And full of wrath bent on his enemies. At once the four spread out their starry wings, With dreadful shade contiguous, and the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd, as with the sound Of torrent floods, or of a numerous host. He on his impious foes right... Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 470by John Milton - 1750Full view - About this book
 | English poetry - 1867 - 558 pages
...the orb» Of his fierce chariot rolled, as with the sound Of torrent floods, or of a numerous host. He on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night ; under liis burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but. the throne itself of God. Full... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd, as with the sound Of torrent floods, or of a numerous host. He on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night ; under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. Full soon Among them he arrived,... | |
 | Robert Ainslie Redford - Sermons, English - 1869 - 308 pages
...the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd, as with the sound Of torrent floods, or of a numerous host. He on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night ; under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. * * * On either side tempestuous... | |
 | sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 pages
...Deeoted, Lat. deeotus, accursed, doomed to destruction. 101. THE ROUT OF THE REBEL ANGELS. (Book VI. 831.) He on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night ; under his burning wheels The steadfast Empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. Full soon 5 Among them he arrived,... | |
 | John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd, as with the sound Of torrent floods, or of a numerous host. 830 He on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night; under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. Full soon Among them he arriv'd;... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd, as with the sound Of torrent floods, or of a numerous host. He on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night ; under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God. Full soon Among them he arrived... | |
 | Ernest Adams - English language - 1871 - 144 pages
...fearless of danger, and never declined any enterprise for the difficulty of going through with it. He on his impious foes right onward drove Gloomy as night : under his burning wheels The steadfast Empyrean shook throughout. THE SUBJECT. 239. Every clause consists of two parts, the Subject... | |
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