’Scaped all the toils that life molest, [Cowley.

And on a sudden sung the hundredth Psalm. [Gay.

Of living lakes, in summer’s noontide calm. [Akenside.

The wanton troopers, riding by, [Marvell.

To sweep the cobwebs from the sky, [Mother Goose.

Intent on high designs, a thoughtful band, [Goldsmith.

Peered from the curtained gallery, [Croly.

And strewed with sudden carcasses the land. [Armstrong.

The piper loud and louder blew [Burns.

A circle regularly true, [Prior.