"Our sailing ships like common-sewers we use, And through our distant colonies diffuse The draught of dungeons, and th…"

"In thriving arts long time had Holland grown, Crouching at home and cruel when abroad: Scarce leaving us the means to…"

"The bristled Baptist Boar, impure as he, But whiten'd with the foam of sanctity, With fat pollutions fill'd the sacre…"

"Beasts are the subjects of tyrannic sway, Where still the stronger on the weaker prey; Man only of a softer mold is m…"

"Όφις ην μη φάγη όφιν, δράκων ου γενήσεται."

"Begin when the slow waggoner descends, Nor cease your sowing till midwinter ends."

"But when the western winds with vital pow’r Call forth the tender grass and budding flow’r, Men, at the last, produce…"

"For sundry foes the rural realm surround; The field-mouse builds her garner under ground: For gather’d grain the blin…"

"When continued rain The lab’ring husband in his house restrain, Let him forecast his work with timely care, Which els…"

"And oft whole sheets descend of sluicy rain, Suck’d by the spungy clouds from off the main: The lofty skies at once c…"