"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…"

"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."

"Such was Gods Poem, this Worlds new Essay; So wild and rude in its first draught it lay; Th' ungovern'd parts no Corr…"

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