 Olympian games or Pythian fields ; Part curb their fiery steeds, or shun the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Waged in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van...  The Influence of Milton on English Poetry - Seite 579von Raymond Dexter Havens - 1922 - 722 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 384 Seiten
...comparison in the second book of Paradise Last : " As when to warn proud cities, war appears " Wag'd in the troubled sky, and armies rush " To battle in...Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their spears C " Till " Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms, " From either end of heaven the welkin... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1790 - 554 Seiten
...when, to warn proud cities, war appears " Wag'd in the troubled (ky, and armies rufti •' To baffle in the clouds, before each van " Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their fpears, " Till thickeft legions clofe ; with feats of arms " From either end of heaven the welkin burns."... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1793 - 646 Seiten
...: _As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Wag'd in the troubled (ky, and armies ruth To nattle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their fpeart Till thickeft legions dole; with feats of arms From either end of heaven the welkin burns."... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 Seiten
...the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities war appears Wag'd in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end... | |
 | 1796 - 472 Seiten
...fallen angels : As when to warn proud cities, war appears Wag'd in the troubled iky, and armies rulh To battle in the clouds ; before each van Prick forth the aery knights, and couch their fpears Till thickcit legions clofe ; with feats of arms From either end of heav'u the welkin burns.... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 Seiten
...the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities war appears Wag'd in the troubled sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before each van 535 Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 Seiten
...in the trouhled sky, and armies rush To hattle in the clouds, hefore each van Prick forth the airy knights and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of heav'n the welkin hurns. Others, with vast Typhcean rage more fell, Rend up hoth rocks and hills, and... | |
 | John Walker - 1801 - 424 Seiten
...rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when, to warn proud cities, war appears Wag'd in the troubrd sky, and armies rush To battle in the clouds, before...legions close; with feats of arms From either end of heav*n the welkin burns. Others with vast Typhotan rage more fell Rend up both rocks and hills, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 Seiten
...the goal With rapid wheels, or fronted brigades form. As when to warn proud cities war appears Wag'd in the troubled sky, and armies rush •To battle in the clouds, before each van 535 Prick forth the airy knights, and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 434 Seiten
...comparison in the second Book of Paradise Lost • " As when, to warn proud cities, war appears " Wag'd in the troubled sky, and armies rush " To battle in...arms " From either end of heaven the welkin burns." Steevens. The original copy reads — Oh, his heart's meteors, &c. The correction was made in the second... | |
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