The dismal situation, waste and wild;— 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... Longinus on the Sublime, in Writing - Seite 308von Longinus - 1836 - 362 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Edward Bysshe - 1762 - 338 Seiten
...Pride and ftedfaft Hate : At once, "as far as Angels ken, he views ^ . The dii'mal Situation, wafte and wild; A Dungeon horrible, on all Sides round, As one great Furnace, flam'd ; yet from thefe Flames No Light, but rather Darki;efs viiible, Serv'd oiily to difcover Sights... | |
| 1867 - 878 Seiten
...bis horrid crew Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf, Coufounded, though immorUl ; " where— " A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great...darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Begious of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 Seiten
...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,...shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes 66 That comes to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning... | |
| John Milton - 1800 - 300 Seiten
...affliction and dismay, Mix'd widi obdurate pride and stedfast hate j At once, as far as angels ken, he views The dismal situation waste and wild; A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flam'd, yet from tbtuc flames No light, but rather darkness visible bervMnni"*- Ji ing the horrid silence,... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 Seiten
...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 come* » t 4 PARADISE LOST. That comes to all; but torture... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1808 - 638 Seiten
...they-went to rest, would not their dreams be frightful? When they awoke, would they not awake ■ " only lo discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful...where peace ' And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; hut torture without end Still urges?" They knew no change, except in the humour... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 564 Seiten
...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,...where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all : but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning... | |
| William Hayley - 1810 - 484 Seiten
...affliction and dismay, Mix'd with obdurate pride and stedfast hate : At once, as far as angels ken, he views The dismal situation waste and wild; A dungeon horrible on all sides round As one great furnace flam'd: yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights... | |
| John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1810 - 926 Seiten
...horrible on all «ides round, No light, but rallier darkness visible Served only to discover gigbts of woe. Regions of sorrow ! doleful shades ! where peace And rest can never dwell." I'ar. Last. BI The Cattle Precinct contains six neres, one rood, and thirteen perches, and the summit... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1811 - 466 Seiten
...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,...shades, where peace And rest can never dwell; hope never comes, That comes to all: But torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge fed With ever burning... | |
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