The Oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest... Paradise Lost - Page xviby John Milton - 1851 - 415 pagesFull view - About this book
| Half hours - 1847 - 616 pages
...tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No mighty trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains... | |
| 1840 - 652 pages
...ceased to prescribe — No voice, nor hideous hum Sounds thro' the arched roof, with strains deceiving ; Apollo, from his shrine, Can no more divine, With hollow shriek, the steep of Delphos leaving. Bacon was anticipated, for induction was applied to physic — and the genius of Hippocrates stamped... | |
| James Pillans - 1847 - 300 pages
...555. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving : Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. — MILT. ODE ON THE NATIVITY. 38 Meleagream maculatus sanguine Nesei Evenog Calydona secat. — LUC.... | |
| 1852 - 788 pages
..." The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hnm Runs through the arched roof, in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine, Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. " Peor and Baalim Forsake their temples dim, With that twice-battered god of Palestine ; And mooned... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...tail* The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Uuns through the arched roof in words de№¡nn£ gire them all the lie. Tell zeal it lacks devotion, Tell love it is but lust, Tell learutf. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetic cell.... | |
| Peter Jones (fict.name.) - 1848 - 228 pages
..." The oracles are dumb ! No voice or hideous hum Rings through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." MILTON — Hymn of... | |
| Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...tail. The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell. Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...tail. The oracles are dumb No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains... | |
| 1889 - 670 pages
...oracles:— The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine. With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. E. YAHDLEY. (7'b 8. vii. 229.) A flattering painter who, &c. (not " An advocate skilful"). Goldsmith's... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 pages
...tail. The oraeles are dnmb,' No voiee or hideons hnm Rnns throngh the arehed roof in words deeeiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow...No nightly tranee, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priests from the prophetie eell. The lonely monntains o'er, And the resonnding shore, ' Psalm... | |
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