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In two more letters, he speaks of the cymbals of the Hebrews, but without any satisfactory determination; and of rhopalick, or gradual verses, that is, of verses beginning with a word of one syllable, and proceeding by words of which each has a syllable more than the former; as, "O deus, aeterne stationis conciliator."
'Twas only because, speaking once upon the subject of metrical composition, he seemed totally ignorant of what are called rhopalick verses, from the Greek word, a club verses in which each word must be a syllable longer than that which goes before, such as: Spes deus aeternae stationis conciliator. He had said this before. Ante, ii. 96.
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