 In bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless—like that pygmean race 780 Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest-side Or fountain, some belated peasant...  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 22by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Quin - Actors - 1766 - 130 pages
...dapper elves,' we smiled and shook, and saw the little beings ' Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams...overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course.' His invocation of Cotytto was masterly beyond all these. It was not delivered... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...crowd 775 Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till the signal giv'n, Behold a wonder! they but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless; like that pygmean race 780 Beyond the Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels... | |
 | John Ferriar - 1798 - 334 pages
...spirits in Pandemonium contract their size to gain room, and Throng numberless, like that Pygmean race Beyond the Indian Mount, or faery elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while over-head the moon Sits... | |
 | Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...thus exposed himself to instant ruin. NUMBER XI. -Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams...over-head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...that pygmean race 780 Beyond the Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he...over-head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth 785 Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. Thus incorporeal... | |
 | Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1811 - 704 pages
...blind bard may be credited, his infernal spirits adopted. " Behold a wonder! they but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throned numberless." . This poem is divided into two parts. The first commences with a most beautiful... | |
 | John Black - Dialect drama, Scottish - 1806 - 260 pages
...FIVE ACTS. WITH THREE PRELIMINART DISSERTATIONS. Fairy Elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams...over-head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course. They, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...thick the a;ry croi Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till the sign Behold a wonder ! they but now who see In bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrowThrong numberless, like that pygmean ra< Beyond the Indian mount, or fatry elves, Whose midnight... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...croud Swarm'd and were straiten'd ; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder ! They but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves } Whose midnight revels... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...croud Swarm'd and were straiten'd ; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder I They but now wno seem'd In bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels,... | |
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