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 22by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...croud Swarm'd and were straiten'd ; till, the signal given. Behold a wonder ! They but now who seera'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,... | |
 | English literature - 1821 - 676 pages
...like that pigmean race Beyond the Indian mount, or fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while over-head the moon Sits arbitrées, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance Intent, with... | |
 | Eliza Weaver Bradburn - 1828 - 158 pages
...crowd Swarm'd and were srraiten'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 numberless. They occupied the hall of this infernal court, but the chiefs retaining their own size... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 414 pages
...common rose, This early bud began to blush. Walter. Behold a wonder ! they but now who seemed In bigneu to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount. Milton. The big-boned oxe, in pace is very... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - Dwarfs - 1831 - 234 pages
...PYGMIES. 2. ON FAIRIES. BY JOSEPH RITSON, ESQ. Fairy Elves Whose midnight revel, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams...over-head 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 - 1831 - 290 pages
...aery crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd ; til], the signal 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 fairy elves, Whose midnight revels,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1831 - 422 pages
...giant sons, Xow less than smallest dwarft, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side. Or fountain, some belated peasant sees. Or dreams he sees, while over-head the Moon Sits... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...l'empire infernal, Now less than smallest dwarfs, in narrow room Throng numberless, like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount; or faery elves, Whose midnight...over-head 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 - 1832 - 1092 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 Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Beyond the Indian mount;... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1832 - 368 pages
...crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder! they but now who seera'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons, Now less than smallest dwarfs. A few examples will illustrate the mode in which this force operates. It is well known that among the... | |
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