 To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove...  Blackwood's Magazine - Page 3861852Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepared 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention hcla"tn"5nTJmule. TJmcehe_egsay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 290 pages
...hlasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their douhled ranks they hend From wing to wing, ami half enclose him round With all his peers : Attention held them mute. Tbrice he essay'd, and tbrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth : at last... | |
 | Jacques Delille - 1832 - 476 pages
...though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat, their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round...all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay 'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth : at last Words, interwove... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth ; at last 620 Words interwove with sighs found out their way. O myriads of immortal spirits, O Powers Matchless,... | |
 | John Kidd - Adaptation (Physiology) - 1833 - 410 pages
...state represented by Milton to have been felt by the fallen angel — " Thrice he essayed (to speak) ; and thrice, in spite of scorn, " Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth — " But the effect produced on his mind seems to have been momentary ; at least it certainly did... | |
 | John Milton - 1833 - 438 pages
...wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst fortli : at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way. n O myriads of immortal Spirits!... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing , and half enclose him round...all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay 'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth: at_last 620 Words,... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pages
...crime condemned, &c. yet how they stood faithful. To speak ; whereat their douhled ranks they hend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With...all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he essay 'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, hurst forth : at last 620 Words,... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...though bare, Stands on I in- blasted heath. He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round...all his peers: attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth ! at last Words, interwove... | |
 | Natural theology - 1836 - 566 pages
...state represented by Milton to have been felt by the fallen angel — "Thrice he essayed (to speak); and thrice, in spite of scorn, " Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth — " But the effect produced on his mind seems to have been momentary ; nt least it certainly did... | |
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