 | John Bowdler - 1820 - 418 pages
...his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered ; as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth tho' bare Stands on the blasted heath." In this noble description, Milton has collected some of the... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...fault amerc'd For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when Heav'n's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines,...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...and from eternal splendors flung For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when Heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks,...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat, their doubled ranks they be,nd From wing to wing, and half inclose... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...the verb. The sense then is this, to behold the fellows of his crime condemned Their glory wither'd: as when heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks,...stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd eis To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...from eternal splendours flung For lus revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither' d : most b ainged top their stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 572 pages
...: interpolated in Masenius, to answer these passages in Milton ; Stood like a tow'ri 591, and 612. as when heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines. VI. Orcus et pedibus tremit interpolated in Grotius, to answer Milton's Hell trembled as he strode,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...: interpolated in Masenius, tu answer these passages in Milton ; Stood like a tow'ri 591, and 612. as when heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines. VI. Orcus et pedibus tremit interpolated in Grotius, to answer Milton's Hell trembled as he strode,... | |
 | William Duane - Caracas (Venezuela) - 1826 - 652 pages
...describing the borders of hell and the valley of sin or death — by the fitness of its lonely desolation. As when heaven's fire, Hath scath'd the forest oaks,...though bare, Stands on the blasted heath .... .... The causeway to hell-gates, On either side, disparted chaos. The heat was ardent, as we ambled through... | |
 | John White (A.M.) - 1826 - 340 pages
...from eternal splendours flung;, For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd: as when Heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks,...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak : whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
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Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately... 
