A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never... Development of English Literature and Language - Page 486by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882Full view - About this book
| Edward Bysshe - 1710 - 620 pages
...withodurate Pride and ftedfaft Hate : At once, as far as Angels kenn, he views The difmal Situation, wafte and wild ; A Dungeon horrible, on all Sides round, As one great Furnace, flam'd ; yet from thefe Flames No Light, but rather Darknefs vifible, Serv'd only to difcorer Sights... | |
| Charles Gildon - 1718 - 490 pages
...obdurate Pride, and ftedfaft Hate . At once, as far as Angels ken, he views The difmal Situation, wafte and wild ; A Dungeon horrible, on all Sides round, As one great Furnace, flam'd ; yet from thole Flames No Light, Luc rather darknefs vifible, Serv'donly 10 difcover Sightsof... | |
| John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...round As, one great furnace flam'd, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow,...shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never conies 66 That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning... | |
| James Hervey - 1796 - 722 pages
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| John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...one great furnace flam'd, yet from those flam% ,\ No light, hut rather darkness visihle . , Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, , / Regions of sorrow,...peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all; hut torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-hurning sulphur... | |
| John Tregortha - 1800 - 462 pages
...tortures of an hour, but into all the the restless agonies of unquenchable fire, and everlasting despair. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never conies. That comes to all : but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever... | |
| John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...round As one great furnace flam'd, yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace 65 And rest can never dwell, hope never comei ยป * That comes to all ; but torture without end Still... | |
| 1803 - 516 pages
...once did upon that supposition, wherefore haft, thou made all men in vain?" Pf. Ixxxix. 47. t " Region of sorrow ! doleful shades ! where Peace And Rest can never dwell ! Hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end ft ill urges, and a fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur... | |
| E. H. Seymour - 1805 - 450 pages
..." No bond, but to do just ones." (There is) no bond, &c. Milton makes use of a similar ellipsis : 1 A dungeon horrible, on all sides round " As one great...from those flames " No light, but rather darkness," &c. ie No light (proceeded.) 600. " Thus, unknown, " Pitied nor hated." The abrupt introduction, thus,... | |
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