Some to the fascination of a name

Surrender judgment hoodwink'd.

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Task. Book vi. Winter Walk at Noon. Line 101.

The early village cock

Hath twice done salutation to the morn.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.

Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast

The little tyrant of his fields withstood,

Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest,

Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood.

Thomas Gray (1716-1771): Elegy in a Country Churchyard. Stanza 15.

Let but thy wicked men from out thee go,

And all the fools that crowd thee so,

Even thou, who dost thy millions boast,

A village less than Islington wilt grow,

A solitude almost.

Abraham Cowley (1618-1667): Of Solitude, vii.