 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 the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest...  The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton - Strana 484podľa John Milton - 1892 - Počet stránok 618Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | John Milton - 1847 - Počet stránok 604
...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...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priest, from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice... | |
 | Peter Jones (fict.name.) - 1848 - Počet stránok 228
...passed away. CHAP XIII. THE WITCH OF ENDOR. " The oracles are dumb ! No voice or hideous hum Rings through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." MILTON — Hymn of the Nativity. " There are numbers of the like kind, especially if you include dreams... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - Počet stránok 578
...his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb No voice or hideous hum Runs...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard and loud lament ; From... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - Počet stránok 708
...his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. sAEBE v n 0 pale-ey'd priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice... | |
 | 1889 - Počet stránok 670
...the advent of Christ silenced the devils who, in the disguiee of gode, had been uttering oracles:— The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs...divine. With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. E. YAHDLEY. (7'b 8. vii. 229.) A flattering painter who, &c. (not " An advocate skilful"). Goldsmith's... | |
 | 1850 - Počet stránok 538
...Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. " The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof, in words deceiving. Apollo from his...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." Milton's Hymn on Christ't Nativity. No. 14.—An angel of a grave and priestly aspect—a figure of... | |
 | Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - 1850 - Počet stránok 530
...Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. " The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof, in words deceiving. Apollo from his...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." Millon'tJlymn on Christ's Nativity. No. 14. — An angel of a grave and priestly aspect — a figure... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - Počet stránok 396
...execrations so sublime : — " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arch'd roof in words, deceiving Apollo from his shrine, Can...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. He feels from Judah's land The dreadful Infant's hand : The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne.... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - Počet stránok 448
...— " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arch'd roof in words, doceiving Apollo from his shrine, Can no more divine, With hollow...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. He feels from Judah's land The dreadful Infant's hand : The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne.... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1851 - Počet stránok 316
...description of the origin of its multitudinous gods, look tame beside the mighty lines of Milton.!— The oracles are dumb No voice or hideous hum Runs...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. He feels from Judah's land The dreadful Infant's hand. The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne.... | |
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