 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, !\n voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. 175 Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...is, But now begins ; for from this happy day The old dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through... | |
 | English poetry - 1836 - 558 pages
...limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are...hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceir. ing. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow sh riek the steep of Delphos leaving.... | |
 | Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 400 pages
...is, But now begins; for from this happy day The old dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through... | |
 | Walter Scott - Authors, English - 1837 - 936 pages
...his earlier pieces, the departure of these pretended deities on the eve of the blessed Nativity. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...roof in words deceiving ; Apollo from his shrine Can DO more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos lenvim- ; No nightly trance or breathed spell... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 496 pages
...day The old Dragon under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, i?o And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo... | |
 | John William Donaldson - Greek drama - 1838 - 140 pages
...Milton's glorious " Hymn on the Nativity,"* of which I shall quote the first and two concluding stanzas: The oracles are dumb, No voice, or hideous hum, Runs through the arch'd roof in words deceiving: Apollo from his shrine, Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...day The old Dragon under ground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, no And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...is, But now begins ; for, from this happy day. The old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, ahrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Dclphoe leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...is, But now begins: for, from this happy day, The old dragon under ground, In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth...tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Huns through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow... | |
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The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek die steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest... 
