 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pàgines
...description of the old dragon: The tmouldring dust did round about an^ no wonder Milton was fond XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. 175 Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pàgines
...XVIII. And then at last our bliss 165 Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for from this happy day Th' old Dragon under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, 170 And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. 157- With such... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pàgines
...Th' old Dragon under ground In straitcr limits bound, Not half so far casts' his usurped sway, 170 And, wroth to see his kingdom fail. Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving.... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 pàgines
...rocky roof to view, and was now reflected from these waters on which the sun-beam never plays:— " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving." The day looks doubly bright when you again go forth, and you ride to a beautifully-broken fringed ruin... | |
 | Moyle Sherer - 1825 - 454 pàgines
...rocky roof to view, and was now reflected from these waters on which the sun-beam never plays : — " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving." The day looks doubly bright when you again go forth, and you ride to a beautifully-broken fringed ruin... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 476 pàgines
...The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. XVIII. And then at last our bliss 165 Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for, from this happy...limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway; 170 And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. " Soaring the... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 360 pàgines
...18. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, , But now begins ; for from this happy day Th' old Dragon under ground In straiter limits bound,...his usurped sway, And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. 19. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pàgines
...session, [throne. The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for, from this happy...old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 354 pàgines
...[throne. The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his XVIII. And then at last our bliss 165 Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for from this happy...limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, 170 And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 pàgines
...throne. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for from this happy day, Th' old Dragon under ground In straiter limits bound,...his usurped sway, And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through... | |
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The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest... 
