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Thus	pugi	|-listical,
						Daring	life's	|	troubles:
				Strange	that	the	|	neophyte
						Enters	ex	|-istence
				In	such	an	|	attitude,
						Feigning	re	|-sistance.
				4.
				Could	he	but	|	have	a	glimpse
						Into	fu	|-turity,
				Well	might	he	|	fight	against
						Farther	ma	|-turity;
				Yet	does	it	|	seem	to	me
						As	if	his	|	purity
				Were	against	|	sinfulness
						Ample	se	|-curity.
				5.
				Incompre	|-hensible,
						Budding	im	|-mortal,
				Thrust	all	a	|-mazedly
						Under	life's	|	portal;
				Born	to	a	|	destiny
						Clouded	in	|	mystery,
				Wisdom	it	|-self	cannot
						Guess	at	its	|	history.
				6.
				Something	too	|	much	of	this
						Timon-like	|	croaking;
				See	his	face	|	wrinkle	now,
						Laughter	pro	|-voking.
				Now	he	cries	|	lustily—
						Bravo,	my	|	hearty	one!
				Lungs	like	an	|	orator
						Cheering	his	|	party	on.
				7.
				Look	how	his	|	merry	eyes
						Turn	to	me	|	pleadingly!
				Can	we	help	|	loving	him—
						Loving	ex	|-ceedingly?
				Partly	with	|	hopefulness,
						Partly	with	|	fears,
				Mine,	as	I	|	look	at	him,
						Moisten	with	|	tears.
				8.
				Now	then	to	|	find	a	name;—
						Where	shall	we	|	search	for	it?
				Turn	to	his	|	ancestry,
						Or	to	the	|	church	for	it?
				Shall	we	en	|-dow	him	with
						Title	he	|-roic,
				After	some	|	warrior,
						Poet,	or	|	stoic?
				9.
				One	aunty	|	says	he	will
						Soon	'lisp	in	|	numbers,'
				Turning	his	|	thoughts	to	rhyme,
						E'en	in	his	|	slumbers;
				Watts	rhymed	in	|	babyhood,
						No	blemish	|	spots	his	fame—
				Christen	him	|	even	so:
						Young	Mr.	|	Watts	his	name."
								ANONYMOUS:	Knickerbocker,	and	Newspapers,	1849.
MEASURE	VIII.—DACTYLIC	OF	ONE	FOOT,	OR	MONOMETER.
			"Fearfully,
				Tearfully."
OBSERVATIONS.
OBS.	1.—A	single	dactyl,	set	as	a	line,	can	scarcely	be	used	otherwise	than	as