...by the poet by means of some accidental coincidence ; as in the well-known passage in Hudibras,— The Sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken...boil'd, the morn. From black to red began to turn. The Imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety; it sees all things in one, it piii tail'...

...attempt and putting on, Not slow approaches, like a virgin. Canto I. With entering manfully and urging; The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken...his nap; And, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From block to red began to turn. Fart II. Canto II. Books, like men their authors, have but one way of coming...

...the poet by means of same accidental coincidence ; as in the well known pass-age from Hudibras : — The Sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken...his nap, And like a lobster boil'd, the morn From bl-ick to red began to turn. The Imagination modifies images, and gives unity to variety : it sees...

...simplicity of nature. Some of the short burlesque descriptions are inimitable. For example, of Horning — n all ye creatures, to extol Him first, Him last, Him midst, and without end ! Fairest mom From black to red began to turn. Of Night— The sun grew low and left the skies, Put down, some...

...is the breath of morn ; her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds. MILTON'S Paradise Lost. 9. The sun had long since, in the lap Of Thetis, taken out his nap ; And, like a lobster boil'd, the moon From black to red began to turn. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 10. The morning lark, the messenger of day,...

...simplicity of nature. Some of the short burlesque descriptions are inimitable. For example, of Morning — tly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in liis nap, Aud, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn. Of Night— The sun...

...unexpected resemblance excites in us. Butler's ludicrous simile upon the change of night into day, viz. : " The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken...boil'd, the morn, From black to red began to turn." And Spenser's beautiful comparison on the same subject — " At last the golden oriental gate Of greatest...

...unexpected resemblance excites in us. Butler's ludicrous simile upon the change of night into day, viz.: " The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken...boil'd, the morn, From black to red began to turn." And Spenser's beautiful comparison on the same subject— " At last the golden oriental gate Of greatest...

...unexpected resemblance excites in us. Butler's ludicrous simile upon the change of night intoday, viz. : " The sun had long since in the lap Of Thetis taken...boil'd, the morn, From black to red began to turn." And Spenser's beautiful comparison on the same subject — " At last the golden oriental gate Of greatest...

...daybreak, hastening to change his uniform for the more sober dress of his clerical profession, "' So, like a lobster boil'd, the morn From black to red began to turn.'" It certainly needed all the importance of the defensive service in which he was engaged, to blend without...