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
| George Warburton - Canada - 1849 - 528 pages
...in his description of the abode of Satan and his compeers : after adverting to Styx, he says — ' 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 Scrbonian bog Betwixt Damiata... | |
| John Milton - 1850 - 302 pages
...rolls Her wat'ry labyrinth ; whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, 085 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond...seems 590 Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ic-c A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casins old, Where armies whole... | |
| John Milton - 1850 - 602 pages
...oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, 586 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond...land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems 590 A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have... | |
| George Warburton - Canada - 1850 - 376 pages
...cold in his description of the abode of Satan and his compeers. After adverting to Styx, he says, ' 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... | |
| John Milton, James Prendeville - Bible - 1850 - 452 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...wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail,1 which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile, or else deep... | |
| John Milton, John Mitford - 1851 - 450 pages
...pleafure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen Continent Lies dark and wilde, beat with perpetual ftorms Of Whirlwind and dire Hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin feems 590 Of ancient pile; all elfe deep fnow and ice, A gulf profound as that Serbonian Bog Betwixt... | |
| Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - Science - 1926 - 498 pages
...me. I was on the southern eave of the " Roof of the World ". Before me, in the language of Milton, A frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual...firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile : all else deep snow and ice. But the Pamirs are another story, which I cannot tell... | |
| James Gordon Hayes - Antarctic regions - 1928 - 572 pages
...food a frozen Continent Lies dark and wilde, beat with perpetual storms Qf Whirlwind and dire HaU, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice." LONDON THE RICHARDS PRESS LIMITED Printed in Great Britain... | |
| Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...oblivion, rowls 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 ; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata... | |
| John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...oblivion, rolls Her wat'ry labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond...deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog286 Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk: the parching air Burns frore,... | |
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