 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when Heav'n's fire Hath scath'd the forest o::ks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when Heav'n's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth tho' bare Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubl'd ranks they... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when Heav'n's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top...stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half inclose... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 558 pages
...Milton : " Yet faithfu^how they stood, ,. " Their glory withered, as when heaven's fire "' Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines ; " With singed top their stately growth, tho' bare, " Stands on the blasted heath." A*, " Satan alarmed, " Collecting all his might, dilated... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...of Milton's, " Faithful how they stood. Their ¿lory withered." As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top...growth, though bare. Stands on the blasted heath. *' 'He sends forth the voice of power. Raise my standards on high. — Let them sound in the winds.]... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - Art - 1805 - 512 pages
...his revolt : yet faithful how they stood Their glory withered : as when Heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top, their stately growth, though bare, AA 3 PART iII. Of the Sublime and Pathetic. Stands on the blasted heath. He now prcpar'd To speak ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...damage ; to destroy. Both the verb and noun are now obsolete. As when heaven's fire Hath scatb'Jtiui forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth, though Stands^the blasted heath. Mill«,. SCATH. «. j. [rcea%, Sax.] Waste ; damace ; mischief; depopulation.... | |
 | Richard Payne Knight - Aesthetics - 1808 - 510 pages
...For his revolt: yet faithful how they stood Their glory withered : as when Heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top,...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd , To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend, From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 484 pages
...his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : as when Heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top...growth, though bare, Stands on the blasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | Sir Uvedale Price - Landscape gardening - 1810 - 448 pages
...the mind, and has kept it fixed on a few grand and awful images : As when heaven's fire Has scatb'd the forest oaks, or mountain pines. With singed top their stately growth tho' bare, Stands on the blasted heath. high arched crest and flowjpg mane, is fre-. quently represented... | |
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Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately... 
