The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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Page 100
... appear'd , And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard : To carry Nature lengths unknown before , To give a MILTON birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a day - spring into distant climes , Ennobling ...
... appear'd , And ages ere the Mantuan swan was heard : To carry Nature lengths unknown before , To give a MILTON birth , ask'd ages more . Thus Genius rose and set at order'd times , And shot a day - spring into distant climes , Ennobling ...
Page 110
... appear'd in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Etna ; whose combustible And fuell'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublimed with mineral fury , aid ...
... appear'd in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Etna ; whose combustible And fuell'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublimed with mineral fury , aid ...
Page 118
... appear'd A crew , who , under names of old renown , Osiris , Isis , Orus , and their train , With monstrous shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt and her priests , to seek Their wandering gods disguised in brutish forms Rather than ...
... appear'd A crew , who , under names of old renown , Osiris , Isis , Orus , and their train , With monstrous shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt and her priests , to seek Their wandering gods disguised in brutish forms Rather than ...
Page 119
... appear'd Obscure some glimpse of joy , to ' have found their Chief Not in despair , to ' have found themselves not lost In loss itself ; which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue : but he , his wonted pride Soon recollecting ...
... appear'd Obscure some glimpse of joy , to ' have found their Chief Not in despair , to ' have found themselves not lost In loss itself ; which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue : but he , his wonted pride Soon recollecting ...
Page 120
... Appear'd , and serried shields in thick array , Of depth immeasurable : anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To highth of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and ...
... Appear'd , and serried shields in thick array , Of depth immeasurable : anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To highth of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty angels appear'd arm'd arms battle Beelzebub behold blank verse bliss burning lake call'd celestial Cherub Cherubim clouds Comus dark daughter death deep delight divine dread earth eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel fall Father fear fell fire flames friends Gabriel glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heaven heavenly Hell highth hill hope host infernal Ithuriel John Milton join'd King Latin less light Lycidas mankind Messiah Milton mind Moloch nature never night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd perhaps poem poet poetry praise rage reason reign revenge rhyme round Satan seem'd seems Seraph Seraphim shade sight soon spake Spirits stood sweet Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself turn'd Uriel verse vex'd whence winds wings wonder Zephon
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Page 100 - This neglect of rime is so little to be taken for a defect, though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers, that it is rather to be esteemed an example, the first in English, of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming.