‘——Its visits,
Like those of angels, short, and far between.’
Mr. Campbell in altering the expression has spoiled it. ‘Few,’ and ‘far between,’ are the same thing.
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‘O reader! hast thou ever stood to see
The Holly Tree?
The eye that contemplates it well perceives
Its glossy leaves,
Ordered by an intelligence so wise
As might confound the Atheist’s sophistries.