The  crash  of  tall  trees  when  the  wild  winds  swell.
The  roar  of  guns,  the  groans  of  men  that  die

On  blood-stained  fields.     It  has  a  voice  as  well
For  them  that  far  off  on  their  sick-beds  lie  ;

For  them  that  weep,  for  them  that  mourn  the  dead ;
For  them  that  laugh  and  dance  and  clap  the  hand :

To  joy's  quick  step,  as  well  as  grief's  slow  tread.
The  sweet,  plain  words  we  learnt  at  first  keep  time.
And  though  the  theme  be  sad,  or  gav,  or  grand,
With  each,  with  all,  these  may  be  made  to  cnime.
In  thought,  or  speech,  or  song,  in  prose  or  thyme.
Let  US  cull  from  literature  a  few  of  the  more  notable  examples  of  yerse  and
prose  wherein  monosyllables  play  the  chief  and  sometimes  the  only  part.
Shakespeare  and  the  Bible,  as  we  have  already  noted,  yield  a  rich  harvest
Where  is  the  language  of  passionate  grief  made  mere  expressive  than  in  the
speech  of  the  widowed  Constance  in  "  King  John"  ? —

Thou  may'st,  thou  shalt ;  I  will  not  go  with  thee :
I  will  instruct  my  sorrows  to  be  proud ;
For  grief  is  proud,  and  makes  his  owner  stout.
To  me,  and  to  the  state  of  my  great  grief.
Let  kings  assemble ;  for  mv  grief's  so  great.
That  no  supporter  but  the  huge  firm  earth
Can  hold  it  up  :  here  I  and  Sorrow  sit ;
Here  is  my  throne,  bid  kings  come  bow  to  it.
Act  Ui.,  Sc.  X.
