 | Literature, Modern - 1806 - 550 pages
...either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, . • • • . ' ' ,• V - And shook, a. dreadful dart. What seemed his head, The likeness of a kingly crown had on." Th 'tfur 'apprehension, Shakespear, in this case, had a more prophetic spirit of anticipation, than... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1820 - 782 pages
...seemed ; ' For each seemed cither. Black it stood as ntght, ' Fterce as the furtrs, terrtble as hell, ' And shook a dreadful dart; what seemed his head ' The likeness of a kingly cronn bad on." If I could see it, I might interrogate it, and bring out of its mouth, if it had a mouth,... | |
 | Ontario - 1822 - 874 pages
...shadow seemed, For each seemed either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on, Wilh wide Cerberean mouths full loud, and rung A hideous peal." It was, he added, " A shapeless monster,... | |
 | Benjamin Humphrey Smart - Elocution - 1826 - 242 pages
...7 black it stood as night, 8 Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; 9 what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. 10 The grisly monster moving onward, came With horrid strides, Hell trembled as lie strode. MILTON.... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 644 pages
...difficulty of describing Death, and yet we feel satisfied with the indistinct image which he gives : — ' What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.' We have no grinning jaws nor marrowless bones here. When blood was first shed on «arth, the same great... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 698 pages
...seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.' In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible and sublime to the last degree." The... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - Artists - 1830 - 404 pages
...dealt with this difficult allegory. We are satisfied with the indistinct image which he gives us : " What seemed his head . The likeness of a kingly crown had on." : We have no grinning jaws, nor marrowless bones here. The same great poet makes Death rejoice when... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - Life - 1835 - 228 pages
...shadow seemed, For each seemed cither; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seemed his head, The likeness of a kindly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving, onward came as fast... | |
 | Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 420 pages
...seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.' In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible, and sublime to the last degree." The... | |
 | Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1835 - 452 pages
...seemed either ; black he stood as night ; Fierce as ten furies ; terrible as hell ; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.1 In this description all is dark, uncertain, con-j fused, terrible, and sublime to the last degree."... | |
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The other shape, If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable, in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either; black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies; terrible as hell; And... 
