BIBLICAL REFERENCES IN ENGLISH

LITERATURE.

The following references occurring in the works of well-known writers in English Literature have obviously been suggested by the incidents occurring in the Epistles of Paul to the Romans, Ephesians, Colossians and Philippians.

St. Paul the Apostle.
(Rom. i. 1.)

(Ephes. i. 1.)
(Col. i. 1.)
(Philip. i. 1.)

Langland Vision of Piers Plowman'-P. xv. 1. 346.

Chaucer-Romaunt of the Rose'-11. 66606777.

Shakespeare-Richard III.'-Act i. Sc. 1, 1. 38;
also Act v. Sc. 3, 1. 216.

Milton-Miscellaneous Poems-On the New
Forcers of Conscience.'

Quarles- Divine Fancies'-B. ii. 1. 92—' Paul
and Apollos.'

Crashaw Sacred Epigrams-Pt. i. — ' Paul's

Conversion.'

Dean Alford-Conversion of St. Paul.'

Samuel Johnson-Miscellaneous Poems-' Paul.'
T. Roscoe-Poems-Paul the Persecutor.'
T. Fuller-Poems-On Paul's Danger.'
Cardinal Newman-Miscellaneous Poems-'St.
Paul at Melita.

T. T. Lynch-Poems-"The Witness of St. Paul.'
Tennyson-In Memoriam '-St. 120.

Christina Rossetti-Poems-Eye hath not seen.'

Langland-Vision of Piers Plowman'-P. xv. 1. 658.

Chaucer Canterbury Tales '-' Parson's Tale' -1.134.

Nicolas Breton Solemne Passioun of the

Soule's Love'-1. 76.

Shakespeare-Measure for Measure'-Act ii.
Sc. 2, 1. 75.

Beaumont and Fletcher-King and no King'
Act v. Sc. 4, 1. 40.

Joseph Beaumont-Psyche'-Canto ix. St. 119.
Milton-Paradise Lost'-B. iv. 1. 19.
Herbert-Temple'-'Repentance '-'Decay'

-Mortification.'

Dryden-To the Memory of Mrs Killigrew'
1. 178.

Shelley The Cenci'-Act iii. Sc. 1, 11. 93-103.
Wordsworth - . 'Sonnets

Death'-Sonnets 4-II.

on Punishment by

Dean Stanley-Poems-'Before the Great White
Throne.'

Browning-Before and After.'

Bishop Bickersteth-"Yesterday, To-day and
For Ever'-B. xi. 11. 745-937.

Shakespeare-Richard III.'-Act i. Sc. 4, 1. 194.
Milton-Paradise Lost'-B. xii. ll. 227-244.
Sylvester Du Bartas'-Pt. iii. Day iii. Week
ii. ll. 970-1100.

Cowley-Miscellaneous-Reason,'

Fulke Greville (Lord Brooke)-Sonnets-No. 7.

Coleridge-Religious Musings '-1. 115.

John Keble-Christian Year'— 'Moses on
Sinai.'

The Law-continued.
(Rom. ii. 17-29, iii.,
iv.)
(Ephes. ii. 15-18.)
(Col. ii. 20-23.)
(Philip. iii. 7-10.)

The Gospel, or Christ
the Power of God
to Salvation.

(Rom. v. 1-12.)
(Ephes. i. 12, 13.)
(Col. i. 13-22.)
(Philip. i. 11, 21.)

Richard Wilton-Sonnets Sylvan and Sacred-
"The Law at Sinai.'

A. H. Clough-Poems- The Law of Moses.'
Cardinal Newman-Poems on Several Occasions'
-'The Law.'

Gower-Confessio Amantis '-Prologue.
Barnabe Barnes-Sonnets-No. 48.

Nicolas Breton-"Longing of a Blessed Heart.'
Shakespeare-2 'Henry VI.'-Act iii. Sc. 2, 1.
154.

Milton-Paradise Lost'-B. iii. 1. 407, et seq.
Herrick-Noble Numbers'-'Litany of the
Holy Spirit.'

Drummond of Hawthornden-Hymn-'Saviour
of Mankind.'

Wordsworth-Excursion'-B. i. l. 799.
Byron-Miscellaneous Poems-'A Child at
Prayer.'

