Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Works of Joseph Addison, Vol. 5 of 5: Including the Whole Contents of B. P. Hurd's Edition, With Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; And Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works
The gaping of the vowels in the second line, the expletive do in the third, and the ten monosyllables in the fourth, give such a beauty to this passage, as would have been very much admired m an ancient poet. The reader may observe the following lines in the same view.
A needless Alexandrina ends the song, That like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
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