Dryden.—Religio Laici, Line 140.
Then for the style, majestic and divine,
It speaks no less than God in every line:
Commanding words; whose
force is still the same
As the first fiat that produced our frame.
Dryden.—Ibid. Line 152.
Every leaf is a spacious plain; every line a flowing brook; every period a lofty mountain.
Hervey.—Descant upon Creation.
BIBLE.—Carries her Bible tuck’d beneath his arm,
And hides his hands to keep his fingers warm.
Cowper.—Truth, Line 147.