 | Abel Stevens, James Floy - American essays - 1853 - 588 pages
...middle air shall spread his throne. " And then at last our hliss Full and perfect is, But now hegins ; for from this happy day, The old dragon under ground, In straiter limits hound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1856 - 338 pages
...authority for the word : Milton, in his hymn on ' Christ's Nativity,' says that, from that happy clay, ' 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.' " A day or... | |
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...shake ; When at the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But...straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway : And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...When at the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. XVIII. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But...begins; for, from this happy day, The old dragon, underground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, And wroth to see his... | |
 | 1856 - 330 pages
...fortb, with no less truth of history than beauty of poetry, in Milton's immortal Christmas Hymn : " 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, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...shake, When, at the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shah" spread his throne. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for from thishappy day The old dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, Not Laif wo fcir casts hia usurped... | |
 | English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...shake ; When, at the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But...straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles... | |
 | John Milton - 1857 - 664 pages
...When at the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. XVIII. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But...begins ; for, from this happy day, The old dragon, underground In straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, And wroth to see his... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1857 - 494 pages
...shake ; When at the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is ; But now begins : for from this happy day Th' old dragon under ground In straiter limits bonnd, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, And wroth... | |
 | James Hamilton - Christian literature, English - 1857 - 532 pages
...the world's last session, The dreadful Judge in middle air shall spread his throne. And then at hist our bliss Full and perfect is ; But now begins : for from this happy day Th1 old dragon under ground 111 straiter limits bound, Not half so far casts his usurped sway, And... | |
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And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins... 
