"Their jolly Notes, they Chanted loud and Clear:
And horrid Helms high on their Heads they bear.
Than which Verses nothing can be more truly poetical.
But to go farther back than either Fairfax or Spencer, those celebrated Lines in our antient Translation of the Psalms owe their greatest Beauty to their Alliteration.
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"The Lord descended from above,
And bow'd the Heavens high,
And underneath his Feet he cast
The Darkness of the Sky.