 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 - 1834 - 648 pages
...appear'd Less than archangel ruin'tl, and in' excess Oi'elury nbscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n she should unite, which he rather thought she soon...liberty she had acquired, the blessings of law and aheda On half the nations ; and with fear of change Perplexes monarcha. Here is a very noble picture... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...excess Of glory obscur'd: as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air : 595 Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheda . On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so , yet shone Above... | |
 | Sarah Stickney Ellis - 1835 - 370 pages
...unblessed feet." • " he, above the rest " In shape and gesture proudly eminent, " Stood like a tower; his form had yet not lost " All her original brightness,...and the excess " Of glory obscured : as when the sun new risen " Looks through the horizontal misty air " Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon,... | |
 | 1835 - 404 pages
..." he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less...and the excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, In... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1837 - 430 pages
...redoutable chef. Celui-ci, au dessus du reste par sa taille et sa contenance superbeStood like a lower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 678 pages
...of men are always impressed by such strange and unusual phenomena. • As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse disasterous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with/ear of change Perplexes monarchs." LETTER... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1837 - 680 pages
...of men are always impressed by such strange and unusual phenomena. • As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse disasterous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs." LETTER... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1837 - 242 pages
...appear,d LCBB Chan Archangel ruin,d, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, .Shorn of his beams ; or, from behind the fhoon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight shells On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes... | |
 | 1838 - 540 pages
...: He above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less...and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1838 - 372 pages
...He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined; and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams; or... | |
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