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Frequently there is in the line a cæsural pause, which may occur anywhere; e.g.-- "And quite dismembred hath; | the thirsty land Dronke up his life; | his corse left on the strand." (III, xx.) The rhythm of the meter is also varied by the alternating of end-stopped and run-on lines, as in the last quotation.

But such lags may be large without destroying the rhythm; indeed cæsural and verse pauses are essential to a rhythm, and in no sense rhythm-destroying.

But there is a vast difference between such blemishes of the unrhymed heroic measure as terminating a line with "and," "of," or "but," or inattention to the cæsural pauses, and that mathematical precision of foot and accent, which, after all, can scarcely be distinguished from prose.

The following extract from Thomson will serve to illustrate the cæsural pauses, as well as "end-stopt" and "run-on" lines: "These as they change, | Almighty Father, | these Are but the varied God.

Twelve lines, or three fourths of the whole number, are "run-on." The cæsural _pause_, as will be seen on counting the feet in connection with which they occur, is exceedingly varied.