Footnotes
[588:1] There is a well-authenticated anecdote of Cromwell. On a certain occasion, when his troops were about crossing a river to attack the enemy, he concluded an address, couched in the usual fanatic terms in use among them, with these words: "Put your trust in God; but mind to keep your powder dry!"—Hayes: Ballads of Ireland, vol. i. p. 191.
ROBERT POLLOK. 1799-1827.
Sorrows remember'd sweeten present joy.
The Course of Time. Book i. Line 464.
He laid his hand upon "the Ocean's mane,"
And played familiar with his hoary locks.[588:2]
The Course of Time. Book iv. Line 389.
He was a man
Who stole the livery of the court of Heaven
To serve the Devil in.
The Course of Time. Book viii. Line 616.
With one hand he put
A penny in the urn of poverty,
And with the other took a shilling out.
The Course of Time. Book viii. Line 632.