Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured... Complete Rhetoric - Page 244by Alfred Hix Welsh - 1885 - 346 pagesFull view - About this book
| Edmund Burke - 2008 - 574 pages
...one of Milton, wherein he gives the portrait of Satan with a dignity so suitable to the subject : " He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and th' excess Of... | |
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