| Christmas - 1852 - 232 páginas
...13 ut now begins ; for from this happy day, The old dragon under ground, In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth...tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Huns through the arehed roof in words deeeiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow... | |
| John Milton - 1852 - 350 páginas
...day The old Dragon under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, no And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly...The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek... | |
| Abel Stevens, James Floy - 1852 - 610 páginas
...Ode on the Nativity (st. 18), writes: — The old Dragon under ground, In straighter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth...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 - 584 páginas
...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... | |
| Christmas - 1852 - 236 páginas
...is, But now begins ; for from this happy day, The old dragon under ground, In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the sealy horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb. No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arehed... | |
| Horatio Balch Hackett - 1852 - 432 páginas
...! 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.... | |
| George Whitefield Samson - 1852 - 192 páginas
...had all alike ceased to give responses : " The oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runs throngh the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shrick the steep of Delphos lcaving. No nightly trance or brcathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed pricsts... | |
| James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1852 - 814 páginas
...Nativity (st. 18), writes: — The old Dragon under ground, In straiter limita bound, Not half во far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horror of his folded tail. Many other saints of the Romancatholic calendar have... | |
| John Milton - 1853 - 380 páginas
...then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, The old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his 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 - 372 páginas
...is, But now begins ; for, from this happy day, The old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his 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... | |
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