One sunny day, not far away A writer was in a fix: They had to write a ballad, so they hunted for some tips. A ballad has a rhythmic bounce as spoken poems have ... as for example in ‘ha-ppy ...

The Ballads and Shorter Poems of Frederick V. Schiller. Translated into English Verse by Gilbert Clark. Pp. xv + 408. (London: Williams and Norgate.) ...