 | Thomas Bulfinch - Animals, Mythical - 1855 - 508 pages
...characterizes the rivers of Erebus according to the meaning of their names in the Greek language : — " Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate, Sad Acheron of sorrow black and deep ; Cocytus named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream ; fierce Phlegethon Whose waves of torrent fire... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...Into the burning lake their baleful streams; Of four infernal rivers, that disgorge Abhorred Styx, 3 the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron of sorrow, black and deep ; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Heard on the rueful stream;... | |
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...Of four infernal rivers, that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams : Abhorred Styji, the flood of deadly hate ; Sad Acheron, of sorrow, black and deep ; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream ; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 470 pages
...transportés dans Of four infernal rivers, that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams : Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron, of sorrow black and deep; Cocylus, nam'd of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...Of four infernal rivers, that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams ; Abhorred Styx,2 the flood of deadly hate ; Sad Acheron of sorrow, black and "deep ; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream ; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire... | |
 | George Blair - Cemeteries - 1857 - 400 pages
...and picturesque scene, of which the charm is almost utterly blighted when we look down into that " Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate, Sad Acheron, of sorrow, black ana deep;" into which the rugged rock, fringed with trees that seem to shrink from the loathed presence... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1859 - 424 pages
...139 to 112. The etymology of their names is finely made use of in Paradise Lost, B. ii. 1. 577 :— " Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron, of sorrow black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire... | |
 | English language - 1859 - 684 pages
...four fabled rivers of hell, though - this will sometimes escape the notice of the English reader ; i( Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate, Sad Acheron of sorrow, black and deep, Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream ; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire... | |
 | John Milton - 1860 - 424 pages
...along the banks Of four infernal rivers, that disgorge Into the turning lake their haleful streams: Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron, of sorrow, black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the ruefnl stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire... | |
 | John Milton - 1862 - 366 pages
...along the banks Of four infernal rivers, that disgorge Into the burning lake their baleful streams ; Abhorred Styx, the flood of deadly hate; Sad Acheron of sorrow, black and deep ; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream ; fierce Phlegeton, sao Whose waves of torrent... | |
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Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls... 
