 | John Milton - 1747 - 240 pages
...to fee his Kingdom fail, Swindges the fcaly Horrour of his folded tail, xIx. The Oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving s Aftllt from his fhrinc Can no more divine, With hollow fliriek the fteep of Dttfbet leaving. No nightly... | |
 | John Milton - 1753 - 418 pages
...wroth to fee his kingdom fail, Swindges the fcaly horror of his folded tail. The orac|es are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his fhrine ijfa Oil) no more divine, Y^ifb. hollow fhriek the ileep of Delphos leaving.... | |
 | Joseph Warton - 1762 - 362 pages
...air of folemnity, and enthufiafm, that reigns in the following ftanzas : \ The oracles are dumb *, No voice or hideous hum, Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving ; No nightly trance, or breathed fpell, Infpires the pale-ey'd prieft from the prophetic celj. Such... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 358 pages
...wroth to fee his kingdom fail, Swindges the fcaly horror of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his fhrine Can no more divine, With hollow fhriek the fteep of Delphos leaving. No nightly... | |
 | Richard Paul Jodrell - 1781 - 286 pages
...conviftion againft herfelf. But now, in thofc appofite and beautiful lines of Milton, The Oracles are dumb, No voice, or hideous hum, Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving; Apollo from his fhrine Can no more divine With hollow ftiriek the fleep of Delphos leaving : No nightly... | |
 | John Milton - 1785 - 698 pages
...indignation and revenge, in brandiihing the horrid folds of his fcaly tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his fhrine 176 Can no more divine, With hollow fhriek the fteep of Delphos leaving. No... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 342 pages
...wroth to fee his kingdom fail, Swindges the fcaly horror of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his fhrine Can no more divine, With hollow fhriek the fteep of Delphos leaving. No nightly... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...178. Swiniigcs the fcaly terrour of bis folded tail.] This ftrong M mz image The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his fhrine 176 Can no more divine, With hollow fhriek the fteep of Delphos leaving. No... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the sculy horror of his folded tail. The oracles arc dumb, *fo voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. \pollo from his shrine -an no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...oracles ceased at the birth of Christ. In his song of the Nativity, he sings — "The oracles arc 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... | |
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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... 
