 And, though the shady Gloom Had given Day her room, The Sun himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlightened world no more should need : He saw a greater Sun appear Than his bright throne or burning...  The National Magazine - Page 499edited by - 1853Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 pages
...Влпя. And the gild.-.l car of day His glowiirg axle doth alhy In the steep Atl.mtick stream. Milton. He saw a greater sun appear, Than his bright throne or burning axle-tree could bear. jVilton'i Cbriifi Nativity. AY. adv. [perhaps from aio, Lat.] i. Yes ; an ad-verb of answering affirmatively.... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...appear [bear. Than his bright throne, or burning axletree could VIII. Tie shepherds on the lawn, Or e'er the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustic row ; Full little thought they then Tliat the mighty Pan "Was kindly come to live with them below ; PC t haps their loves, or else their... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid fiis head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlighten'd world no more should need: He saw a greater Sun appear...axletree, could bear. The shepherds on the lawn, Or e'er the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustic row ; Full little thought they then, That the... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inférieur flame The new-enlighten'd world no more should need ; He saw a greater sun appear...his bright throne, or burning axletree, could bear. VIII. The shepherds on the lawn, Or e'er the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustick row ;... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferiour flame The new-enlighten'd world no more should need; He saw a greater sun appear...his bright throne, or burning axletree, could bear, VIII. The shepherds on the lawn, Or e'er the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustick row; Full... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferiour flame The new-enlighten'd world no more should need; He saw a greater sun appear...his bright throne, or burning axletree, could bear. VIII. The shepherds on the lawn, Or e'er the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in a rustick row; Full... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 356 pages
...himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlighten'd world no more should need: He saw a greater Sun appear Than his bright throne, or burning axletrec, could bear. The shepherds on the lawn, Or e'er the point of dawn, Sat simply chatting in... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...should need ; He saw.a neater Sun appear Than his bright throne, or burning axletree. could bear. VIII. The shepherds on the lawn, Or ere the point of dawn,...chatting in a rustic row ; Full little thought they (hen, T lint tin- mi-i'.uv Pail " Was kindly come to live with them below; 90 Ferhaps their loves,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, 80 As his inferior flame The new enlighten'd world no more should need ; He saw a greater sun appear...his bright throne, or burning axletree could bear. VIII. The shepherds on the lawn, 85 Or e'er the point of dawn, 77. And though the shady gloom, —Heaven... | |
 | Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1824 - 846 pages
...in his Christmas Hymn very improperly confounds Pan with Jesus Christ in the following lines : — The Shepherds on the Lawn, Or ere the point of dawn, Sat sitting chattering in a rustic row, Full little thought they then That the mighty Pan Was kindly come... | |
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