"--Scarce thro' his Mould
_Behemoth_, biggest born of Earth, upheav'd
His Vastness.--

And,

"--Fleec'd the Flocks and bleating, rose
As Plants.--

But I shall have occasion to take notice of this Subject hereafter.


IV. The fourth thing to be enquir'd into is, _The mixing of singular
and plural Numbers_, in which _Milton_ excels.

"--Flowers were the Couch
Pansies, and Violets, and _Asphodel_,
And _Hyacinth_, Earth's freshest softest Lap.

Again,

"--Through many a dark and dreary Vale
They pass'd, and many a Region dolorous,
O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp,
Rocks, Caves, Lakes, Fens, Bogs, Dens, and
Shades of Death.

Again,