‘And read their history in a nation’s eyes.’
Gray, Elegy in a Country Churchyard, Stanza 16.
‘——and flying behind them shot
Sharp sleet of arrowy showers against the face
Of their pursuers.’
Paradise Regained, III. 323–5.
‘——the tear that, warm and meek,
Dew’d that repentant sinner’s cheek.’
‘Paradise and the Peri.’
‘Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil,