 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1832 - 304 pàgines
...he was convinced of this as a fact, than that he believed all the incidents in his Paradise Lost. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. 252 Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 858 pàgines
...is, But now hegins ; for from this happy day, Th' old Dragon under ground In strait*" r limits hound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Ssrindges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumh, No voice or hideous hum Runs through... | |
 | John Dryden - 1832 - 342 pàgines
...traine,' &c. Milton, in a line of admirable effect, has applied the word to the old dragon, who, ' Wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail.' Ode Nativ. St. 18. Waller also describes the 'tail's impetuous swinge ' of the whale, Batt. Summ. Isl.... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pàgines
...session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread Ills throneAnd 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. The oracles... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - 1835 - 402 pàgines
...session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for from this happy...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... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - 1836 - 400 pàgines
...session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins; for from this happy...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... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pàgines
...limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are...hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceir. ing. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow sh riek the steep of Delphos leaving.... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1837 - 936 pàgines
...his earlier pieces, the departure of these pretended deities on the eve of the blessed Nativity. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...roof in words deceiving ; Apollo from his shrine Can DO more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos lenvim- ; No nightly trance or breathed spell... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 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, i?o And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 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, no And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles... | |
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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... 
