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 24by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 380 pages
...appeared like Armida's enchanted palace", and its gay votaries like " Fairy elves beyond the Indian mount, Whose midnight revels, by a forest-side Or fountain,...overhead 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 - 1821 - 346 pages
...775 Swarm'd and were straiten 1 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*d numberless ; like that pygmean race 780 Beyond the Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight... | |
| Classical poetry - 1822 - 292 pages
...crowd Behold a wonder! They but now who seem'd Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given, 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,... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...crowd Behold a wonder! They but now who seem'd Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given, 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,... | |
| Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 408 pages
...stooped to celebrate - — — — — — Those fairy elres, ose midnight revels by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress. VII. Collins has exercised the powers of his fancy on subjects of this sort, and has celebrated many... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...pygmean race "SO Beyond the Indian mount; or 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 785 given : Wheels her paie corse; they on their mirlh and Intent, with jocund music charm his ear... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...places in the house, as if it was impracticable to build a room large enough to contain (hem in their In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race natural size; it is an idle story, •which would match the most... | |
| Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 432 pages
...crowd 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 pygrifcan race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...places in the house, as if it was impracticable to build a room large enough to contain them in their In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race natural size; it is an idle story, which would match the most extravagant... | |
| John Milton - 1825 - 474 pages
...crowd 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,... | |
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