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288 POETICAL CONSTRUCTIONS. [Par. 52I-523.

52I The Conjunction " that" is used for "so
that":
" With high woods the hills were crowned,
With borders long the rivers: (so) that earth now
Seeni'd like to heav'n." - Paradise Lost, vii. 329.
522 The Adjective is used for the Adverb, partly to
avoid the lengthy Adverbial form, partly because
Poetry dwells rather on distinguishing marks than
on methods, and therefore prefers Adjectives to
Adverbs: -
(1) " While the billow mournful rolls."
(2) " My wedding bell rings merry in my ear."
(3) " HIope springs eternal in the human breast."
(4) "Less winning soft, less amiably mild."
In the last Example, certainly, and probably in
the others, the Adjectives should be parsed not as
Adjectives, but as Adverbs. In old English it was
common to form an Adverb by adding -e to the
Adjective, e.g. "bright," Adjective; "brighte," Adverb. See Par. 413.
c523 "The" is often omitted before an epithet, the
epithet being treated as part of the name: —
(1) " See god-like Turenne prostrate on the dust."
(2) " On such a stool immortal Alfred sat."
Also before names of rivers, which, in Poetry, are
often personified: -
(3) "Firm reedy Simois;" "The flies and gnats of
Nile."