Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not; but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile: all else deep snow and ice... The Quarterly Review - Seite 182herausgegeben von - 1896Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Thomas Jefferson Sawyer - 1845 - 264 Seiten
...cold and heat." Milton has not failed to exhibit this trait of hell's horrors. "Beyond this flood, a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual...whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound. The... | |
| Charles Hooton - 1847 - 252 Seiten
...vision of the coast of Labrador. " Beyond this flood, a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat by perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice." So says Milton of a... | |
| John Milton, Edward Young - 1848 - 600 Seiten
...former state and being forgets, 585 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual...whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems 590 Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice, i ! A gulf profound,... | |
| Thomas M'Crie - 1848 - 610 Seiten
...surfaces testify of a time when colossal icefloes, stranded upon our shores, *' Lay dark and wild, heat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaw'd not, Lut gathered heap, and ruin seemed Of ancient pile ; all else deep anow and ice." The Bass... | |
| George Warburton - 1849 - 528 Seiten
...of the abode of Satan and his compeers : after adverting to Styx, he says — ' Beyond this flood, a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with...whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice ; A gulf profound as... | |
| John Milton - 1849 - 650 Seiten
...former state and being forgets, 585 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual...whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems 590 Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice, ' A gulf profound,... | |
| George Warburton - 1850 - 376 Seiten
...description of the abode of Satan and his compeers. After adverting to Styx, he says, ' Beyond this flood, a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with...whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all' else deep snow and ice ; A gulf profound as... | |
| John Milton, James Prendeville - 1850 - 452 Seiten
...former state and being forgets, — Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail,1 which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile, or else deep... | |
| John Milton - 1851 - 428 Seiten
...being forgets, * ' Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen eontinent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind, and dire hail whieh on firm land Thaws not ; but gathers heap, and ruin seems *° Of aneient pile : all else deep... | |
| 1852 - 874 Seiten
...his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond shis flood Of all things transitory and vain, when sin With vanity...works of men; Both all things vain, and all who in v but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice. A gulf profound as that... | |
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