 Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her wat'ry labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure...  The Thebaid of Statius - Page 357by Publius Papinius Statius - 1767Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1872 - 568 pages
...waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. fo»A»^l_ . Far off from these a slow and silent stream, • Her watry labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, 585 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and... | |
 | James Maclehose - Scotland - 1906 - 616 pages
...land of cannibals, where he is thrown into prison, after being blinded and forced to swallow a drink ' whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain,' and is made 'to eat grass as oxen.' But in answer to his earnest cry and supplication,... | |
 | Scotland - 1906 - 654 pages
...land of cannibals, where he is thrown into prison, after being blinded and forced to swallow a drink ' whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain,' and is made 4to eat grass as oxen.' But in answer to his earnest cry and supplication,... | |
 | Scotland - 1906 - 624 pages
...land of cannibals, where he is thrown into prison, after being blinded and forced to swallow a drink ' whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain,' and is made 'to eat grass as oxen.' But in answer to his earnest cry and supplication,... | |
 | Henry Heathcote Statham - English essays - 1907 - 304 pages
...with rage. Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls His watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former...state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. How intensely pathetic is, after the fierce verse about Phlegethon, that low kind... | |
 | John Milton - 1908 - 586 pages
...with rage. Farr off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe the River of Oblivion roules Her watrie Labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former...state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen Continent Lies dark and wilde, beat with perpetual storms... | |
 | William Shakespeare - English drama - 1908 - 652 pages
...Lost: ' Far off from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former...and being forgets — Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain.' — Bk, ii, 582-586. [See, also, Virgil, jEneid: 'Animz, quibus altera fato Corpora... | |
 | Abby Willis Howes - American literature - 1909 - 238 pages
...and looked a while, Pond'ring his voyage ; " "Far off from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her wat'ry labyrinth,...and being forgets — Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain." The Prose. — The prose of the period was abundant. Besides the political pamphlets... | |
 | John Milton - 1910 - 392 pages
...rage. Far off from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former...and being forgets — Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms... | |
 | Alphonso Gerald Newcomer - English literature - 1910 - 776 pages
...with rage. Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent l.irs dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms... | |
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