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the seers', the guardians and companions of ^y\^^' 
the ark; men, women, children", warriors, ' ^ — ' 
statesmen, citizens, priests, Levites, counsel- 
sellors ; — with all the circumstances of gran- 
deur displayed by surrounding olijects ; by the 
waters of the torrent; by the sepulchres of 
the valley ; by the lofty rocks, the towers, 
bulwarks, and palaces of Sion; by the magni- 
ficent perspective on every side ; by the bold 
declivities and lofty summits of Mount Olivet ; 
and, finally, by the concentration of all that is 
great and striking in the central group, dis- 
tinguished by the presence of the afHicted 
sovereign. If it should be urged, that 
this subject is too crowded, it is only so in 
description ; a painter, by the advantages of 
perspective, easily obviates every objection of 
this nature. Haste and tumult are, in a certain 
degree, the requisite characteristics of such a 
representation; but these a judicious artist 
would know how to introduce. Milton, as a 
poet, and Le Bruyn, as a painter, might have 
done justice to this stupendous theme; nor 
(3) *' The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Jrt not thou a 
Seer? Return into the city in peace," Ibid. v. 27. 
(4) ** And Ittui the GUtite passed over, and all his men, and all the 
little ones that were with him-" Ibid. v. 22. 
