• Behold a being born like thee to live, And yet endow'd with fortitude to die, Were his alone the pang of poverty: t But a dear wife, now starving far from hence, O'erlook my fault, and view me as a man. Invites thy charity-invites thy heart: > Heaven speed thee on thy way! r Command, apparently rousing all his energies for the purpose, and exhausting them in the simple word "Stop." s Plaintive utterance with agonized feelings. Earnest Entreaty, requiring the most supplicatory tone and manner. "Earnest Expostulation, rising to a degree of Distress, which almost borders on Despair. This line requires a most supplicatory tone and manner, falling gently on one knee, and extending his hands. the speaker The speaker on receiving the purse, after having looked at it earnestly for a moment, should rise rather hastily, and grasping it in one hand, raise the other towards heaven, and deliver this prayer with the greatest Ardour and apparent Gratitude. Joy bordering on Wildness. Swift let me fly upon the wings of love, a Hark! what noise was that? Thickens each form upon the cheated sight: e What have I said? Robber! well may I start I done? f O Heaven! what have Shall then Louisa live on spoil? Shall my poor children eat the bread of theft? And have I, at the peaceful hour of night, —Like some malignant thing that prowls the wood Have I!-a very felon ! sought relief By means like these? h And yet the traveller i Perhaps 'twas fear,-lest murder might ensue : How knew he that?-Yet sure he might perceive 1 Trembling and cold, my hand was join'd with his, a Alarm, the speaker may give a slight start, thrusting at the same time the purse into his bosom, and looking wildly round him. b Solemn manner, with considerable agitation. c Alarm. d Again resumes Solemnity of manner, but appears deeply agitated. e Starts with a feeling of Horror. Earnest Ejaculation. 8 Deep Anguish, with vehement Self-reproach. h This is a transition to a mild tone, apparently endeavouring to lull the reproaches of his conscience. i Apprehension. k Mild tone with 1 Agonized feelings. m Yet strikes the thought severely on my heart, PRATT. m Remorse. n Perplexity. • Deep Compunctiou. THE FUNERAL OF ARVALAN. (MOURNFUL DESCRIPTION.) The principal Rhetorical Figures are the Ecphonesis, the Epizeuxis, the Metonymy, the Apostrophe, the Anaphora, the Metaphor, and the Simile. a Midnight, and yet no eye Thro' all the Imperial City closed in sleep! With light that seems to kindle the red sky, Cluster'd with women, who throw back their veils To view the funeral pomp which passes by, Were but to them a scene of joyance and delight. This should be spoken in an animated manner, with a slight degree of Enthusiasm. b Dignified and solemn manner. Quench'd in the unnatural light which might outstare Even the broad eye of day, way, And, thou, from thy celestial For lo ten thousand torches flame and flare Upon the midnight air, Blotting the light of heaven Behold! the fragrant smoke in many a fold Hark! 'tis the funeral trumpet's breath! d At once ten thousand drums begin, The song of praise is drown'd Amid that deafening sound; You hear no more the trumpet's tone, But rising over all in one acclaim Arvalan! Arvalan ! Ten times ten thousand voices in one shout c Increased Solemnity. d Much Animation. And now at once they shout Arvalan! Arvalan! With quick rebound of sound The universal multitude reply. e Far, far behind, beyond all reach of sight, Rolls on the undistinguishable clamour Of streams which down the wintry mountain Of stormy billows on a rocky shore, f And now toward the bank they go, Here doth the funeral pile appear With myrrh and ambergris bestrew'd, pour, They cease their music and their outcry here; They wet the face of Arvalan No sign of life the sprinkled drops excite ! 8 For not with feeble nor with erring hand, The stern Avenger dealt the blow of death. e Relaxes into a calmer manner. f Mournful expression gradually increasing in solemnity. SOUTHEY. g Earnestness of manner, with much Solemnity, and particularly slow utterance. A gradual rise of voice with increased animation. |