...of the Iambics ; and I wonder that it is not more ufed. But Mihon, who has varied his verification, I think, more than any other of our poets, fometimes...in Homer and Virgil, irregularities of a like kind ; filch as Anapzfts in place of Dactyls, and Iambics or Trochaics in place of Spondees, -which have...

...measure of the verse altogether; as in this line: Burnt after him to the bottomless pit. [VI, 866] Nor are we to imagine, that Milton did this through negligence, or as not knowing the nature of the verse he used; but it was to give a variety to his verse, and some relief to the ear, which might otherwise...