 Osiris, took the virgin truth, hewed her lovely form into a thousand pieces, and scattered them to the four winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body...  Retrospective Review - Page 12edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Barbara Hahn - German literature - 2007 - 180 pages
...search that Iris made for the mangl'd body of Osiris, went up and down gatherine up limb by limb äs they could find them. We have not yet found them all, Lords and Commons, nor eher shall doe, till her Masters second coming." The Complete Prose Works ofjohn Milton. Volume H:... | |
 | Douglas A. Brooks - Literary Criticism - 2008 - 17 pages
...winds. From that time ever since, the sad friends of Truth, such as durst appear, imitating the careful search that Isis made for the mangled body of Osiris, went up and down gathering up limb by limb as they could find them. We have not yet found them all ... nor ever shall do, till her Master's second... | |
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