Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while 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 once with joy and fear his... The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and Collins - Page xxxiiby John Milton - 1860Full view - About this book
| England - 1821 - 818 pages
...wide elves, which the belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they...ear, At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. Now, I imagined myself in an uninhabited World, where life was a thing of the past, and where inanimate... | |
| William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees ; while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course: they...ear: At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds." So our young novices must have felt when they first saw the magic of the scene, and heard its syren... | |
| John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...he sees, while over-head the moon Sits arhitress, and nearer to the earth 785 Wheels her pale corse, they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund...rebounds. Thus incorporeal Spi'rits to smallest forms Reduc'd their shapes immense, and were at large, Though without number, still amidst the hall 701 Of... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth [dance Wheels her pale course : they on their mirth and Intent, with jocund music charm his ear: At once with...dimensions, like themselves, The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat ; A thousand Demi-gods on golden seats, Frequent... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 820 pages
...contracted their forms, those of the first rank and dignity still preserved their natural dimensions : Thus incorporeal spirits to smallest forms Reduced...dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demi-gods on golden seats, Frequent... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 354 pages
...dignity still preserved their natural dimensions : Thus incorporeal spirits to smallest forms Reduc'd their shapes immense, and were at large, Though without...dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demi-gods on golden seats, Frequent... | |
| John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...side Or fountain, some helated peasant sees Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arhitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they,...charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rehounds. Thus incorporeal Spirits to smallest forms Reduced their shapes immense, and were at large,... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds. Thus incorporeal spirits to smallest forms Reduc'd ma and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demi-gods on golden seats, Frequent... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while over-head the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth 785 Wheels her pale course, they on their mirth and dance...rebounds. Thus incorporeal Spi'rits to smallest forms Reduc'd their shapes immense, and were at large, Though without number still amidst the hall Of that... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...rebounds. Thus incorporeal Spi'rits to smallest forms Reduc'd their shapes immense, and were at large, 790 Though without number still amidst the hall Of that...dimensions like themselves, The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat 795 A thousand demi-gods on golden seats, Frequent... | |
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