 A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never...  Elements of Criticism - Page 384by Lord Henry Home Kames - 1830 - 476 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...round As one great furnace flam'd, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace 65 And rest can never dwell, hope never comei » * That comes to all ; but torture without end Still... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1802 - 498 pages
...that is hell ! * and the pious, penitent, * P.egionsof forrow ! doleful fhades ! where Peace And Reft can never dwell ! Hope never comes, That comes to...Still urges, and a fiery deluge fed With ever-burning fulphur unconfum'd. MILTON. tent, believing few in the blifsful feats of heaven. There we fhall reftde... | |
 | Theology - 1803 - 516 pages
...once did upon that supposition, wherefore haft, thou made all men in vain?" Pf. Ixxxix. 47. t " Region of sorrow ! doleful shades ! where Peace And Rest...comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end ft ill urges, and a fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsum'd." Paradise Lost, book \,... | |
 | E H. Seymour - 1805 - 504 pages
...not an absolute sense. Miltou gives occasion for a similar remark, in these words of Paradise Lost: " Doleful shades, where peace " And rest can never dwell; hope never comes " That comes to all."— 6. " Dainty bits " Make rich the ribs, but bankerout quite the wits." Dr. Johnson derives the noun... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Kegions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can...ever-burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal justice had prepar'd For those rebellious, here their prison ordain'd In utter darkness, and their portion... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - Antislavery movements - 1806 - 248 pages
...•awake " only to difcover fights of woe, " Regions of forrow, doleful fhades, where peace " And reft can never dwell, hope never comes *' That comes to all ; but torture without end " Still urges " There Thetre is no mitigation to their fufferings : they know' no change, except the humour of their... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...round As one great furnace flam'd, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Scrv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where Peace 65 And Rest can never dwell, Hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges,... | |
 | John Milton - 1809 - 518 pages
...o-xoTioy ccuu. There is much the fame image in Spenfer, but not fo bold, Faer, Qu. ii 14. And reft can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all...torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed AVith ever-burning fulphur unconfum'd : Such place Eternal Juftice had prepar'd 70 For thofe rebellious... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...round As one great furnace flam'd: yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow,...without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal justice had prepar'd /*•—v* For those rebellious;... | |
 | Age - 1810 - 340 pages
...round As one great furnace flam'd, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow,...never dwell : hope never comes That comes to all. A singular circumstance. The whole as oven fiercely blaz'd When by the help of faggots rais'd ; But... | |
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