To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove... Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 21by John Milton - 1820 - 305 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With ?.ll his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd,...Tears? such as Angels weep, burst forth : at last 610 Words interwove with sighs found out their way. O Myriads of immortal Spi'rits, O Powers Matchless,... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubl'd ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers. Attention held them...scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. At last 620 Words interwove with sighs found out their way. O Myriads of immortal Sp'rits, O Pow'rs Matchless,... | |
| John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...held them mute. Thrice he assay'd,and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, hurst forth, at last Words interwove with sighs found out...their way: O myriads of immortal spirits, O powers Matchless, hut with th' Almighty; and that strife Was not inglorious, though th' event was dire, As... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them...Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last 6 jo Words interwove with sighs, found out their way. O MYRIADS of immortal Spi'rits, O Powers Matchless,... | |
| 1803 - 412 pages
...He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : Attention held them...assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such a§ angels weep, burst forth ' The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...innumerable spirits whom he had involved in the same guilt and ruin with himself. . , He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From...spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a very agreeable turn of poetry,... | |
| Richard Payne Knight - Art - 1805 - 512 pages
...though bare, AA 3 PART iII. Of the Sublime and Pathetic. Stands on the blasted heath. He now prcpar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend,...all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he essay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears such as angels weep burst forth. Throughout the poem,... | |
| Thomas Warton - Epic poetry, English - 1807 - 384 pages
...— — • Peradise Lost, rer. 490. t Ver- 392. This form he has exactly repeated in Paradise Lost. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth *. — In Comus. — — A perpetual feast of nectar' J sweets Where no crude surfeit reigns. In Paradise... | |
| John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...baiC Stanch on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd 61 To speak ; wheieat their doubled rants they brnd From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all, his peers : attention held them route. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in ipite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend, From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : Attention held them...of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a very agreeable turn of poetry,... | |
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