 Fold above fold a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...  Curiosities of Natural History - Page 210de Francis Trevelyan Buckland - 1865 - 362 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Milton - 1917 - 660 pages
...Fold above fold, a surging maze ; his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes; 500 With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant. Pleasing was his shape And lovely ; never since of serpent kind Lovelier — not those that in Illyria... | |
 | 1917 - 598 pages
...towered Fold above fold, a surging maze; his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes; With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant. — PL, ix, 494 ff. for thus representing Eve's tempter as possessed of the devil, or in his downsittings... | |
 | Sedulius - 1922 - 288 pages
...Nature naught denies, o'er all is given power. I envy not, but wonder what restrains With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant. Bk. ix. 1. 499. Milton asserts that his shape was " pleasing and lovely." 1 Since the entire conception... | |
 | John Milton - 1923 - 332 pages
...Fold above fold, a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes; «x> With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant. Pleasing was his shape And lovely; never since of serpent kind Lovelier — not those that in Illyria... | |
 | Gertrude Eleanor Hollingworth - 1924 - 148 pages
...towered Fold above fold a surging maze, his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant : pleasing was his shape And lovely, never since of serpent-kind Lovelier. First, you will notice that... | |
 | John Milton - 1925 - 450 pages
...tow'r'd Fould above fould a surging Maze, his Head Crested aloft, and Carbuncle his Eyes ; With burnisht Neck of verdant Gold, erect Amidst his circling Spires, that on the grass Floated redundant : pleasing was his shape, And lovely, never since of Serpent kind Lovelier, not those that in Illyria... | |
 | 1909 - 502 pages
...towered Fold above fold, a surging maze; his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes; With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant. Pleasing was his shape And lovely; never since the serpent kind Lovelier — not those that in Illyria... | |
 | Jan Kott - 1984 - 229 pages
...towYd Fold above fold a surging Maze, his Head Crested aloft, and Carbuncle his Eyes; With burnisht Neck of verdant Gold, erect Amidst his circling Spires, that on the grass Floated redundant: pleasing was his shape, And lovely, never since of Serpent kind Lovelier [Paradise Lost IX.495-505]... | |
 | E. P. Thompson - 1994 - 284 pages
...tour'd Fould above fould a surging maze, his Head Crested aloft, and Carbuncle his eyes; With burnished Neck of verdant Gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floted redundant. . . But Milton's serpent then conducts Eve, with many wily speeches, to another part... | |
 | John Milton - 1994 - 630 pages
...Fold above fold, a surging maze; his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes; 500 With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant.456 Pleasing was his shape And lovely; never since of serpent kind Lovelier - not those that... | |
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