 The way seems difficult, and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe! Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still, That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat ; descent and fall To us...  Paradise lost, a poem - Page 23by John Milton - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1829 - 426 pages
...wing against a higher foe. X.et such hethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake henumh not still, That in our proper motion we ascend Up...native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse. Who hut felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our hroken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the... | |
 | William Scott - 1829 - 420 pages
...upright whig, against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful iake benumb not still. That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat; descent and fall t. To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1830 - 420 pages
...steep, to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench 20 Of that forgetful lake benumb not still, That in our...motion we ascend Up to our native seat : descent and full To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear, 25 Insulting,... | |
 | John Milton - 1831 - 306 pages
...perhaps TO The way seems difficult and steep to scale "With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful...benumb not still, That in our proper motion we ascend W Up to our native seat : Descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pages
...But perhaps 70 The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful...benumb not still, That in our proper motion we ascend 75 Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1833 - 312 pages
...motion we ascend 10 Up to our native seat: descent and/aZJ Of that forgetful lake benumb not still, To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear, With what compulsion and laborious flight 15 We sunk thus low? Th' ascent is easy then. Insulting,... | |
 | John Milton - 1834 - 432 pages
...the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still, AS That in our proper motion we ascend 75 Up to our native seat: descent and fall To us is adverse....the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight 80 We sunk thus low ? Th' ascent is easy then ; Th' event is fear'd; should we again provoke Our stronger,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...volubility and levity of these lines, which express an action tardy and reluctant. Descent and fall To us ic adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe...Insulting, and pursued us through the deep. With what confusion and laborious flight We sunk thus Sow ? Th' ascent is easy then. In another place, he describes... | |
 | 1836 - 558 pages
...But perhaps The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful...thus low ? The ascent is easy then ; The event is feared; should we again provoke Our stronger, some worse way his wrath my find To our destruction ;... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1836 - 534 pages
...But perhaps The way seems difficult, and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful...through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious fight We sunk thus low ! — The ascent is easy then : — The event is feared : — should we again... | |
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