...but to shew how dangerous it is for a poet of moderate talents to attempt to rival Milton : . " Or that sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim th' ocean stream: Him haply slumb'ring on the Norway foam," &c. Par. Lost, book i. ver. zoo. These...

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...Titanian, or earth-born, that warr'd on Jove, Briareos or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held, or that sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works . , . Created hugest that •swim the ocean stream. Him haply slumb'ring on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night- founder' d skift^...

...ye Muses, who have celestial mansions; For ye are goddesses, and are present, and know all things." That sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim th' ocean stream: Him haply slumb'ring on the Norway foam The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff...

...ye Muses ! who have celestial mansions; For ye are goddesses, and are present, and know all things." That sea-beast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim th' ocean stream: Him, haply slumb'ring on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'...

...monarchies:" Or the comparison of Satan, as he " lay floating many a rood," to " that sea beast," " Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean-stream!" What a force of imagination is there in this last expression! What an idea it conveys of the size of...

...rind" in the following sublime passage, which has been censured by some hypercritics. " That sea beast Leviathan, which God, of all his works, Created hugest that swim the ocean stream. Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam. The pilotof some small night-foundered skiff,...

...rind" in the following sublime passage, which has been censured by some hypercritics. " That sea beast Leviathan, which God, of all his works. Created hugest that swim the ocean stream. H im haply slumbering on the Norway foam. The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff,...

...rind" in the following sublime passage, which has been censured by some hypercritics. " That sea beast Leviathan, which God, of all his works, Created hugest that swim the ocean stream. Him haply slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-foundered skiff,...

...Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr'd on Jove ; Briareos or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held ; or that seabeast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff...