 | Benjamin Stillingfleet, William Coxe - 1811
...the small threads of light we. seem to catch beyond them is only " Darkness visible,. That serves but to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all." MILTON. ** Metaphysicians say, Reason knows no guide, submits... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813
...As one great furnace flam'd ; yet from these flam«. No liçht, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe ; Regions of sorrow,...doleful shades, where peace > And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That c.umes to all : But torture without end ' «till urges, and a ftery deluge... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 565 Seiten
...stedfast hate: At once, as far as angels ken, he views The dismal situation waste and wild; 60 ServM only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace $5 And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges,... | |
 | George John Freeman
...round No light, but rather darkness visible As one great furnace flamed, yet from those flames Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow,...doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That * The truth and sublimity of the original is by no means preser. Ted in Mr. Oryden's... | |
 | William Dodd - 1815 - 206 Seiten
...cottages of clay ? May it not suffice to know, that the happiness we expect will be on all parts Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow,...doleful shades; where peace And rest can never dwell: hope never comes That cornea to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge fed With... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1819
...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 And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed... | |
 | Bryan Edwards - 1819
...distinguish among them some faint traces of rational piety, our satisfaction is of short continuance ; No light, but rather darkness visible, Serves only to discover sights of woe: MILTON. or it is a light that glimmers for a moment, and then sets in blood. It is asserted, and I... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 807 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 And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all : but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed... | |
 | John Milton, Elijah Fenton - 1821 - 384 Seiten
...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 comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed... | |
 | British poets - 1822
...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 comes That comes to all: but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With... | |
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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... 
