_Monosyllables_.--Among the many correspondents who have sent you specimens
of monosyllabic poetry, I have seen no one who has quoted this very
singular passage from Phineas Fletcher's _Purple Island_. It is _far more
striking_ than anything you have yet inserted on this subject.
Canto I. Stanza 7.
"New light new love, new love new life hath bred;
A life that lives by love, and loves by light;
A love to Him to whom all loves are wed;
A light to whom the sun is darkest night:
Eye's light, heart's love, soul's only life He is;
Life, soul, love, heart, light, eye, and all are His;
He eye, light, heart, love, soul; He all my joy and bliss."
In seventy words only _one_ of more than a syllable; the alliteration in
the second line is likewise noticeable.