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_P.S._

In looking over this Letter I observe a Passage in _Milton_, which
merits a very particular Consideration, and which I ought to have
taken notice of before, when I was speaking of the Collocation of
Words; the Passage I mean is, _For since I first_, &c. The entire
Passage runs thus,

"_Eve, easily_ may Faith admit that all
The Good which we enjoy, from Heav'n descends;
_But_, that from _us_ ought should ascend to Heav'n
So prevalent as to concern the Mind
Of God high-blest, or to incline his Will,
Hard to belief may seem; _yet_ this will Prayer,
Or one short Sigh of human Breath, up born
Ev'n to the Seat of God. For since I sought
By Pray'r th' offended Deity to appease;
_Kneel'd_ and before him humbled all my Heart,
Methought I saw him placable and mild,
Bending his Ear, _&c._

How extremely fine is the Poetry of this Passage? How soft is the
beginning, occasion'd by the Assonance of the two first Words, _Eve_,
_Easily_, and of the five next all alliterated with the same Vowel,
_A_

"--_May Faith admit that all._