Now mounts a loftier wing when Fancy leads
The glittering track, and points him to the sky
Excursive.
(Bk. IV)
William Shenstone, the author of one of the most successful of the Spenserian imitations, is more sparing in this respect, but even in his case passages such as
Of words indeed profuse,
Of gold tenacious, their torpescent soul
Clenches their coin, and what electric fire
Shall solve the frosty grip, and bid it flow?
(“Economy,” Part I)