Chapter Ambrosian Chant to Amiel of A by Brewer's Readers Handbook

Amiel, in Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel, is meant for sir Edward Seymour, Speaker of the House of Commons. An anagram for Eliam, “the friend of God” (2 Sam. xxiii. 34).

Who can Amiel’s praise refuse?
Of ancient race by birth, but nobler yet
In his own worth, and without title great.
The sanhedrim long time as chief he ruled,
Their reason guided, and their passion cooled.
   —Part. i. 899-903.