...speed retired, Where erst was thickest fight, the angelic throng, And left large field, unsafe within the wind Of such commotion; such as, to set forth...Should combat, and their jarring spheres confound. . . . But the sword Of Michael, from the armory of God, Was given him tempered so, that neither keen...

...commotion : such as (to set forth 310 * The enemy, far excellence the devil. * Mistake not, think not. Great things by small) if, nature's concord broke, Among the constellations war were sprang, Two planet?, rushing from aspect malign Of Her jest opposition, in mid sky Should combat, and...

...throng, And left large field, unsafe within the wind Of such commotion : such as (to set forth 310 Great things by small) if, Nature's concord broke,...Two planets,* rushing from aspect malign Of fiercest opposition,1 in mid sky Should combat, and their jarring spheres confound. Together both, with next...

...throng, And left large field, unsafe within the wind Of such commotion : such as (to set forth 310 Great things by small) if, Nature's concord broke,...Should combat, and their jarring spheres confound. Together both, with next to almighty arm Uplifted imminent, one stroke they aimed That might determine,...

...that Shakespeare's " music of the spheres," enounced by Pythagoras. Then we have : — .... if .... Among the constellations war were sprung, Two planets,...Should combat, and their jarring spheres confound Together both .... (PL vi. 311.) In the following the poet speaks of those who Imitate the starry choir,...

...that Shakespeare's " music of the spheres," enounced by Pythagoras. Then we have : — .... if .... Among the constellations war were sprung, Two planets,...Should combat, and their jarring spheres confound Together both .... ' (PL v1. 311.) In the following the poet speaks of those who Imitate the starry...

...such ruin as might follow in the physical universe, if the power of gravitation were destroyed, and " Nature's concord broke, Among the constellations war...rushing from aspect malign Of fiercest opposition, in mid-sky Should combat, and their jarring spheres confound." The Nation was summoned to arms by every...

...Where erst was thickest fight, the Angelic throng, And left large field, unsafe within the wind 309 Of such commotion: such as (to set forth Great things...opposition, in mid sky Should combat, and their jarring sphere* confound. Together both, with next to almighty arm Uplifted imminent, one stroke they aimed...

...field, unsafe within the wind Of such commotion : such as (to set forth 310 Great things by smalll if, Nature's concord broke, Among the constellations...Should combat, and their jarring spheres confound. Together both, with next to almighty arm Uplifted imminent, one stroke they aimed That might determine,...

...combat between Satan and Michael to the meeting of two planets; as if, to use his own expression, — "Among the constellations war were sprung, Two planets,...Should combat, and their jarring spheres confound." i Who can contemplate the hour of his birth, or reflect on the obscurity and darkness from which he then...