...hierarchy, the orders bright. Nor was his name unheard or imadored In ancient Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men call'd him Mulciber ; and how he fell From heaven...dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the zenith like a" falling star, On Lemnos the JEgean isle ; thus they relate, Erring...

...Greece ; and in Ausonian land Men call'd him Muleiber ; and how he fell 740 From Heav'n they fabl'd, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements...setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, 745 On Lemnos, th' -i33gean ile : thus they relate, Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell...

...leaves fall, then winter is at hand ; When the sun sets, who doth not look for night? " — 3hak. 29. " From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve A...from the zenith, like a falling star On Lemnos, the ^Egean Isle," — Milton. CHAPTER V. THE CAUSAL MODIFIER. SEC. I.— DIVISIONS OF THIS ELEMENT. «568....

...under other names on earth and in Ausonian land Men called him Mulciber; and how he fell From Heav'n, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal...Dropt from the zenith like a falling star, On Lemnos th' Aegean isle: thus they relate, 1 Milton's God (1961). p. 276. Erring; for he with this rebellious...

...About Nothing, I, i ; Troilus and Cressida, I, iii; Hamlet, III, ii; Milton, Paradise Lost, 1, 740: From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,...from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the ^Egean isle. In Art. Various antique illustrations are extant of the god as a smith with hammer, or...

...bright. Nor was his name unheard or unadored In ancient Greece; and in Ausonian land [Italy] Men called him Mulciber, and how he fell From Heaven they fabled,...dewy eve, A summer's day, and with the setting sun Dropped from the zenith like a falling star On Lemnos, the Aegean isle. Thus they relate, Erring —...

...architect, Mammon, also known to the ancient world as Mulciber: and how he fell From Heav'n, they fabl'd, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the Crystal Battlements:...Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star, On Lemnos th'jEgzan Isle. {Paradise Lost, 1.740-46) These verses stand out from a brilliant text as still more...

...dismissing the classical gods as devils. Here, for instance, he describes the fall of Vulcan: . . . and how he fell From heaven they fabled, thrown by...dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropped from the zenith like a falling star On Lemnos the Aegean isle . . . and then abruptly undercuts...

...with classical mythology: . . . Men call'd him Mulciber; and how he fell From Heav'n, they fabl'd, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the Crystal Battlements:...Sun Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star, On Lernnos th' Aegean Isle . . . (I 740-46) Milton was a man of the Renaissance, one foot in the old worlds—...

...ancient Greece; and in Ausonian land Men call'd him Mulciber. and how he fell From Heav'n. they fabl'd, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the Crystal Battlements:...Sun Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star. On Umnos th' Aegaean Isle: thus they relate, Erring. (1.738-47) This passage richly evokes the mythic...