Me!—I'd rather be—never mind—
I know."
"Music," in the language of the Gods, is sometimes pronounced "mú-síc!"
Nouns of two syllables ending in er, have the accent on the former syllable: as, "Bútcher, báker."
It is, perhaps, a singular thing, that persons who pursue the callings denoted by the two words selected as examples, should always indicate their presence at an area by crying out, in direct defiance of Prosody, "But-chér, ba-kér;" the latter syllable being of the two the more strongly accented.
Dissyllabic verbs ending in a consonant and e final, as "Disclose," "repine," or having a dipthong in the last syllable, as, "Believe," "deceive," or ending in two consonants, as "Intend," are accented on the latter syllable.
"Matilda's eyes a light disclóse.
Which with the star of Eve might vie;
Oh! that such lovely orbs as those
Should sparkle at an apple-pie!
"Thy love I thought was wholly mine,
Thy heart I fondly hoped to rule;
Its throne I cannot but repíne
At sharing with a goosb'ry fool!
"Thou swear'st no flatterer can decéive
Thy mind,—thy breast no coxcomb rifle;
Thou art no trifler, I beliéve.
But why so plaguy fond of trifle?
"Why, when we're wed—I don't inténd
To joke, Matilda, or be funny;
