“Nay, some will swear they love their mistress so,
They would hazard lives and fortunes to preserve
One of her hairs brighter than Berenice’s,
Or young Apollo’s; and yet, after this,” &c.
“Thĕy woŭld hāzard”—furnishes an anapæst for an _iambus_. “And yet,” which
must be read, _anyĕt_, is an instance of the enclitic force in an accented
monosyllable. “And yēt,” is a complete _iambus_; but _anyet_ is, like
_spirit_, a dibrach u u, trocheized, however, by the _arsis_ or first
accent damping, though not extinguishing, the second.
“Wit At Several Weapons.”