"Sunt mihi quas possint sceptra decere manus."
[48.] Living lyre. Cf. Cowley:
"Begin the song, and strike the living lyre;"
and Pope, Windsor Forest, 281:
| "Who now shall charm the shades where Cowley strung His living harp, and lofty Denham sung?" |
[50.] Cf. Browne, Religio Medici: "Rich with the spoils of nature."
[51.] "Rage is often used in the post-Elizabethan writers of the 17th century, and in the 18th century writers, for inspiration, enthusiasm" (Hales). Cf. Cowley:
| "Who brought green poesy to her perfect age, And made that art which was a rage?" |
and Tickell, Prol.: