H. S. E
CAROLUS Comes de BERKELEY, Vicecomes DURSLEY,Baro BERKELEY, de Berkeley Cast., MOWBRAY, SEGRAVE,Et BRUCE, è nobilissimo Ordine Balnei Eques,Vir ad genus quod spectat et proavos usquequaque nobilisEt longo si quis alius procerum stemmate editus;Muniis etiam tarn illustri stirpi dignis insignitus.Siquidem a GULIELMO III° ad ordines foederati BelgiiAblegatus et Plenipotentiarius ExtraordinariusRebus, non Britanniae tantùm, sed totius fere Europae(Tunc temporis praesertim arduis) per annos V. incubuit,Quam felici diligentia, fide quam intemerata,Ex illo discas, Lector, quod, superstite patre,In magnatum ordinem adscisci meruerit.Fuit à sanctioribus consiliis et Regi GULIEL. et ANNAE ReginaeE proregibus Hiberniae secundus,Comitatum civitatumque Glocest. et Brist. Dominus Locumtenens,Surriae et Glocest. Gustos Rot., Urbis Glocest. magnusSenescallus, Arcis sancti de Briavell Castellanus, GuardianusForestae de Dean.Denique ad Turcarum primum, deinde ad Romam ImperatoremCum Legatus Extraordinarius designatus esset,Quo minus has etiam ornaret provinciasObstitit adversa corporis valetudo.Sed restat adhuc, prae quo sordescunt caetera,Honos verus, stabilis, et vel morti cedere nesciusQuòd veritatem evangelicam seriò amplexus;Erga Deum pius, erga pauperes munificus,Adversùs omnes aequus et benevolus,In Christo jam placidè obdormitCum eodem olim regnaturus unà.Natus VIII° April. MDCXLIX. denatusXXIV° Septem. MDCCX. aetat. suae LXII.
Words in this poem
- carolus n.
- An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I. [L., Charles.]
- quod v.
- Quoth; said. See Quoth.
- tarn n.
- A mountain lake or pool. [OE. terne, Icel. tjörn.]
- fere n.
- A mate or companion; -- often used of a wife. [OE. fere companion, AS. gefera, from feran to go, travel, faran to travel. sq. root78. See Fare.]
- lector n.
- A reader of lections; formerly, a person designated to read lessons to the illiterate. [L. See Lection.]
- dominus n.
- Master; sir; -- a title of respect formerly applied to a knight or a clergyman, and sometimes to the lord of a manor. Cowell. [L., master. See Dame.]
- placid a.
- Pleased; contented; unruffied; undisturbed; serene; peaceful; tranquil; quiet; gentle. [L. placidus, originally, pleasing, mild, from placere to please: cf. F. placide. See Please.]
Definitions and etymologies from Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
About this text
H. S. E is in the public domain. This text is taken from The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1, Project Gutenberg ebook #14353; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: Jonathan Swift, H. S. E, in On Poetry: A Rhapsody, and Other Poems (1727), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #14353, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/swift-poems-vol1/h-s-e.html, id L26171.
Form and metre
H. S. E is 32 lines in a single stanza. This poem did not settle on a metre of its own; the book it comes from is in iambic pentameter.
See other poems in iambic pentameter.
Measured by Laurel's pipeline, not copied from a handbook: how stress and metre are counted, how rhyme is lettered, how a drifted rhyme is found. Where the dictionary cannot confirm a rhyme the letter is withheld, not guessed.
Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 ----AA--------B--B-------CCC--C- dursley · segrave · eques · nobilis · editusA · insignitusA · belgii · extraordinarius · europae · incubuit · intemerata · patre · meruerit · reginae · secundusB · locumtenens · magnus · guardianusB · dean · imperatorem · esset · provincias · valetudo · caetera · nescius · amplexusC · munificusC · benevolusC · obdormit · unà · denatusC · lxii
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. Read against iambic pentameter. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| CAROLUS Comes de BERKELEY, Vicecomes DURSLEY, | 11 | /˘··/˘····· |
| Baro BERKELEY, de Berkeley Cast., MOWBRAY, SEGRAVE, | 12 | /˘/˘·/˘·/˘·· |
| Et BRUCE, è nobilissimo Ordine Balnei Eques, | 12 | ············ |
| Vir ad genus quod spectat et proavos usquequaque nobilis | 16 | ··/˘············ |
| Et longo si quis alius procerum stemmate editus; | 15 | ·/˘············ |
| Muniis etiam tarn illustri stirpi dignis insignitus. | 16 | ················ |
| Siquidem a GULIELMO III° ad ordines foederati Belgii | 17 | ················· |
| Ablegatus et Plenipotentiarius Extraordinarius | 16 | ················ |
| Rebus, non Britanniae tantùm, sed totius fere Europae | 13 | /˘··········· |
| (Tunc temporis praesertim arduis) per annos V. incubuit, | 16 | ··········/˘···· |
| Quam felici diligentia, fide quam intemerata, | 15 | ··············· |
| Ex illo discas, Lector, quod, superstite patre, | 13 | ·····/˘····/˘ |
| In magnatum ordinem adscisci meruerit. | 13 | ············· |
| Fuit à sanctioribus consiliis et Regi GULIEL. et ANNAE Reginae | 17 | ················· |
| E proregibus Hiberniae secundus, | 10 | ·········· |
| Comitatum civitatumque Glocest. et Brist. Dominus Locumtenens, | 17 | ············˘/˘/˘ |
| Surriae et Glocest. Gustos Rot., Urbis Glocest. magnus | 13 | ····/······/˘ |
| Senescallus, Arcis sancti de Briavell Castellanus, Guardianus | 18 | ·················· |
| Forestae de Dean. | 4 | ···· |
| Denique ad Turcarum primum, deinde ad Romam Imperatorem | 17 | ················· |
| Cum Legatus Extraordinarius designatus esset, | 15 | ··············· |
| Quo minus has etiam ornaret provincias | 12 | ·/˘········· |
| Obstitit adversa corporis valetudo. | 13 | ············· |
| Sed restat adhuc, prae quo sordescunt caetera, | 13 | ············· |
| Honos verus, stabilis, et vel morti cedere nescius | 15 | ··············· |
| Quòd veritatem evangelicam seriò amplexus; | 15 | ··············· |
| Erga Deum pius, erga pauperes munificus, | 13 | ···/˘··/˘···· |
| Adversùs omnes aequus et benevolus, | 11 | ··········· |
| In Christo jam placidè obdormit | 9 | ·/˘·/˘··· |
| Cum eodem olim regnaturus unà. | 10 | ·········· |
| Natus VIII° April. MDCXLIX. denatus | 9 | ···/˘···· |
| XXIV° Septem. MDCCX. aetat. suae LXII. | 8 | ········ |
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