 either—black it stood as Night, 670 Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand, and from his seat The monster moving onward came as fast 675 With...  Paradise Lost - Page 64by John Milton - 1896 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - Aesthetics - 1997 - 614 pages
...each seemed either, black he stood as night; Fierce as ten furies; tembk as hell; And shook a deadly dart. What seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.' In this description all is dark, uncertain, confused, terrible, and sublime to she last degree. SECT.... | |
 | Annabel Patterson - History - 1997 - 344 pages
...might be called that shape has none,” a passage applied to the obese king also by its final line, “What seemed his head! The likeness of a kingly crown had on.” wanting. . . What I am above all things anxious to see is such a narrative as may, withoutformd observalwns,... | |
 | Michael A. Morrison - History - 1999 - 416 pages
...republican freedom was, they believed, secure in a rising American empire. — black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook...likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand. —John Milton, Paradise Lost II We owe it to our ancestors to preserve entire those rights, which... | |
 | David Bromwich - Literary Collections - 1999 - 484 pages
...Or substance might be call'd, that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either: black it stood as night; Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on." Paradise Lost, Book II The grandest efforts... | |
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