 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 27by John Milton - 1903 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Elizabeth Ely Fuller - Poetry - 1983 - 332 pages
...crowd Swarmed and were straitened; till the signal giv'n, Behold a wonder! they but now who seemed 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 by... | |
 | John Guillory - Literary Criticism - 1983 - 220 pages
...further descending into an underworld beneath Hell itself: 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 Pigmean Race Beyond the Indian Mount, or Faery Elves, Whose midnight Revels,... | |
 | Stephen Greenblatt - History - 2008 - 225 pages
...scale in order to enter the council chamber of Pandemonium: Behold a wonder! they but now who seemed 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 faerie elves, Whose midnight revels,... | |
 | Charles Lyell - Science - 1990 - 352 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. A few examples will illustrate the mode in which this force operates. It is well known that among the... | |
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