 | 1864 - Страниц: 868
...that oracles ceased at the birth of Christ. In his song of the Nativity, he sings — "The oracles arc dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched...leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." If this be true, it is also certain that one possessed of... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - Страниц: 418
...usurped sway; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly honour of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetick cell. XX. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - Страниц: 414
...usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leavin" ODES. 287 With that twice-batter'd God of Palestine ; And mooned Ashtaroth, Heaven's queen... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - Страниц: 366
...[throne. And then at last our bliss tull and perfect is, But now begins : for, from this happy day, The' old Dragon, under ground, In straiter limits...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - Страниц: 356
...half so far casts his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priests from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Страниц: 272
...spread his And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins ; for, from this happy day, The old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound,...deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With.hollo w shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - Страниц: 460
...spread his And then at last our bliss Full and perfect is, But now begins : for, from this happy day, The old Dragon, under ground, In straiter limits bound,...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - Страниц: 360
...usurped sway, And wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swindges the scaly horrour of his folded tail. 19. 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. 20. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - Страниц: 404
...is, But now begins ; for, from this happy day, The old Dragon, under ground In straiter limits bound, The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, [cell. Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - Страниц: 374
...his earlier pieces, the departure of these pretended deities on the eve of the blessed Nativity. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...leaving; No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. " The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A... | |
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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... 
