil, while the time of the measures is accurately marked as a guide to the voice. After the mind is imbued with the rhythmic movement of various kinds of verse with rhyme, and the vocal organs are trained to their performance, he may proceed.

2. To score blank verse with its imperfect feet, similar to this example from Milton.

| Seasons return;

| Thus, with the | year |

but not to me returns |

| Day, or the | sweet approach of | even, or, | morn, | Or sight of vernal | bloom, | or | summer's rose, | Or flocks or | herds | or | human | face divine: | But | cloud in stead, and | ever-|during | dark | Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of | men | | Cut | off; | and for the | book of | knowledge | fair, Į Presented

with an | universal | blank

Of nature's works, to me expunged and | razed, |

And wisdom at | one | entrance | quite | shut | out. |77|

So much the rather thou, celestial | light! |

| Shine inward; |77|and the | mind,

her powers |

through | all

Ir|radiate: | there | plant | eyes; | all | mist from | thence | | Purge and disperse, |77| that I may see and | tell | Of things in visible to | mortal | sight. 7777771

When such examples are correctly scored, he will read them simultaneously with the master, while the time is accurately marked by the hand as a guide

to the voice; and then read them alone, until he is able to perceive and execute the rhythmus of versification. He will now introduce the cæsural and rhetorical pauses, either as constituents or as whole measures, as the case may be, in the examples he has previously scored, and read them with and without the guidance of his tutor's voice, but under his superintendance. He will now scan the relative quantities of the syllables of several examples, and also denote the duration of the rests, or pauses; which will give a correct knowledge of the proportionate duration of syllables; and he must practically illustrate those quantities. The rhythmus of verse being well known he can now proceed

3. To score declamatory verse and poetic prose; such as Shakspeare's oratory, Ossian, The Psalms, &c. When the mind and voice are drilled to this, he may proceed

4 To score common prose, training his mind and voice to the perception and execution of its rhythmus. As an illustration of scored prose, the Burial Service is subjoined.

THE ORDER FOR THE BURIAL

OF

THE DEAD.

The Priest and Clerks meeting the corpse at the entrance of the church-yard and going before it, either into the Church, or towards the grave, shall say, or sing,

I AM the | resurrection | and the | life, |77| saith the Lord: 77 | he that believeth in | me 7| though he were | dead, yet shall he | live: 777 and whosoever liveth | and believeth in | me |" shall never die. |77|77| ST JOHN xi. 25, 26.

I know that my Redeemer | liveth, and that he shall | stand | at the | latter | day upon the | earth. And I though❘ after my skin | worms destroy | this " | body, | yet in my | flesh | shall |

י

| We brought nothing | into this | world, and it is certain we can | carry | nothing | out. |77|7

י

The Lord gave, and the

a way; || blessed | be the 1971991

Lord hath | taken

name of the Lord.

1 TIM. vi. 7. JOB i. 21.

After they are come into the Church, shall be read one or both of these Psalms following.

Dixi, Custodiam. Psalm xxxix.

heed to my | ways: |

I SAID, "I will take

that I offend not | in my

tongue. | 77 |

as it were with a

I will keep my | mouth | as it |
|

bridle: while the ungodly is | in my | sight, |77| |

י

I held my tongue, and | spake | nothing: |

I kept | silence, | yea, 7| even from | good words: |

but it was | pain and | grief to me. |99|

My heart was hot within me, and while I

was thus musing | the fire | kindled: | and at the | last I | spake with my

tongue; |

י

| Lord, let me know mine | end, ❘ and the|

number of my days: 7 that I may be | certified | how long I have to | live. |77|

Behold, thou hast | made my | days

it | were a | span | long: | and | mine | age |

י

| as

is |

and |

altogether |

even as nothing in respect of | thee;

verily every man | living | is

| יו | .vanity