 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove...  An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of Taste - Page 358by Richard Payne Knight - 1805 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English poets - 1790 - 278 pages
...finged top their ftately growth tfiough bare Stands on the blafted heath. He now prepar'd 615 To fpeak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclofe him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he afTay'd, and thrice in fpite... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With ?.ll his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...fingej top their (lately growth, though bare, Stands on the blafted heath. He now prepar'd To fpeah ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclofe him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he effay'd, and thrice in fpite... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubl'd ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers. Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. At last 620 Words... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 372 pages
...He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their double ranks they bend From wing to wing, ami half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them...spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth ~. The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a very agreeable turn of poetry,... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...innumerable spirits whom he had involved in the same guilt and ruin with himself. . , He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From...all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth The catalogue of evil... | |
 | William Henry Ireland - Forgery of manuscripts - 1805 - 364 pages
...efforts have benne fruitlesse' is a sentence that seems to have been written by a reader of Milton : ' Thrice he essay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth.' " On this comment I have only to remark, that Milton or his works never occurred to me at the moment... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...baiC Stanch on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd 61 To speak ; wheieat their doubled rants they brnd From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all, his peers : attention held them route. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in ipite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 304 pages
...innumerable spirits whom he had involved in the same guilt and ruin with himself: • He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend, From wing to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in... | |
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