 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 Quarterly journal of prophecy - Page 1311854Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Edmund Burke - 1889 - 556 pages
...— 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 archangel ruined, and th" excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1816 - 374 pages
...Their dread commander : 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 th' excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1819 - 550 pages
...infernal hosts: — — — He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had not yet lost All her original brightness,...archangel ruined; and the excess Of glory obscured : As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams ; or, from... | |
 | 1829 - 632 pages
...infernal hosts : — " 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 r \ Less than archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new-risen, ' Looks... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 538 pages
...of the infernal hosts: He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower: his form had not yet lost All her original brightness,...archangel ruined; 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... | |
 | John Bowdler - 1820 - 418 pages
...Their dread commander : 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 th' excess Of glory obscured. As when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1830 - 400 pages
...Webb , sur les beautés de la poésie. S loi ni like a tower : bis form had not y et lost . .' . i AU her original brightness , nor appeared Less than archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal mi sty air,. ) . . : Shom of lus beams... | |
 | William Godwin - 1830 - 376 pages
...views, and driven into exile, that he had betaken himself to his present courses. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than arch-angel ruined, and the excem Of glory obscured. And, when we add to this general character the indescribable softness and... | |
 | Hugh Blair, Abraham Mills - 1832 - 378 pages
...infernal host : • 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 an archangel ruined ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new risen, Looks through the... | |
 | 1835 - 404 pages
...annals of poetry — " he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness,...archangel ruined, 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... | |
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