“[Dr. Mark] Akenside (1721‒1770), in one of his poems;¹ [Thomas] Gray (1716‒1771), in his admirable lines on Milton,² and [Thomas] Warton [the Elder] (1688?‒1745), in his Address to Night,³ had clearly in mind some of the passages in the Psalms.” ¹ The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem. In Three Books.... London:... M.DCC.XLIV. (_4to._ 125 _pp._) ² Odes By Mr. Gray.... Printed at Strawberry Hill, For R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, MDCCLVII. (_4to._ 21 _pp._) [_p._ 10, III., 2. “Progress of Poesy”: A Pindaric Ode written in Cambridge in 1754.] ³ The Pleasures of Melancholy: A Poem.... London:... 1747.... (_4to._ 24 _pp._) “There is a real strain of religious feeling, of the very strongest description, which breathes through the poetry of [William] Cowper (1731‒1800); but though he no doubt felt that admiration for the translation with which a person of his great taste and love of religious writings especially must have been imbued, there is no very perceptible evidence of its having exercised more than a general influence upon his language....” “The mind of [George Gordon] Byron [Sixth Baron Byron] (1788‒1824) had been early tinctured by a love of the poetical parts of the Bible; ... and there are several traces to be found in his works of the influence which this book exercised upon his mind....” “There are some expressions in the _Revolt of Islam_¹ that would seem to indicate that the author of that poem had kept in memory some of the descriptive and mystical passages of Ezekiel....” ¹ The Revolt of Islam; A Poem, In Twelve Cantos. By Percy Bysshe Shelley. [1792‒1822.] London:... 1818. “In [Robert] Southey (1774‒1843) there are several Biblical expressions and ideas....”¹ ¹ The Curse of Kehama: By Robert Southey.... London:... 1810. (_4to._ 16 + 376 _pp._) “In the beautiful songs of a justly celebrated ... writer, Mr. [Thomas] Moore (1779‒1852), there is much that can be traced to a scriptural origin.”¹ ¹ “Fallen is thy Throne, O Israel!”――“Sound the loud Timbrel, Miriam’s Song”――“War against Babylon.”