Dissolv'd the Fabrick of the World, The Sun's bright Axis in Avernus hurl'd.
And again:
[115] —Clypeus nos protegat idem, Unaque pro gemino desudet cardine virtus.
One Shield shall us protect, And for its double Charge one Safeguard sweat.
So Statius, in the very Beginning of his Sylvæ:
[116] Quæ super imposito moles geminata Colosso Stat Latium complexa forum, &c.
This Mass, on which the great Colossus rides, The Forum with a wide Embrace bestrides.
To omit others, thus Casimire:
[117] —Currite candidis Horæ quadrigis.
With snowy Steeds, ye nimble Hours, fly.