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" But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no... "
Select British Poets, Or, New Elegant Extracts from Chaucer to the Present ... - Page 91
by William Hazlitt - 1824 - 822 pages
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The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author ..., Volumes 3-4

John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...apace ; and nothing said, But that two-handed engin at the dcor, Stands ready to smite once, and smiie no more. Return Alpheus, the dread voice is past That...gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, Throw hither all your quaint enamel'd eyes, That on the green turf suck the honied showers,...
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Paradise regained. An account of Cowper's writings, relating to Milton. A ...

William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds,...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...foul contagion spread: Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing sed: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready...the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells, and flowerets of a thousand hues. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds,...
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Elegant extracts in poetry, Volume 2

Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw : The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed. But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly,...gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, Throw hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes, That on the green turf suck the honied...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 8

1821 - 778 pages
...with rich inlay Broider'd the ground." Nor less exquisite is the following passage from Lycidas. " Return, Sicilian muse, And call the vales, and bid...winds and gushing brooks ; On whose fresh lap the swart-star sparely looks — Throw hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes That on the green turf suck...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 8

England - 1821 - 726 pages
...with rich inlay Broider'd the ground." Nor less exquisite is the following passage from lt/cidas. " Return, Sicilian muse, And call the vales, and bid...winds and gushing brooks ; On whose fresh lap the swart-star sparely looksThrow hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes That on the green turf suck the...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more." Return, Alpheus ! the dread voice is pass'd, That shrunk thy streams: return, Sicilian Muse ! And...winds, and gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart-star sparely looks; Throw hither all your quaint enamell'd eyes, That on the green turf suck...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors ..., Volume 4

John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...supposition only embarrasses the passage. Michael's sword " with " huge two-handed sway" is eviReturn Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk thy...gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, 135 dently the old Gothic sword of chivalry. This is styled an engine, and the expression...
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The Classical Journal, Volume 29

Classical philology - 1824 - 456 pages
...sudden transition to rural imagery of a more tender character : Milton iu his beautiful invocation — Return, Alpheus, the dread voice is past, That shrunk...use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks, (" Nil nisi triste sonant et sylvas, et pascua, et aniņes, Et liquidi fontes; tua tristia fuņera...
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The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3

John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...or have learn'd ought else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they ? They are sped; And when they list,...gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, Throw hither all your quaint enamel'd eyes. That on the green turf suck the honied showers,...
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