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GRAMMAR
The same two rhymes run through a stanza of eight (written as four) lines.
V. Four-syllabled lines in six-lined stanzas, rhyming A A B A A B (Passio D. N. J. C., 169).
| Gortkyans ha gras | Glory and thanks |
| The Dew ow thas | To God my Father, |
| Luen a verci, | Full of mercy, |
| Pan danvonas | When he sent |
| Yn onor bras | In great honour |
| Thym servysi. | Servants to me. |
VI. Sometimes a mixture of the last two forms of stanza is found extended to ten lines. Thus (Origo Mundi, 1271):
| Dyvythys of | Come am I |
| The'th volungeth, | To thy will. |
| Arluth porth cof | Lord remember |
| Yn deyth dyweth | In the last day |
| A'menefvy. | My soul. |
| Lavar thymmo | Tell me |
| Pandra wrama; | What I shall do; |
| Yn gwraf ytho | I will do it now |
| Scon yn tor-ma | Soon in this turn |
| Yn pur deffry. | Very seriously. |
VII. Mixed seven and four syllabled lines. Sometimes these are only the metre of II., with the third and sixth lines four-syllabled instead of seven-syllabled.
