"Ev'en Thou my breast with such blest rage inspire, As mov'd the tuneful strings of Davids Lyre"

"Lo, this great work, a Temple to thy praise, On polisht Pillars of strong Verse I raise! A Temple, where if Thou vouc…"

"Well did he know how Palms by oppression speed, Victorious, and the Victors sacred Meed! The Burden lifts them higher…"

"Beneath the mighty ocean's wealthy caves; Beneath the eternal fountain of the waves, Where their vast court the mothe…"

"Here no dear glimpse of the sun's lovely face Strikes through the solid darkness of the place."

"Here Lucifer the mighty Captive reigns; Proud, 'midst his Woes, and Tyrant in his Chains."

"Unable to corrupt, seek to destroy; And where their Poysons miss, the Sword employ."

"He saw the beauties of his shape and face, His female sweetness, and his manly grace"

"Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last."

"I sing the Man who Judahs Scepter bore In that right hand which held the Crook before; Who from best Poet, best of Ki…"