II. Subjunctive of Purpose
223. The subjunctive, especially _be_, _may_, _might_, and _should_, is used to express purpose, the clause being introduced by _that_ or _lest_; as,--
It was necessary, he supposed, to drink strong beer, that he
_might be_ strong to labor.--FRANKLIN.
I have been the more particular...that you _may compare_ such
unlikely beginnings with the figure I have since made
there.--_Id._
He [Roderick] with sudden impulse that way rode, To tell of what had passed, lest in the strife They _should engage_ with Julian's men.--SOUTHEY.
III. Subjunctive of Result
224. The subjunctive may represent the result toward which an action tends:--
So many thoughts move to and fro,
That vain it _were_ her eyes to close.
--COLERIDGE.
So live, that when thy summons comes to join
The innumerable caravan...
Thou _go_ not, like the quarry-slave at night.
--BRYANT.
IV. In Temporal Clauses
225. The English subjunctive, like the Latin, is sometimes used in a
clause to express the time when an action is to take place.
Let it rise, till it _meet_ the sun in his coming.--D. WEBSTER.
Rise up, before it _be_ too late!--HAWTHORNE.
But it will not be long
Ere this _be thrown_ aside.
--WORDSWORTH.
V. In Indirect Questions
226. The subjunctive is often found in indirect questions, the
answer being regarded as doubtful.
Ask the great man if there _be_ none greater.--EMERSON
What the best arrangement _were_, none of us could say.--CARLYLE.
Whether it _were_ morning or whether it _were_ afternoon, in her confusion she had not distinctly known.--DE QUINCEY.
VI. Expressing a Wish
227. After a verb of wishing, the subjunctive is regularly used in
the dependent clause.
The transmigiation of souls is no fable. I would it _were_!
--EMERSON.
Bright star! Would I _were_ steadfast as thou art!--KEATS.
I've wished that little isle _had_ wings,
And we, within its fairy bowers,
_Were wafted_ off to seas unknown.
--MOORE.
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