 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...perhaps, The way seems difficult and steep to sc ile, I. With upright- wini;, against a higher fee. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that...in our proper motion we ascend > Up to our native se u ; descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hu-'.g on our broken... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 456 pages
...observed in the volubility and levity of these lines, which express an action tardy and reluctant. • * ' Descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of...the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting and pursu'd us through the deep, With what confusion and laborious flight We sunk thus low ? Th' ascent... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1820 - 342 pages
...But perhaps 70 The way seems difficult and strep, to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not ft ill, That in our j>roper itiotion we ascend 55 Up to our native seat; descent and fall To us is... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...to our native seat ; descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the flereo fo» hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With wlmt compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low ? The ascent is easy then ; The event is fear'd... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...torments. But perhaps The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that...the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low? The ascent is easy then ; The event is fear'd; should we again provoke Our stronger,... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...But perhaps 70 The way seems difficult and steep, to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that...benumb not still, That in our proper motion we ascend 75 Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...torments. But perhaps The way seems difficult, and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that...descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, \V hen the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...But perhaps The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Jet such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful...the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low ? The ascent is easy then ; The event is fear'd ; should we again provoke Our stronger,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...torments. But perhaps, The way seems difficult and steep to scale, With upright wing, against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that...adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung upon our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1823 - 422 pages
...observed in the volubility and levity of these lines, which express an action tardy and reluctant : —Descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt...the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low? Th' ascent is easy then. ib. ii. 16. In another place, he describes the gentle glide... | |
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The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still, That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us... 
