| John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...pleasure and pain. 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 590 Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 556 pages
...shades.1 . . . 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.'* The angels gather, innumerable legions : ' As when heaven's fire Hnth scathed... | |
| John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...pleasure and pain. 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 ; A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt... | |
| 1871 - 456 pages
...black despair ! 1 " 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. -the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs... | |
| John Milton - English Literature - 1892 - 654 pages
...oblivion, rolls 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 590 Of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt... | |
| James Mackinnon - Scotland - 1892 - 268 pages
...are pictured. " Beyond this flood a foreign 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." * Arch&ological Journal, vol. xlviii. t "Prehistoric... | |
| James Mackinnon - Scotland - 1892 - 262 pages
...Beyond this flood a foreign continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlxvind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap and ruin seems Of ancient pile, all else deep snow and ice." * Archaological Journal, vol. xlviii. t " Prehistoric... | |
| John Milton - 1893 - 190 pages
...pleasure and pain. 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 590 Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt... | |
| John Milton - 1894 - 360 pages
...pleasure and pain. 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 690 Of ancient pile, all else deep snow and ice ; A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt... | |
| John Milton - 1894 - 472 pages
...pleasure and pain. 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 min seems 590 Of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt... | |
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