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, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile, or else deep... Letters from Canada, written during ... 1806, 1807, and 1808 - Page 288by Hugh Gray (writer on Canada.) - 1809Full view - About this book
| Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...peines.. Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and...profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and Mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk : the parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect... | |
| John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, s&s Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure, and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and...firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems 590 Of antient pile ; all else deep snow and ice ; A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata... | |
| Henry William Dewhurst - Cetacea - 1834 - 378 pages
...fitly described in the lines in which the poet has pictured one of the regions of the nether world. " Beyond this flood, a frozen continent Lies dark and...seems Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice." Almost the only vegetation that springs from this frostbound soil is a scanty verdure, formed of mosses,... | |
| Robert Montgomery Martin - Gibraltar - 1834 - 656 pages
...effects of cold in his description of the residence of Satan and his compeers : after adverting to Styx, he says — " Beyond this flood, a frozen continent...whirlwind and dire hail, which, on firm land, Thaws not, hut gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as that... | |
| John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...storms Of 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 as that Serbonian bog Uctwixt Damiata and mount Casius old, Where armies whole have sunk : the parching air Burns frore,... | |
| John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...hoth joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, heat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, hut gathers heap, and ruin seems 500 Of ancient pile : or else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound as... | |
| John Milton - Fall of man - 1836 - 348 pages
...drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and...snow and ice, A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Where armies whole have sunk: The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. 595... | |
| François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...drinks, Forthwith his 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 perdus qu'ils sont dans ces tortueux labyrinthes. Ils argumentent beaucoup du mal et du bien, de la... | |
| John Milton - 1837 - 524 pages
...drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and...; but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile : all else deep snow and ice ; agréable prestige, charmer un moment leur douleur ou leur angoisse,... | |
| John Milton - 1837 - 426 pages
...drinks, Forthwith his 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 perdus qu'ils sont dans ces tortueux labyrinthes. Ils argumentent beaucoup du mal et du bien, de la... | |
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