7. Cf. Pope, _Hor. Epist._ ii. 2, 171:

"Pour the full tide of eloquence along,

Serenely pure, and yet divinely strong;"

and _Ode on St. Cecilia's Day_, 11:

"The deep, majestic, solemn organs blow;"

also Thomson, _Liberty_, ii. 257:

"In thy full language speaking mighty things,

Like a clear torrent close, or else diffus'd

A broad majestic stream, and rolling on

Through all the winding harmony of sound."

9. Cf. Shenstone, _Inscr._: "Verdant vales and fountains bright;"

also Virgil, _Geo._ i. 96: "Flava Ceres;" and Homer, _Il._ v. 499:

[Greek: xanthê Dêmêtêr].

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