 O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.  Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books - Page 43by John Milton - 1826 - 294 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...guarded gold: so eagevlyAhe fiend O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, \Vith head, hands, wings, or feet pursues his way, And swims,...universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all eonfus'd, Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear "With loudest vehemence : thither he plies,... | |
 | England - 1849 - 802 pages
...first knew fatigue. NORTH. " So eagerly THE FIEND O'er bog, or steep, through strait, rough, dense, 01 rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet pursues his...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." TALBOYS. Finally I reached him — closed on him — when Eolns, or Eurus, or Notus, or Favonius —... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly the fiend O er emselves invaded next, and on their heads Main promontories...shadowing, and oppress'd whole legions arm'd ; [bruis'd , At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds, and voices all confus'd, Borne through the... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1821 - 226 pages
...wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Ariraaspiau, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : So eagerly...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies: At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds, and voices all confused, Borne through the hollow... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 294 pages
...on, with shoulders, hands, and head. ' So eagerly the f1end O'er bog, o'er steep, through streight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.' MILTON, Book 11. KM With arms expanded Bernard rows his slate, And left-legg'd Jacob seems to emulate.\... | |
 | Alexander Pope - Poets, English - 1822 - 390 pages
...with shoulders, hands, and head,] • " So eagerly the Fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, thro' streight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies." Milton, Book ii. W. Ver. 67, 68. With arms expanded Bernard rows his state, And left-legg'd Jacob seems... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 290 pages
...on, with shoulders, hands, and head. ' So eagerly the fiend O'er bog, o'er steep, through streight, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.' MILTON, Book 11. KM With arms expanded Bernard rows his state, And left-legg'd Jacob seems to emulate.]... | |
 | English literature - 1915 - 632 pages
...in the same way — are so tossed up and down in almost infinite chaos that the perplexed critic ' With head, hands, wings, or feet pursues his way,...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies,' yet, perhaps, such general remarks as have been made may afford some guiding clue ; while happily,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...reWith winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth 945 Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly...universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confus'd, Borne through the hollow dark, assaults his ear With loudest vehemence : thither he plies,... | |
 | Ebenezer Mack - Cats - 1824 - 292 pages
...wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloin'd The guarded gold : so eagerly...And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies : At length a universal hubbub wild Of stunning sounds and voices all confus'd, Borne through the hollow... | |
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