This happy brevity of expression is frequently revealed in those rich descriptive passages and touches in which the work abounds. Some of the lines taken singly are excellent:—
"And bells make Catholic the trembling air";
and,
"Sad as the twilight, all his clothes ill-girt";
and again
"Mournful professor of high drollery."
Here is a very good line and a half:—
"The old rain-fretted mountains in their robes
Of shadow-broken gray."
Here, finally, are three admirable pictures:—