John Donne: An Anatomy of the World, Second Anniversary, 245–6.

[363]. A fiery soul. Dryden, Absalom and Achitophel, I. 156.

[365]. Hope elevates, and joy brightens their every feature [his crest]. Paradise Lost, IX. 633.

[366]. On his front engraven thought [deliberation sat]. Ibid., II. 302.

Scattered like stray-gifts. Wordsworth, Stray Pleasures.

[366]. Stately height though bare. Cf. Paradise Lost, I. 723:

‘The ascending pile

Stood fixed her stately highth.’

[367]. Cosmo Comyne Bradwardine. Waverley, vol. II. chap. 28.

Fergus MacIvor. Ibid. vol. II. chap. 40.