| Here was a plain three miles in diameter, strewed with pumice stones and other volcanic reliques, with a lake in the centre, occupying what had probably been the crater. |
| Wordsworth, as well as Scott, pored entranced over Percy's Reliques. |
| And shall thy hapless reliques rot, unwept, unhallowed, and forgot? |
| His good sense had pointed out to him the artifices of the monks, and the gross absurdity of their miracles, wonders, and supposititious reliques. |
| On the other side, he had given to me simply the reliques of his breakfast-table, which itself was hardly more than a relique. |
| The collection is not as famous as the Child Ballads or Percy's Reliques, but important, nevertheless. |
