Virg. Æn. X. 130.
Hi jaculis, illi certant defendere saxis.
We could subjoin many other instances, but these may suffice to prove, that he who marked them was not confined to a very circumscribed path of reading. There are, however, some imitations by Pope, which appear worth preserving.
Prologue to Sat.
Pretty in amber to observe the forms
Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms,
The things we know are neither rich nor rare,
But wonder how the devil they came there.
Martial. VI. 15.