 Nor motion of swift thought, less could his shield Such ruin intercept: ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstay'd; as if on earth Winds under ground or waters, forcing way Side-long had push'da mountain from his...  The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 313edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1905 - 398 pages
...ruin intercept. Ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstay'd : as if, on Earth, Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain from his seat, Half sunk with all his pines. Amazement seized The rebel Thrones, but... | |
 | Robert D. Blackman - Authorship - 1908 - 328 pages
...shore. — Ossian. Ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstaid ; as if on earth Winds under ground or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain from his seat, Half-sunk with all his pines. Milton. Methinks, king Richard and myself... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1924 - 568 pages
...ruin intercept. Ten paces huge He back recoiled; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstayed: as if, on earth, Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong bad pushed a mountain from his seat, Half-sunk with all his pines. Amazement seized The rebel Thrones,... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 1925 - 450 pages
...ruin intercept: ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy Spear upstaid ; as if on Earth Winds under ground or waters forcing way Sidelong, had push'ta Mountain from his seat Half sunk with all his Pines. Amazement seiz'd The Rebel Thrones, but... | |
 | A. J. A. Waldock - Literary Criticism - 1961 - 164 pages
...amazement, destruction, horrid, hideous, confusion. The imagery is grandiose, conventional, unrealized : as if on Earth Winds under ground or waters forcing way Sidelong, had push'ta Mountain from his seat Half sunk with all his Pines. (v1, 195) There are elementary lapses,... | |
 | Anne Ferry - Poetry - 1983 - 207 pages
...comparisons events in themselves suggesting danger or conflict, Raphael is driven to suppositions: ... as if on Earth Winds under ground or waters forcing way Sidelong, had push'ta Mountain from his seat Half sunk with all his Pines. (VI, 195-198) Adam must try to imagine... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 500 pages
...were, introduced into them. . . . The English poet appears with his accustomed dignity and originaality after these great masters, taking, at most, a hint...the stroke of Abdiel, it is — As if on earth Winds underground, or waters, forcing way, Sidelong had pushed a mountain from his seat Half sunk with all... | |
 | Thomas Saunders Evans, Joseph Waite - History - 2015 - 344 pages
...ruin intercept : ten paces huge He back recoiled ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstaid ; as if on earth Winds under ground, or waters, forcing way, Sidelong had pushed a mountain from its seat Half sunk with all his pines. Amazement seized The rebel thrones, but greater rage, to see... | |
 | John Milton - 1889 - 644 pages
...ruin intercept. Ten paces huge He back recoil'd; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear upstay'd: as if, on Earth, Winds under ground, or waters forcing way, Sidelong had push'da mountain from his seat, Half sunk with all his pines. Amazement seized The rebel Thrones, but... | |
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