“And give to dust that is a little gilt More laud than gilt o'er-dusted.”

“The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form.”

“He wales a portion with judicious care; And "Let us worship God," he says with solemn air.”

“He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time: The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble…”

“Than a successive title long and dark, Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's ark.”

“Three stories high, long, dull, and old, As great lords' stories often are.”