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... light , ( Angelic nature ! ) nor , though lost , forget Their happier state , but hope and tremble yet . Hope lives through fear : who saith that hope is vain ? Worm of the earth ! canst thou presume to trace The eternal limits of God's ...
... light , ( Angelic nature ! ) nor , though lost , forget Their happier state , but hope and tremble yet . Hope lives through fear : who saith that hope is vain ? Worm of the earth ! canst thou presume to trace The eternal limits of God's ...
Page 85
... light Delusive gild the lonely gloom of night ; E'en so , as in the dæmon's upward flight He almost reach'd the heaven from whence he fell , The purer airs of that celestial height Might for a space the noxious fumes of hell Haply ...
... light Delusive gild the lonely gloom of night ; E'en so , as in the dæmon's upward flight He almost reach'd the heaven from whence he fell , The purer airs of that celestial height Might for a space the noxious fumes of hell Haply ...
Page 115
... light , And bathed his face with many a grateful tear : Then , cleansed from blood , Heaven's own anointed knight Laid his pure hands on Clermont's humble peer , And blest him , in His holy name who gave Himself to death , our ransom ...
... light , And bathed his face with many a grateful tear : Then , cleansed from blood , Heaven's own anointed knight Laid his pure hands on Clermont's humble peer , And blest him , in His holy name who gave Himself to death , our ransom ...
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Orlando in Roncesvalles: A Poem, in Five Cantos (Classic Reprint) J. H. Merivale No preview available - 2017 |
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Aldabelle ancient Anglante's Anjolin Archbishop of Rheims arms Astaroth Astolpho Aymon Baldwin banner battle battle of Roncesvalles Berlinghier blast blood Boyardo and Ariosto brave breast brother Byron canto Charlemagne chief Christian Clermont's lord corse courser cried dæmon dark death Dieu dread E'en enchanter estoit eternal eyes faith fatal fate fear fight fixt Fontarabia France gallant Ganellon Ginguené Gualtier hath heart Heaven hell Herman Merivale honour hope Hor sarà horn hour hypocras John Merivale king knight lance light Malagigi Marca Hispanica mark'd Marsilius Merivale Merivale's Montalban's Moorish Morgante Morgante Maggiore mortal mountain noble o'er Oliver Olivier Orlando Furioso Orlando in Roncesvalles ottava rima Paladins Paynim peace poem poet Poictiers pride proud Pulci Rinaldo Roland romance Saragossa's seem'd sight solemn soul sound spirit stanza steed swift sword tears thee thine thou throne traitor treason Turpin vale vengeance warrior wonder xxvii