Chain'd on the burning lake,-that sùre was worse. What, if the breath, that kindled those grim fires, Awak'd, should blow them into sev'nfold rage, And plunge us in the flames ¿ or from above 15 Should intermitted vengeance arm again His red right-hand to plague us ¿ what if all Her stores were open'd, and this firmament Of Hell should spout her cataracts of fire, Impendent horrors, threat'ning hideous fall 20 One day upon our heads; while we perhaps, Designing or exhorting glorious war, Caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurl'd, Each on his rock transfix'd, the sport and Of wracking whirlwinds; or forever sunk 25 Under yon boiling ocean, wrapt in chàins; There to converse with everlasting groans, Unrèspited, unpitied, unrepríev'd, prey Ages of hopeless end! This would be worse. Milton. 6. But, first, whom shall we send In search of the new world whom shall we find 5 And through the palpable obscure find out Over the vast abrupt, ere he arrive The happy isle what strength, what art, can then 10 Suffice, or what evasion bear him safe Through the strict senteries and stations thick i Choice in our suffrage; for on whom we send, 15 The weight of all, and our last hòpe, relies. EXERCISE 8. Milton. Page 34. Language of authority, of surprise, and of distress, commonly requires the falling inflection. Denunciation, reprehension, &c. come under this head. 1. Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise—which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arìse out of thy sleep?-Yet a little sleep, a liute slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:-So shall thy poverty come as one that traveleth, and thy wànt as an armed man. 2. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man that had not on a wedding-garment:-And he saith unto him, friend, how camest thou in hither, not hav ing a wedding-garment? And he was speechless.-Then said the king to the servants, bìnd him, hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 3. Then he which had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed:—And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo there thou hast that is thine-His lord answered and said unto him, thou wìcked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed nòt,* and gather where I have not strèwed:-Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.—-And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 4. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.Wò unto thee, Chorazin! wò unto thee Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon,† they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.-But I say unto you, It shall be more tòlerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgement than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been done in * This clause uttered with a high note and the falling slide, expresses censure better with the common punctuation, than if it were marked with the interrogation. Even in Tyre and Sidon, is the paraphrase of the emphasis. But I say Sòdom it would have remained until this day. unto you, That it shall be more tòlerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgement, than for thee. 5. Such, sir, was once the disposition of a people, who now surround your throne with reproaches and complaints. Dc justice to yourself. Banish from your mind those unworthy opinions, with which some interested persons have labored to possèss you. Distrust the men who tell you that the English are naturally light and incònstant; that they complain without a cause. Withdraw your confidence equally from all parties; from ministers, favorites, and relations; and let there be one moment in your life, in which you have consulted your own understanding. 6. You have done that, you should be sorry for. There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; For I am arm'd so strong in nonesty, That they pass by me as the idle wind, 5 Which I respect not. I did send to you For certain sums of gold, which For I can raise no money by vile means; -I had rather coin my heart, you denied me, And drop my bloòd for drachmas, than to wring 10 From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash, By any indirection. I did send To you for gold to pay my lègions, Which you denied me: Was that done like Cassius? 15 When Marcus Brùtus grows so covetous, 7. The war, that for a space did fail, A light on Marmion's visage spread, Shakspeare. The reader will observe, that the notation is more various, as the examples become longer, including more variety of rhetorical principles. With dying hand, above his head, He shook the fragment of his blade, Charge, Chester, Charge! òn, Stanly, on!" 8. So judge thou still, presumptuous!--till the wrath Which thou incurr'st by flying, meet thy flight, Sev'nfold, and scourge that wisdom back to Hell, Which taught thee yet no better, that no pain 5 Can equal anger infinite provok'd. But wherefore thou alone? wherefore with thee Millon. 9. To whom the warrior Angel soon reply'd. spy, 5 Satan!-and could'st thou fáithful add? O name, Allegiance to th' acknowledg'd Pow'r supreme? Once fawn'd, and crìng'd, and servilely ador'd But mark what I arreed thee now;-Avaùnt: 20 Back to th' inférnal pit I drag thee chained. The facile gates of Hell, too slightly barr'd. Milton. Apostrophe and exclamation, as well as the imperative mode, when accompanied by emphasis, incline the voice to the falling inflection. 10. Oh! deep enchanting prelude to repose, 5 Mystèrious worlds! untravell'd by the sun, Daughter of Faith, awake! arise! illume 11. -Piety has found Campbell Friends in the Friends of science, and true prayer And in his Word sagacious. Such too thine, |