...Fontarabbia. Thus far these Iwyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander : Nature lets it fall, Short, and but rare, till man improv'd it all. We just ; liis form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch-angel ruin'd,...

...Fontarabbia. Thas tar these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observ'd Their dread commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tow'r, his form had not yet lost 590 All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel...

...for instance, the following noted description of Satan after his fall, appearing at the head of his infernal hosts : -He, above the rest In shape and...Stood like a tower; his form had not yet lost All her eriginisl brightness, norappesr'd Less than an archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd;...

...lash." This portrait of monkish superstition does not equal the grandeur of Milton's description. " His form had not yet lost All her original brightness,...Less than archangel ruin'd and the excess Of glory obscured." Milton has got rid of the horns and tail, the vulgar and physical insignia of the devil,...

...account, and the poet has followed it. We may safely retain such passages as that well-known one — in, Cradock, and Joy obscur' d — for the theory, which is opposed to them, " falls flat upon the grunsel edge, and shames...

...lash." This portrait of monkish superstition does not equal the grandeur of Milton's description. " His form had not yet lost All her original brightness,...Less than archangel ruin'd and the excess Of glory obscured." Milton has got rid of the horns and tail, the vulgar and physical insignia of the devil,...

...Their dread commander: he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, 5QO Stood like a tow'r, his form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory' obscur'd ; as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horiaontal misty air,...

...Fontarabbia. Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed Their dread 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...

...lash." This portrait of monkish superstition does not equal the grandeur of Milton's description. " His form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruiu'd and the excess Of glory obscured." Milton has got rid of the horns and tail, the vulgar and...

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