 | John Milton, Alex Monfries - 1867 - 120 pages
...claim'd Azazel as his right, a cherub tall : Who forthwith from the glittering staff unfurl'd 535 The imperial ensign : which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind, With gems and golden lustre rich emblazed, Seraphic arms and trophies ; all the while Sonorous metal... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...claim'd Azazel as his right, a cherub tall ; "Who forthwith from the glittering staff unfurl'd The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind, -"~ jiYith gpmoaiL£oIdgflJ.iig1ire .yich. .emblazed, 588 Seraphic arms and trophies ; all the while... | |
 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...shone for hair, And fell adown his shoulders with loose care. COWLEY. Davideis. Booh ii. Line 102. The imperial ensign, which full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind. Paradise Lost. Booh i. Line 536. t As dear to me as are the ruddy drops That visit my sad heart. yatius... | |
 | Great Britain - 1869 - 974 pages
...Bard,' he had in his mind the language of Milton, «bo describee Azazel sublimely unfurling — " The imperial ensign which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind ! ' ' Paradite Loit,' Ь. ¡., т. 535. Л7егу similar to Gray's — ' Streamed like a meteor to... | |
 | George Ticknor Curtis - Legislators - 1870 - 618 pages
...was floating in his mind Milton's sublime description of the unfurling in the lower regions of "Th1 imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind, With gems and golden lustre rich emblazed, Seraphic arms and trophies." There is no doubt whatever... | |
 | John Milton - 1871 - 530 pages
...honour claim'd Azazel as his right, a cherub tall ; Who forthwith from the glittering staff unfurl'd The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind, With gems and golden lustre rich emblazed, Seraphic arms and trophies ; all the while Sonorous metal... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 606 pages
...honour claim'd Azazel1 as his right, a cherub tall; Who forthwith from the glittering staff unfurl'd Th' imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind, With gems and golden lustre rich emblazed, Seraphic arms and trophies ; all the while Sonorous metal... | |
 | John Milton - 1873 - 678 pages
...claimed Azazel as his right, a cherub tall ; Who forthwith from the glittering staff unfurl' d 'rtie imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind, "With gems and golden lustre rich imblazed, Seraphicjarms and trophies: all^he while Sonorous metal... | |
 | Ready - 1873 - 312 pages
...we sighted the Russian squadron at anchor, their battle-flags flying from their mast-heads — ' Th' imperial ensign which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.' A thrilling sight ! Our steam corvette was sent in to reconnoitre, and fired a distant shell at them,... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...honour claim'd Azazel as his right, a cherub tall ; Who forthwith from the glittering staff unfurl'd The imperial ensign, which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor, streaming to the wind, With gems and golden lustre rich emblazed, Seraphic arms and trophies; all the while Sonorous metal... | |
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