 A shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging...  Paradise Lost - Page 33by John Milton - 1850 - 296 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...all the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds: 540 At which the universal host up sent A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the...gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the uir, 545 With orient colours waving: with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd,... | |
 | William Mitford - Greece - 1822 - 436 pages
...phalanx, upon this occasion, that Milton has imitated in the first book of the Paradise Lost: ........ Rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms -Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array, Of The numbers on either side, Thucydides professes that he could not learn with certainty ; thus teaching... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...all the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds : At which the universal host np sent A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the...a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand bauners rise into the air With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and... | |
 | William Mitford - Greece - 1823 - 520 pages
...phalanx, upon this occasion, that Milton has imitated in the first book of the Paradise Lost : -------- Rose A forest huge of spears; and thronging helms...shields in thick array, Of depth immeasurable. Anon they move, In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To highth... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...; all the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds : At which the universal host up sent A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the...shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable: anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders : such as rais'd To height... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...the boundless shout to heaven, From many a thousand hearts ecstatic sprung. Thomson's Liberty. ARMY. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand...serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable. Milton's Paradise Lost, b. 1. Ten thousand thousand ensigns high advanc'd, Standards and gonfalons... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...all the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds : At which the universal host up sent A shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the...gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air 535. Who forthwith &c.] There are several other strokes in the first book wonderfully poetical, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...old Night. All iu a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air, 545 With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest...shields in thick array, Of depth immeasurable: anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood 550 Of flutes, and soft recorders ; such as raii'd To height... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...up sent A shout that tore Hell's eoneave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. AИ surd to eall a villain great : Who wiekedly is wise, or eolours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried... | |
 | 1826 - 570 pages
...his troops, in which account we can perceive nothing very uncommon or different from other reviews: " Ten thousand banners rise; into the air, With orient...serried shields in thick array, Of depth immeasurable. * * * * Advanced in view, they stand a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms, * * Awaiting... | |
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