Prof. Wilson-Isle of Psalms'-Canto iii. St. 15.
William Morris-Earthly Paradise'-Hill of
Venus'-St. 188.

Sin: Its Presence,
Power and Penalty.
(Rom. vi., vii.)
(Ephes. ii. 1-5.)
(Col. iii. 6.)

(Philip. iii. 18, 19.)

Langland-Vision of Piers Plowman'—P. viii. 11. 168-179.

Chaucer "Canterbury Tales' 'Manciple's
Tale'-11. 215-242.

Earl of Surrey-Scripture Sonnets-Israel's
Back-sliding.'

Nicolas Breton-Solemne Passioun of the Soule's
Love'-St. 40.

Shakespeare "The Tempest'-Act iii. Sc. 3, 1.

104.

Phineas Fletcher-Purple Island'—' Triumph
of the Church.'

Giles Fletcher-Christ's Victorie in Heaven '—
St. 4.

Milton Paradise Lost'-B. i. l. 475.

Owen Feltham-Resolves'-Century ii. No.

21.

Sir J. Davies-On Humane Knowledge.'
Geoffrey Whitney-'Emblems'-'Punishment
of Wicked.'

Herrick-Noble Numbers '-'Sins.'
Dryden-Religio Laici'-11. 100-125.
Wordsworth-Excursion'-B. ix. 1. 170, et seq.
Whittier "The King's Missive'—' My Trust."
A. C. Swinburne - Poems and Ballads
'Aholibah.'

Dr. W. C. Smith-Hilda among the Broken
Gods'-'Winifred Urquhart '-Sts. 69-89.
Lewis Morris-Miscellaneous Poems-The
Voice of One Crying.'

William Dunbar-Poems-‘On the Passion and

Resurrection of Christ.'

Shakespeare-Measure for Measure'-Act ii.
Sc. 2, 1. 74.

Milton-Paradise Lost '-B. iii. 1. 234.
Joseph Beaumont-Psyche '-Canto iii. St. 74.
Dryden-Conquest of Granada '-Pt. ii. Act i.
Sc. 4.

Pope Essay on Man '-Epistle No. 3.

Shelley-The Cenci'-Act iii. Sc. 1, 11. 212223.

Whittier The Chapel of the Hermits '-Sts. 68-71.

God's

Justice and Langland-Vision of Piers Plowman '-P. i. I.

Mercy. (Rom. xi. 22.)

(Ephes. iii. 14-21.) (Philip. iii. 21.)

God the Creator.

(Rom. ix. 20.)
(Ephes. iii. 14, 15.)
(Col. i. 16.)
(Philip. iii. 21.)

315.

Spenser Tears of the Muses'-' Urania '—1. 6.
Shakespeare-Merchant of Venice'-Act iv.
Sc. 1, 11. 184-200.

Nicolas Breton-Prayer over a Misspent Life.'
Milton-Paradise Lost'-B. iii. 1. 130.
Herbert-Temple'—' Love.'

Herrick-Noble Numbers '-' Mercy and Love.'
More Immortality of the Soul'—B. iv. Canto
iii. St. 26.

Beaumont-Psyche'-Canto vi. St. 313.

Giles Fletcher-Christ's Victorie in Heaven'-
Sts. 70-85.

Dryden-Britannia Rediviva'-11. 345-360.
Young Night Thoughts'-B. iv. 1. 233.
Thomas Aird-'An Evening Walk.'

Pope-The Universal Prayer.'
Wordsworth-Sonnets on Death'-No. II—
'Mercy'; also 'Ecclesiastical Sonnets'-Pt.
ii. Sonnet 1.

Byron "The Giaour'-1. 418.
Mrs Browning-The Seraphim.'

Whittier-Miscellaneous Poems-' Divine Com-
passion.'

A. C. Swinburne-St. Dorothy.'

Gawain Douglas-Palace of Honour'-Pt. ii.
St. 29; also Prologue to 'Eneid'—B. iv.
St. 51.
Shakespeare-2 'Henry VI.'-Act ii. Sc. 1, 1. 7.
Nicolas Breton-Solemne Passioun of the Soule's
Love'-St. 8, 1. 40.

Nicholson-Acolastus, his After wit'-St. 4.
Henry More-'Infinity of Worlds'-St. 10.
Milton-Paradise Lost'-B. iii. ll. 274-343.