BIBLICAL REFERENCES IN ENGLISH

LITERATURE.

The following references in the works of well-known writers of English Literature have obviously been suggested by passages occurring in the Epistles to the Hebrews and the Epistles General of James, Peter and Jude.

Spenser-Heavenly Love'-Sts. 15-16.
Ben Jonson - 'Underwoods'- Poem of De-

votion.

Shirley The Brothers'—Act. iii. Sc. 2. Longfellow-The Children of the Lord's Supper' -1. 225.

Mrs Browning-The Seraphim '-Epilogue.
Christina Rossetti-'The Love of Christ which
passeth Knowledge.'

Milton-Paradise Lost'—B. iii. l. 138.
Crashaw-'The Name above Every Name.'
Mrs Browning-' Fourfold Aspect '—No. 4.
Bishop Bickersteth-'Yesterday, To-Day and For
Ever'-B. ii. 1. 155, et seq.

Mrs Cousin 'Immanuel's Land'-St. 4.

Milton-'Paradise Lost'-B. v. 1. 604.
Alexander Montgomery-The Deity.'

Giles Fletcher-Christ's Triumph over Death'
-St. 4, et seq.

Longfellow- -The Children of the Lord's Supper'
-1. 191.

Christ the Guildess for '; Shakespeare-Measure for Measure' — Act ii.

the Guilty,
(Heb. *. 1, 29.)

(1 Peter iii, 11-22.);

Chapman Byron's Tragedy'—Act v. Sc. 1.
Milion-Paradise Lost-B. iii. 1. 279, et seq.
Burne-Cottar's Saturday Night'-St. 15.
Mrs Browning-Drama of Exile-Adam's
Speech on the Risen Christ,'

The Rest and Peace of Milton-Paradise Lost'-B. xi, 1, 340.

Quarles-Bion's Sonnet'-No. 25.

Mrs Cousin Faith's Undertone,'

Mre Cousin The Heart of Jesus Our Rest.'
Christina Rossetti-There Kemaineth a Rest,'

Shakespeare-'Hamlet'-Act iii. Sc. 1.
Dekker Old Fortunatus'-Act v. Sc. 4.
Quarles-Hieroglyphics'-No. 15.

Burns-A Dirge-Man was Made to Mourn,'
Wordsworth-Excursion'-B. i. 11. 221-250.
Christina Rossetti-Out of the Deep.'
Tennyson-In Memoriam'-Pt. xiv.

Langland Vision of Piers Plowman'-B. v.
1, 105, et seq.

Shakespeare-King John'--Act. iil. Sc. 1.
Anne Askew-Newgate Ballad '-Sts., 5-9.
Milton-Paradise Lost'-B. xii. 1. 389, et seq.
Shakespeare-Lear-Act iv. Sc. 6.
Young Night Thoughts' B. vii. 1. 1416.
Cowper-Olney Hymns'-B. i. No. 133.
Cowper-Progress of Error '-1. 530.
Wordsworth- Ecclesiastical Sonnets'-Pt. iii.
Sonnets 36-47.

Tennyson In Memoriam'-Proem.

Benefits of Temptations.
(Heb. ii. 18.)
(James i. 12.)

(2 Peter ii. 9.)

Shakespeare-Measure for Measure '-Act ii.
Milton-Paradise Regained'-B. iv. l. 562.
Donne- Prayer in Temptation.'

Bailey-Festus'-1. 873.

Hood-Two Peacocks of Bedfont.'
Browning-"The Ring and the Book'-B. xii.
11. 580-609.

Evils of Ambition and Chaucer-Canterbury Tales'-' Parson's Tale'

Pride.

-11. 390-407.

Shakespeare Henry VIII.'-Act iii. Sc. 2.
Giles Fletcher-Christ's Victorie on Earth'-
St. 56.

Young Night Thoughts'-B. vii. 1. 357.
Longfellow' Golden Legend '—Pt. i.
Lewis Morris-Confession.'

Shakespeare- Romeo and Juliet'-Act ii. Sc. 3.
Shakespeare- Hamlet'-Act ii. Sc. 2.
Shakespeare-All's Well that Ends Well'-Act
iv. Sc. 3.

Cowley-Davideis'-B. iv. 11. 67-80.
Herrick-Hesperides 'Litany to the Holy
Spirit.'

Wordsworth-Humanity'-ll. 15-50.
Lewis Morris-Confession.'

Langland Vision of Piers Plowman'-B. xvi.
11. 365-390.

Chaucer The Parson'-Prologue-ll. 477-528.
Spenser Heavenly Love-Sts. 19-21.

Chapman-Humorous Day's Mirth'-1. 13.
Milton-Paradise Lost'-B. xii. 11. 486-552.
Wordsworth-Excursion '-B. vi. 11. 50
Mrs Browning-The Weeping Savic
Tennyson-In Memoriam-St. 9
Jean Ingelow-'Scholar and Carpen