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" The father of the gods his glory shrouds, Involved in tempests, and a night of clouds; And, from the middle darkness flashing out, By fits he deals his fiery bolts about. "
The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ... - Page 41
by John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808
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British Classical Authors. Select Specimens of the National Literature of ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...the bellowing voice of boiling seas rebound. 15 The father of the gods his glory shrouds, Involv'd " L. Herrig y melted like snow in the glance of Baa Deep horror seizes ev'ry human breast, 20 Their pride is humbled, and their fear confest, While he...
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Nor Wife Nor Maid: A Novel

Duchess - 1893 - 408 pages
...grows stronger every moment. Now no longer the leaves, but rain drops make sad music on the panes. " The father of the Gods his glory shrouds Involved in tempests and a night of clouds." The tall figure standing beside the mantelpiece takes small heed of the rising storm. Storm greater...
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Recollections of a Speyside Parish

James Thomson - 1902 - 168 pages
..." The rising rivers flood the nether ground, And rocks the bellowing voice of boiling seas rebound. The father of the gods his glory shrouds, Involved in tempests and a night of clouds ; Deep horror seizes every human breast, Their pride is humbled and their fears confest ; The rocks...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden - 1909 - 1112 pages
...rocks the bellowing voice of boiling seas rebound. The Father of the Gods his glory shrouds, Involv'd 1 nod, •' And flying beasts in forests seek abode: J Deep horror seizes ev'ry human breast; 451 Their...
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden - 1909 - 1122 pages
...rocks the bellowing voice of boiling seas rebound. The Father of the Gods his glory shrouds, Involv'd in tempests, and a night of clouds ; And, from the...bolts about. Earth feels the motions of her angry god; "1 Her entrails tremble, and her mountains I nod, I And flying beasts in forests seek abode : J Deep...
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The Imperial Magazine;: And, Monthly Record of Religious ..., Volume 11

Samuel Drew - 1829 - 616 pages
...Virgil has done in the following passage (Georg. I.), which we give in Dryden's translation : — " The father of the gods his glory shrouds. Involved in tempests, and a night of clouds ; And fromthe middle darkness flashing out, By fits he deals his fiery bolts about. Bartb feels the motions...
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Annals of Thomas Banks

Thomas Banks - 1938 - 350 pages
...have come forth, while Jupiter, seated in the centre, personates not inaptly these noble lines, — And from the middle darkness flashing out, By fits he deals his fiery bolts about; he holds a thunderbolt in his right hand, and with his eye fixed on the victim, seems ready to launch...
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