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GAMBLE'S Ayres and Dialogues] HAVING NO TITLES:
'On this swelling bank''Dear, fold me once more''The lazy hours'
About this text
Page is in the public domain. This text is taken from Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, a List of Editions, an Appendix of Translations, and a Portrait., Project Gutenberg ebook #32986; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Thomas Stanley, Page, in Original Lyrics (1651), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #32986, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/stanley-lyrics/page.html, id L08930.
Form and metre
Page is 4 lines in 2 stanzas. The lines average 6.5 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending.
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Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| GAMBLE'S Ayres and Dialogues] HAVING NO TITLES: | 12 | /˘··/˘·/˘·/˘ |
| 'On this swelling bank' | 5 | ··/˘· |
| 'Dear, fold me once more' | 5 | ····· |
| 'The lazy hours' | 4 | ·/˘· |
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