in half a Foot. I fhall exemplify all this from Mr. Pope and others. The fingle Lines in these Examples, separate the half Feet and the Feet; and the double Lines feparate the Concords, or mark out what the Antients called the Cafural Paufe.

A TIERCE MINOR

All, Alone.

Mr. POPE's Cecilia.

Here the Metre confifts of three Syllables, which is the least Metre, because the least Concord; and as this Concord, or Tierce Minor, begins with half a Tone, for this Concord confifts of a Tone and a half, so must the Metre begin with half a Foot, and end in a full Foot, and this Beginning and Ending is naturally harmonious; and this Harmony confifts in the fmall Reft, which is little more than a fyllabatical Paufe, betwixt the half and the whole Foot, which makes the Concord and this Paufe confift, as the cæfural Pause, more in the manner of making it than in the Time. We are to make the Voice acute upon this half Foot, and then pass to the firft Syllable of the full Foot with an acute Voice.

A TIERCE MAJOR.

Unheard | Unknown.

Here the Metre confifts of two full Feet, which is as the Tierce Major which confifts of two full Tones; and the Harmony confifts in

making

making a Paufe betwixt the Feet; this Metre therefore begins and ends in a full Foot, as the Concord begins and ends in a full Tone, and this Equality is always harmonious.

A FOURTH.

He trembles. He glows.

Here the Metre confifts of five half Feet, which is as the fourth, which confifts of five half Tones, or of two Tones and a half; this Metre may therefore begin or end in half a Foot, as the musical Concord may begin, or end, in half a Tone; and the Harmony of this Verfe confifts in a due Separation of the half Foot from the whole, and in the rythmical Pronunciation of the whole Foot.

2

TIERCE MINOR

Tho' Fate bad || faft bound | her
With Styx nine || times round | ber.

This is Verfe, because it confifts of two Concords, or of two Tierce Minors; the double Lines feparate thefe Concords, which is to be done by a Cæfural Paufe. This Verse therefore begins and ends, as the Concords do, in half a Foot.

A TIERCE MINOR and MAJOR.

By the Streams || that over flow;
By the flagrant || Winds that blow.

Here

Here the Verfe confifts of feven half Feet, that is, of a Tierce Minor and Major: If the Tierce Minor is first, the Beginning is in half a Foot, and the End in a full Foot, as in the first Verfe: But if the Tierce Minor is laft, the Beginning is in a full Foot, and the Ending in half a Foot, as in the laft Verfe. The Harmony of this Verfe confifts in a due Pronunciation of the Concords, and in a due Separation of these Concords by the Cæfural Pause: And wherever the firft Concord, or Member ends, the Word muft end, otherwise the Verfe will want this Paufe, or the Concords will be confounded; and this Rule is to be obferved in all the Cæfural Paufes, or Refts.

If the Syllables are eight, the Divifion may be into three and five, or five and three, or into four and four. This Divifion into three and five, is into a Tierce Minor and a Fourth, and the Divifion into four and four, is into two Tierce Majors.

ATIERCE MINOR and a FOURTH.

Pfalm Orender | Thanks to Goda | bove, 106. The Fountain of eternal | Love.

Here the Verfe is divided into three and five, or into a Tierce Minor, and a Fourth. If the Fourth ftands firft, the Cæfural Paufe in the firft Verfe is thus:

Orender Thanks to God above.

This

This Verse therefore begins and ends in half a Foot, as the two Concords begin and end in half a Tone; and this Verfe may be divided into four and four half Feet, that is, into two Tierce Majors.

Two TIERCE MAJORS.

For be with his || Almigh | ty Hand
The Gates of Brafsin Pi | eces broke;
Nor could the mafy ||Bars with | ftand,
1
Or temper'd Steel refift | his Stroke.

The two firft Verfes are divided into four and four half Feet; this Verse therefore begins and ends in a full Foot, for it is a Tierce Major repeated, and very harmonious: The third Verfe is divided into five and three half Feet, and this Inequality is agreeable to the Ear; the fourth Verfe is divided into four and four: This Mixture of Concords, from Equality and Inequality of Syllables, is wonderfully harmo

nious.

If the Syllables are nine, the Division may be into five and four, or four and five as the Concords ftand, for this Verse is a fourth and a Tierce Major, and therefore this Verse may begin and end in half a Foot, or in a full Foot.

AFOURTH and a TIERCE MAJOR.

Ob | Life! thou | Nothing's || younger Brother!

Here the Verfe begins with half a Foot, and ends in a full Foot.

If the Syllables are ten, which is the Meafure of English Heroic Poetry, the Divifion may be into three and feven, or feven and three, for the Pentametre anfwers to the feventh in Mufic; and as this feventh is made up of thefe two Concords, a Tierce Minor, and a fifth, and the Tierce Minor confifts of a Tone and a half, and the fifth of three Tones and a half; this Verfe, according to this Divifion, muft begin and end in half a Foot, as the Concords begin and end with half a Tone; and if the leaft Member of the Verse stands firft, this Member will confist of three half Feet, fo that the third half Foot muft end a Word; and fo in all the Divifion of the Concords, the first Member, then, begins in half a Foot, and ends in a full Foot; and the fecond Member begins in a full Foot, and ends in half a Foot; and we are to make a Pause in all Verfe where the Concord ends, that the Concords may have their due Harmony; for if the Concords are confounded, this is no Verfe. I fhall exemplify this first Divifion into three and feven, from a Verfe of Mr. Cowley's, which cannot be read in any Harmony without this Divifion. Pind. i. Stanz. 10,

The DIVISION in Three and Seven, or into a TIERCE MINOR, and a Fifth.