English poem
Nature, that heard such sound
by Anna Seward
“Nature, that heard such sound “Beneath the hollow round “Of Cynthia’s seat the airy region thrilling.”
And Addison,
“Ran thro’ each nerve, and thrill’d in every vein.”
And Prior,
“His killing pleasure, his extatic smart, “And heavenly poison thrilling thro’ thy heart.”
But of similar use of the word thrill, the instances are endless.
l. 4. Dim thoughts—Mr T. Warton has shewed how largely Milton drew from the English poets who preceded him.
l. 7. Johnson’s tomes—Lives of the Poets.