"So little mercy shows [--] who needs so much."—Cowper.
"Bliss is the same [--] in subject, as [--] in king;
In [--] who obtain defence, and [--] who defend."—Pope.
"Man made for kings! those optics are but dim
That tell you so—say rather, they [--] for him."—Cowper.
"Man may dismiss compassion from his heart,
But God will never [-------]."—Id.
"Vigour [--] from toil, from trouble patience grows."—Beattie.
"Where now the rill melodious, [--] pure, and cool,
And meads, with life, and mirth, and beauty crown'd?"—Id.
"How dead the vegetable kingdom lies!
How dumb the tuneful [------------]!"—Thomson.
"Self-love and Reason to one end aspire,
Pain [--] their aversion, pleasure [--] their desire;
But greedy that its object would devour,
This [--] taste the honey, and not wound the flower."—Pope.
LESSON IV.—FIGURES OF SYNTAX.
FIGURE II.—PLEONASM.
"According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense."—Isaiah, lix, 18. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night."—Song of Sol., v, 2. "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God."—Jer., xxxi, 18. "Consider the lilies of the field how they grow."—Matt., vi, 28. "He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord."—2 Cor., x, 17.
"He too is witness, noblest of the train
That wait on man, the flight-performing horse."—Cowper.
FIGURE III.—SYLLEPSIS.
"'Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas:' which is, by interpretation a stone."—John, i, 42. "Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 'Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.'"—Jer., xlix, 35. "Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed."—Rom., ix, 33.
"Thus Conscience pleads her cause within the breast,
Though long rebell'd against, not yet suppressed."—Cowper.
"Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much;
Wisdom is humble that he knows no more."—Id.
"For those the race of Israel oft forsook
Their living strength, and unfrequented left
His righteous altar, bowing lowly down
To bestial gods."—Milton, Paradise Lost, B. i, l. 432.
LESSON V.—FIGURES OF SYNTAX.
FIGURE IV.—ENALLAGE.
"Let me tell you, Cassius, you yourself
Are much condemned to have an itching palm,
To sell and mart your offices for gold."—Shakspeare.
"Come, Philomelus; let us instant go,
O'erturn his bow'rs, and lay his castle low."—Thomson.
"Then palaces shall rise; the joyful son
Shall finish what the short-liv'd sire begun"—Pope.
"Such was that temple built by Solomon,
Than whom none richer reign'd o'er Israel."—Author.
"He spoke: with fatal eagerness we burn,
And quit the shores, undestin'd to return."—Day.
