 | John Milton - 1853 - 474 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 double ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | John Milton - 1853 - 322 pages
...his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when heaven's fire Hath seath'd the forest oaks or mountain pines, "With singed top...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... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 944 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...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared 615 To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | John Milton - 1917 - 660 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Edwin Greenlaw, James Holly Hanford - American literature - 1919 - 712 pages
...his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered : as, when Heaven's fire Hath scathed th found some fledged bird's nest, may He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1923 - 332 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...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... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1925 - 450 pages
...and from Eternal Splendors flung For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Thir 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 To speak; whereat thir doubl'd Ranks they bend From Wing to Wing, and half enclose... | |
 | Meta Helena Miller - Comparative literature - 1925 - 218 pages
...eminent, Stood like a tower » {Paradise Lost, I, p. 362, ELA) ; «... as, when heaven's ftre Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines With singed top...stately growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath » (Paradise Lost, I, p. 363, ELA). There is evidence of Miltonic influence not only on Satan but also... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...revolt ; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered : as, when Heaven's fire Hath scathed J s life in every limb, What should it know of death...little cottage girl : She was eight years old, she sa He now prepared 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 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...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared 616 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... 
