 Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear...  Of mechanics and astronomy - Page 178by Jeremiah Joyce - 1825Full view - About this book
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...obscur'd: as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beanis; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous...sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all the Arch-Angel; but his face Deep scars of... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...when the Sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from bc-hind the Moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darkcn'd so, yet shone Above them all the arch-angel : but his face Deep scars... | |
 | Samuel Davies - Presbyterian Church - 1810 - 390 pages
...comet " from its horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war" And that the sun -from behind the rnooji, Jn dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds . • On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs" — — To this also the still more sublime psalmist may refer ; " They that dwell... | |
 | Joseph Harpur - Classical poetry - 1810 - 314 pages
.... . .1 > . •. s; 1 • • Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moop* ,', '• !.«,. p .lu djm eclipse disastrous twilight shed,s On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchi. PL l. 5&9. • >-.... .. . - i . Q In 113 In the twelfth book of the ./Eneid, when... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - Landscape gardening - 1810 - 448 pages
...similes: As when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or froni behind the moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations. The circumstances are perfectly applicable to the fallen archangel; but Milton possibly felt that the... | |
 | Richard Hurd - Theology, Doctrinal - 1811 - 436 pages
...purpose. There is a curious treat' Hence, the allusion of our great poet, — or from behind the moon Ita dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs — P, L-\. 596. tise on this subject, which bears the name of SERMoM Achmet, an... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1812 - 334 pages
...sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the mooji, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all the archangel : but his face Deep scars of... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...new tiien, Looks through the horizontal misty air J85 Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moen, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' arch-angel : but his face 600 Deep scars... | |
 | George John Freeman - 464 pages
...nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun new-ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his...sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' Arch- Angel, This This is not onfy an... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel William Wraxall - Europe - 1814 - 466 pages
...of the first Book of " Para" dise Lost," where he describes the sun, ** from behind the moon beheld In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarclis." n De Thou, p. 134.; vol. xp 115 and p. 667. ° La Noue, p. 8 — n. f De Thou,... | |
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