Of Heav'n were falling, and these Elements——
Instinct with Fire, and Nitre hurry'd him——
taken singly, look low, and mean; but pray read them in Conjunction with others; and then see what a different Face will be set upon them.
——Or less than if this Frame
Of Heav'n were falling, and these Elements
In Mutinie had from her Axle torn
The stedfast Earth. At last his sail-broad Vans
He spreads for flight; and in the surging Smoke, &c.
——Had not by ill chance
The strong Rebuff of some tumultuous Cloud
Instinct with Fire, and Nitre, hurry'd him
As many miles aloft. That fury stay'd;
Quench'd in a boggy Syrtis, neither Sea,
Nor good dry Land: Nigh founder'd on he fares,
Treading the crude Consistence——
Thus again in the VIth Book.
Had to her Center shook. What wonder? when——
Had not th' Eternal King Omnipotent——
And limited their Might; tho' number'd such——
These Verses disjointed from their Fellows make but an indifferent Figure: But read the following Passage and I believe you will acknowledge there is not one bad Verse in it: