 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 Epy Lovell - 1843 - 524 pages
...But perhaps The way seems difficult, arid 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... | |
 | François-René vicomte de Chateaubriand - 1843 - 592 pages
...t'p to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse. Who hut felt of late , When the lierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting , and pursued...through the deep , With what compulsion and laborious (light We sunk thus low? TV ascent is easy then. The evcnl is fear'd ; should we again provoke Our... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - 1844 - 900 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... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 pages
...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. L. 58. — Den of shame. Shame is here... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...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 provoke... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 pages
...perhaps, The way seems difficult, and steep to scale. With upright wing, ugainst a higher foe, Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench, Of that forgetful...descent, and fall, To us — is adverse. Who, but fell of lute, When the fierce foe — hung on our broken r^ar, Insulting, and pursued us, through the... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 396 pages
...higher foe. Let such bethink them, if the sleepy drench, Of Unit forgetful lake— benumb not sull, That in our proper motion, we ascend Up to our native...of late, When the fierce foe — hung on our broken r«*ar, Insulting, and pursued us, through the Jeep, With what compulsion, and laborious fight, We... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 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...proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat ; descent or fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting,... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still ; That in our proper motion we ascend 75 Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is...the deep With what compulsion and laborious flight 80 Fear to be worse destroy'd. What can be worse 80 Than to dwell here, driven out from bliss, condemn'd,... | |
 | John Ayrton Paris - 1847 - 708 pages
...being blown away."t * The vicar here alludes to the speech of Moloch (Paradise Lost, b. ii. 1. 75) ; " That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat; descent and fall To us is adverse." t This story is related by ./Klian, who at the same time discredits it, for, •ays he, '• how could... | |
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