...the horizontal mifty air , Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon In dim eclipfe, difaftrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ; darken'd fo, yet shone Above them all th' Arch-Angel : but his face Deep fears of thunder...

...glory obscured: 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...half the nations; and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.— Here is a very noble picture; and in what does this poetical picture consist ? In images...

...obscur'd ; as when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air 595 Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon In dim eclipse disastrous...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs-. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' Arch-Angel: but his face 600 Deep scars of thunder...

...glory obscur'd: As when the sun new-ris'n Looks thro' the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs ; darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' arch-angel. • That horrible grandeur in which...

...the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darkened so, yet shone Above them all th' arch-angel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had entrench'd, and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge: cruel his eye,...

...risen * Sublime and Beautiful, P. II. fc 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; and, with fear or change, Perplexes monarchs. The firmness of the devil's station or posture is here compared to that...

...poem; and as it occurs in the beginning of it, confers no small degree of interest upon what follows: . his face Deep scars of thunder had entrench'd, and care Sat -on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride, Waiting revenge. Cruel his eye,...

...See W«bb on the Beauties of Poetry. a Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams ; or, from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nationt, and with fear of change Ferplczes monarchi. Darken'd >o, yet (bone Above them all th' archangel,.................

...; as when the Sun DC Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the In dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of ch Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet Above them all th' Arch-angrl: but his i Deep scars of thunder...

...simile, biv />91, -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...half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs." The ignorance of this linceser, in objecting to this simile, has indeed perpetuated his...