 Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.  Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime - Page 123by Longinus, William Smith - 1743 - 189 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair - English language - 1805 - 280 pages
...than archangel ruin'd, and the eicefs Of glory obfcur'd : As when the fun, new rifen, Looks through the horizontal mifty air, Shorn of his beams ; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipfc, difaflrous twilight flieds On half the nations, and with fear of. change Perplexes monarchs.... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...-repetition from MILTON, Par. Lost. i. 59*. As when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds Ou half the nations •with a sigh, "why dost thou torment my soul... | |
 | John Milton, Charles Symmons - 1806 - 624 pages
...simile of the sun in the first book: " As when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs."... | |
 | 1806 - 512 pages
...' excefs of glory obfcur-> ed, ' or ' As when the fun new nfen. Looks through the horizontal miily air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipfe, difaftrous twilight (beds. ' Book I. 1. 593. We will not apologize to our readers for the... | |
 | English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...ruin'dj nnd th' excess Of glory obscur'd; as when the sun new risen Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds C 11 half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs:... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - Art - 1806 - 508 pages
..., when the sun new risen * Sublime and Beautiful, P. II. £ iv. Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations ; arid, with fear of change, Perplexes monarchs.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1807 - 588 pages
...Lefs than archangel rnin'd and th' excefs Of glory obfcur'd : as when the fun new-rifen Looks through the horizontal mifty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moonIn dim eclipfe, difaflrous twilights fheds On half the nations, and' with, fear of change Perplexes... | |
 | English literature - 1808 - 246 pages
...acquainted with him, as the.' excess of glory obscured, ' or ' As when the fun new rifen Looks through the horizontal mifty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipfe, difaftrous twilight flieds. ' Book I. 1. 593. We will not apologize to our readers for the... | |
 | John Walker - Elocution - 1810 - 394 pages
...ruin'd and th' excess Of glory obscur'd ; as when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams : or from behind the moon In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.... | |
 | Charles Symmons - 1810 - 684 pages
...simile of the sun in the first book : • " As when the sun new-risen Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs."... | |
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