 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 610
...Milton, in his Ode on the Nativity (st. 18), writes: — The old Dragon under ground, In straighter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway...fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Many other saints of the Roman Catholic calendar have been celebrated for overcoming dragons. Near... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 584
...on the Nativity (st. 18), writes : — The old Dragon under ground, In straighter limits bound, \ot half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to...fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Many other saints of the Roman Catholic calendar have been celebrated for overcoming dragons. Near... | |
 | Horatio Balch Hackett - 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 432
...! How soon after this could it be said, in. the words of Milton's Hymn on the Nativity of Christ : "The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. * "Here are still seen the triple arch which formed the gate of the city, the baths, and the theatre.... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. XVIII. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for, from this happy...usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 344
...[throne. The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his XVIII. And then at last our bliss ^ Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for from this happy...limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, no And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 716
...session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread hi« throne. And then at last our bliss, Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for, from this happy...straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped eway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. XVIII. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, The old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound,...usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs... | |
 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1853 - عدد الصفحات: 588
...is, But now hegins ; for from this happy day, The old dragon under ground, In straiter limits hound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth...fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. '''Ih- Вahе yel li*s in Imilbig infaney." " The oracles are dumh, No voice or hideous hum Runs through... | |
 | James Montgomery, John Holland - 1856 - عدد الصفحات: 338
...authority for the word : Milton, in his hymn on ' Christ's Nativity,' says that, from that happy clay, ' The old dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound,...usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horror of his folded tail.' " A day or two afterwards Mr. Holland took tea at the... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 112
...thinking of the radiant Of Marathon and Salamis ! of wisdom, eloquence, and songAll silenced now ! — The Oracles are dumb. No voice or hideous hum, Runs...roof, in words deceiving : Apollo from his shrine •See the vivid sketch given by Sir A. Alison, in his History of Europe, Chapter 2o. Can no more divine,... | |
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The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest... 
