Używał wielu nowych słów, zapożyczeń, lub wyrazów starych, ale nigdy nie używanych często.
There lies the path thy future sons shall trace, Plant here their arts, and rear their vigorous race: A race predestined, in these choice abodes, To teach mankind to tame their fluvial floods, Retain from ocean, as their work requires, These great auxiliars, raised by solar fires, Force them to form ten thousand roads, and girth With liquid belts each verdant mound of earth, To aid the colon's as the carrier's toil, To drive the coulter, and to fat the soil, Learn all mechanic arts, and oft regain Their native hills in vapor and in rain.
W niektórych miejscach poeta stosuje aliterację, jak w powyższym fragmencie To teach mankind to tame their fluvial floods albo The northern tribes a later stock may boast,/A race descended from the Asian coast/High in the Arctic, where Anadir glides,/A narrow strait the impinging worlds divides. Innego przykładu konsekwentnej aliteracji dostarcza następująca para wersów: Wandering and wild, from sire to son they stray,/A thousand ages, scorning every sway.
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