Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail ; which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice... Paradise Lost - Page 102by John Milton - 1896 - 210 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and be'ing forgets, 585 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond...gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata ami mount Casius old, "U'liriv armies whole have sunk: the parching air Burns J'rore. and cold performs... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...Wesley displays a pleasant wit, is not unlike a region which Milton places in the nether world : " 'Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and...firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata... | |
 | Frederick Ritso - Law - 1815 - 262 pages
...is the best of all possible plans to be adopted, and the ne plus ultra of professional learning: — Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of tempest and dire hail ! But this contracted and illiberal notion of the nature of an introduction to... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 726 pages
...verses, which a man can .scarcely read, even at Midsummer, without shivering. Beyond this flood afrozcn continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail the parching air Burns fröre, and cold, performs t lie e fleet of ßre. Thither by harpy-footed furies... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 340 pages
...oblivion, rolls Her wat'ry labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and be'ing forgets, 585 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain, Beyond...pile ; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound ae that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiatu and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk : the parching... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1820 - 436 pages
...has not been without salutary effects on serious minds. OG The following is the passage alluded to. A frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual...firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile : The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs th' effect of fire ; Thither by harpy-footed... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wi)4, beat with perpetual storms Of wliirlwind Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice. A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond...firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 340 pages
...storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems 690 Of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf...profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casina old, Where armies whole have sunk : the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs th' effect... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being' forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond...firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile : or else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata... | |
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