 The guarded gold ; so eagerly the fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies. 950  Paradise Lost - Page 73by John Milton - 1896 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1821 - 340 pages
...from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold: so eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, or steep, thro" strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies : At length a universal hubbub wild 951 Of stunning sounds and voices all confus'd. Borne through the... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 294 pages
...on, with shoulders, hands, and head. ' So eagerly the fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, through streight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.' MILTON, Bookn. 67 SB with arms expanded Bernard rows his slate, And left-legg'd Jacob seems to emulate.]... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822
...on with shoulders, hands, and head,} - " So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, thro' streight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Milton, Book ii. W. Ver. 67, 68. With arms expanded Bernard rows his state, And left-legg'd Jacob seems... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822
...lab'ring on with shoulders, hands, and head,] " So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, thro' streight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Milton, Book ii. W. Ver. 67, 68. With arms expanded Bernard rows his state, And left-legg'd Jacob seems... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1822 - 388 pages
...on with shoulders, hands, and head,] . " So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, thro' streight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Milton, Book ii. W. Ver. 67, 68. With arms expanded Bernard rows his state, And left-legg'd Jacob seems... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...The guarded gold: so eagerly the Fiend [rare, O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies: At length an universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds, and voices all confused, Borne through the hollow... | |
 | 1823 - 564 pages
...to limit the various modes of operation by which great qualities ac¿ çomplish great enterprises. O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings or feet, pursue their way; And swim, or sink, or wade, or creep, or fly.' Paradise Lost, Il. ¿ * ‘The best... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth 94.5 Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly the fiend O'er bog,...swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies: 950 At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confus'd, Borne through the hollow... | |
 | Jacques Delille - English poetry - 1824 - 430 pages
...s'enflamme : Et tel que le griffon, avide amant de l'or, Quand l'adroit Arimaspe a ravi son trésor, • O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies; At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds, and voices all confus'd, Borne through the hollow... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Roscoe - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...So lab'ring on with shoulders, hands, and head,'} " So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, thro" strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Full in the middle way there stood a lake, Which Curl's Corinna chanc'd that morn to make: (Such was... | |
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