...the land to shore, And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if "t had been of ambergris, Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...beetles roll, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. Marvell was a poet, and never quite at his ease in utterly prosaic verse. But the point to be noted...

...the land to shore, And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergris, Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...beetles roll, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. Of his later works, the most considerable take the then popular form of " Instructions to a Painter...

...land to shore ; And div'd as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...beetles roll, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet, with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles ; And to the stake...

...with mad labor, fished their land to shore, And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth as if't had been of ambergreese, Collecting anxiously small...which sordid beetles roll, Transfusing into them their sordid soul. How did they rivet with gigantic piles Thorough the centre their new-catched miles, And...

...the land to shore, And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if 't had been of ambergris, Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...beetles roll. Transfusing Into them their dunghill soul. Marvel was a poet, and never quite at his ease in utterly prosaic verse. But the point to be noted...

...the land to shore, And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if't had been of ambergris, Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...beetles roll, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. How did they rivet; with gigantic piles, Thorough the centre their new-catched miles, And to the stake...

...the land to shore, And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergris, Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...beetles roll, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. Of his later works, the most considerable take the then popular form of * Instructions to a Painter':...

...land to shore; And dived as desperately for each piece Of earth, as if it had been of ambergreece ; Collecting anxiously small loads of clay, Less than...bear away ; Or than those pills which sordid beetles rowl, Transfusing into them their dunghill soul. He goes on in a strain of exquisite hyperbole : —...