 Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than arch-angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...  The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighiere - Page 346by Dante Alighieri - 1892Full view - About this book
 | Edmund Burke - 1764 - 458 pages
...ruin'd, and th' excefs Of glory obfcured: as when the fan new ris'rt JLooks through the horizontal mlfly air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon In dim edipfe difajlrous twilight Jheds On half the nations; and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs, •... | |
 | William Harris - 1766 - 418 pages
...in the following lines : — — " As when the fun, new ris'n, •' Looks thro' the horizontal mifty air " Shorn of his beams) or from behind the moon, ". In dim eclipfe, difaftrous twilight fheds . . " On half the nations, and with fear of change " Perplexes monarchies... | |
 | John Milton - 1767 - 376 pages
...and the excefs Of glory obi "cur'd : as when the fun new ris'n, Looks through the horizontal mifty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclips difaftrous twilight (heds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarch?. Darken'd... | |
 | Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 pages
...ruin'd, and th' excefs Of glory obfcur'd ; as when the fun new ris'n, Looks through the horizontal mifty air, Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon In dim cclipfe difaftrous twilight fheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 332 pages
...ruin'd, and th' Excefs Of Glory obfcur'd ; as when the Sun new ris'rt Looks through the horizontal mifty Air Shorn of his Beams : or from behind the Moon In dim Eclipfe difaflrous Twilight fheds . On Half the Nations ; and with Fear of Change Perplexes Monarchs.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 328 pages
...ruin'd, and th Excefs Of Glory obfcur'd ; as when the Sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal mifty Air Shorn of his Beams : or from behind the Moon In dim Eclipfe difaftrous Twilight fheds On half the Nations ; and with Fear of Change Perplexes Monarchs.... | |
 | Lord James Burnett Monboddo - 1774 - 614 pages
...ruin'd, and th' excefs Of glory obfcur'd : As when the fun new-rifen Looks through the horizontal mifty air, Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon In dim eclipfe, difaftrous twilight fheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 316 pages
...ruin'd, and th' excefs Of glory' obfcur'd ; as when the fun new rifen Looks through the horizontal mifty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon In dim eclipfe difaftrous twilight fheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarch?.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1784 - 412 pages
...ruined ; and the excels Of glory obfcured : at when the fun, new rifen, Looks thro' the horizontal mifty air, Shorn of his beams ; or, from behind, the moon, In dim eclipfe, dtfaibrous twilight fheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 546 pages
...ruin'd, and th' excefs Of glory obfcur'd ; as when the fun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal mifty air Shorn of his beams : or from behind the moon . In dim eclipfe difaftrous twilight fbeds On half the nations ; and with fear of change Perplexes nionarchs.... | |
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