360 MEMOIRS OF 



demned by Nebuchadnezzar to the burn- 

 ing fiery furnace. 



With fublime fimplicity has the Prophet 

 Daniel told that ftory. Beneath every 

 remembrance in favor of the infpired hif- 

 torian, we are here imprefled and charmed 

 anew by grandeur of imagery and piclure, 

 fuited to the miraculous greatnefs of the 

 fcene. We again behold the blazing de- 

 luge, the fiery cavern, white with feven- 

 fold heat ; the three Heroes in the midft : 



And now a fourth, with Seraph-beauty bright, 

 Defcends 5 accofts them ; and outfhines the light, 

 Fierce flames innocuous, as they ftep, retire, 

 And flow they move amid a world of fire ! 



How beautiful is the latter part of the 

 fecond line ! 



The Avena, Oat, three males two fe- 

 males, becomes a pair of mufical nymphs, 

 alluding to the oaten pipes of early times, 

 perhaps the firft invented instrument of the 



harmonious 



