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" But their way Lies through the perplexed paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger... "
British Theatre - Page 17
by John Bell - 1791
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English poems, ed. with life, intr. and selected notes by R.C. Browne, Volume 1

John Milton - 1870 - 436 pages
...their father's state, 35 And new-entrusted sceptre ; but their way Lies through the perplex't paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger. And here their tender age might suffer peril, 40 But that by quick command from...
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Milton. Comus, Lycidas, L'allegro, Il penseroso, and selected ..., Issue 363

John Milton - 1871 - 92 pages
...their father's state, 35 And new-intrusted sceptre ; but their way Lies through the perplex'd paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger ; And here their tender age might suffer peril, 40 But that by quick command from...
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Poems [a selection] ed. with life and notes by J.M. Ross

John Milton - 1871 - 312 pages
...their father's state 35 And new-entrusted sceptre ; but their way Lies through the perplex't paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger. And here their tender age might suffer peril, 40 But that by quick command from...
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The poetical works of John Milton, ed. with a critical memoir by ..., Issue 322

John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...attend their father's state, And new-intrusted sceptre ; but their way Lies through the perplex'd paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger ; And here their tender age might suffer peril, But that, by quick command from...
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Saturday Afternoon Rambles Round London: Rural and Geological

Henry Walker (F.G.S.) - London (England) - 1871 - 160 pages
...of observation. You can count fifty from one spot. They are all giants, and in the twilight of the wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows. Threats the forlorn and wandering traveller, they look half-human. Let us walk up to some of the huger of these Anakim. Here...
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The poetical works John Milton. Repr., with memoir, notes, &c, Issue 477

John Milton - 1873 - 606 pages
...attend their father's state, And new-intrusted sceptre ; but their way Lies through the perplex'd paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady...Jove I was dispatch'd for their defence and guard ; And listen why, for I will tell you now What never yet was heard in tale or song, From old or modern...
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History of English literature, tr. by H. van Laun, Volume 2

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1873 - 470 pages
...men's voices continues the glowing and sad symphony of the instruments : " Through the perplex'd paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger," l strays a noble lady, separated from her two brothers, troubled by the " sound...
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Paradise Lost

John Milton - 1874 - 518 pages
...paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger ; And here their tender age might suffer peril, But that, by quick command from sovran Jove, I was despatched for their defence and guard." Prepared by these words, and by the farther...
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Parnassus

Ralph Waldo Emerson - American poetry - 1874 - 600 pages
...attend their father's state, And new-intrusted sceptre; but their way Lies through the perplexed paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger; And here their tender age might suffer peril, But that by quick command from sovereign...
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Masterpieces in English Literature, & Lessons in the English Language...

Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...attend their father's state And new-intrusted sceptre. But their way Lies through the perplexed paths of this drear wood, The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger ; 40. And here their tender age might suffer peril, But that, by quick command...
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