Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast... English Literature in the Eighteenth Century - Page 137by Thomas Sergeant Perry - 1883 - 450 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Fulton - English language - 1814 - 452 pages
...middle, which is called the csesura, and another at the end, which is called the final pause ; as, 1. So when an angel — by divine command, With rising tempests — shakes a guilty land. 2. Know then thyself; presume not God to scan ; The proper study of mankind — is man. V. The first... | |
| Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 530 pages
...squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an Angel by divine command With rising...a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased th' Almighty's orders to perform,... | |
| Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1816 - 452 pages
...paths f| of pleasing sense I ran. Again, Profuse of bliss || and pregnant with delight. After the 5th : So when an angel || by divine command, With rising tempests || shakes a guilty land. After the 6th : Speed the soft intercourse || from soul to soul, Again, Then from his closing eyes... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1817 - 342 pages
...sent the timely aid, Inspir'd repuls'd battatior.s to engage, And taught tlie doubtful battle where to rage. So when an Angel, by divine command, With...a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides... | |
| James Andrew - English language - 1817 - 152 pages
...squadrons sent a timely aid, Inspired repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With...a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast, And, pleas'd the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1817 - 532 pages
...paths || of pleasing sense I ran. Again, Profuse of bliss || and pregnant with delight. After the 5th: So when an angel || by divine command, With rising tempests || shakes a guilty land. After the 6th: Speed the soft intercourse || from soul to soul. Again, "•i * Then from his closing... | |
| William Coxe, John Churchill Duke of Marlborough - Great Britain - 1818 - 642 pages
...sent the timely aid ; Inspir'd re.puls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising...a guilty land; Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleas'd the Almighty's orders to perform,... | |
| 1819 - 896 pages
...all his readers retained a fearful recollection: " So when an angel, by Divine command, With ruing tempests shakes a guilty land, {Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past)," &c. But I shall let our poet defend himself, by explaining his own views. " I »in, and have... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...squadrons sent the timely aid, Jnspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where 'd : the rushy fen ; the ragged furze, Stretch'd o'er...the stubbie chapt ; The thistly lawn ; the thick-e past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleas'd th' Almighty orders to perform, Rides... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...sent the timely aid ; Inspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an Angel by divine command, With...a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past. Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides... | |
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