and Cowper
But the sound of the Chūrch-gŏĭng bell
These valleys and rōcks nĕvĕr hēard—
Nĕvĕr sīghed at the sound of a knell.
Page 50. “As far as I have observed the hexameter never begins with a
dispondee.” There are several examples to militate against the
“_never_”: one I shall take from Lucretius—