[34] Isaiah xl. 11.—Pope. "He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom."
[35] He was betrayed into a little impropriety here, by not being aware that the "bosom," in classic use, commonly means the capacious flow of the eastern garments.—Wakefield.
[36] Isaiah ix. 6.—Pope. "His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace."
[37] Isaiah ii. 4.—Pope. "They shall beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more."
[38] The words "covered o'er" form an insipid termination of this verse.—Wakefield.
[39] Mr. Steevens aptly quotes Virg. Æn. vi. 165:
Ære ciere viros.
With breathing brass to kindle fierce alarms. Dryden.—Wakefield.
[40] Isaiah lxv. 21, 22.—Pope. "And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat."
[41] A line almost wholly borrowed from Dryden's Britannica Rediviva:
And finish what thy god-like sire begins—Wakefield.