What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.

To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and seraph rolling in the flood.

Who shall silence all the airs and madrigals that whisper softness in chambers?

The best apology against false accusers is silence.

Spirits when they please Can either sex assume, or both.

And add to these retired Leisure, That in trim gardens take his pleasure.

Sable-vested Night, eldest of things.