 HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...  Paradiso perduto di Milton - Page 58by John Milton - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Balachandra Rajan - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 284 pages
...poised on these lines, and as we turn the page, the imagination opens the doors to the interior: High on a Throne of Royal State, which far Outshone the...barbaric Pearl and Gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit raised To that bad eminence. (2.1-6) Ormuz was once the emporium of the Orient, and Marvell's deluded... | |
 | Philip R. Hardie - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 412 pages
...Mackail rightly draws attention to Milton's allusion in PL 2.1-4, where Satan is depicted on a throne 'which far / outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind...hand / showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold'. The OED quotes this as the earliest instance of "barbaric" in the sense 'pertaining or proper to barbarians... | |
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