View'd—and behold all was entirely good.
Again,
"Over their Heads triumphant Death his Dart
Shook—But refus'd to strike.
This artful Collocation commands the Attention, and makes the Reader feel and see what is offer'd to him.
That this Effect is owing to the Collocation will appear by considering any one of the Instances now produc'd. For Example:
"Over their Heads triumphant Death his Dart
Shook.———
This Passage makes the Reader see Death with his Dart in his Hand, making it over the Heads of the unhappy Creatures describ'd in the Lazar-house, as plainly as if the whole was painted upon Canvas. But let this Line be alter'd thus:
"Over their Heads Death shook his dreadful Dart.