Note 1099 — AN ESSAY ON MAN, IN FOUR EPISTLES (continued 3)
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As the rapt Seraphim that sings and burns.
The name Seraphim, says Warburton, signifies burners, and Wakefield quotes, in illustration, from Spenser's Hymn of Heavenly Beauty, stanza 14:
And those eternal burning Seraphims Which from their faces dart out fiery light.