 | Rebecca Hey - 1837 - 386 pages
...fallen angels : — ' faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd ; as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top...growth, though bare Stands on the blasted heath." Both pines and firs, between which there is a very close alliance, are valuable for a vast variety... | |
 | John Claudius Loudon - Botany - 1838 - 680 pages
...angels, he says, — " 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 growth, though bare, Stands on tbe blasted heath." Sir Walter Scott, also, mentions the Scotch pine in the following lines: — "... | |
 | 1838 - 1014 pages
...powers of destruction must always have a tincture of the sublime. " As when heaven's fire Has scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines ; With singed top their stately growth, tho bare, Stands on the blasted heath." ' If we next take a view of those animals that are called picturesque,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : 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 now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wilher'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 prcpar'd To «peak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 556 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 their stately growth, though hare, 615 Stands on the hlasted heath. He now prepar'd To speak : whereat their douhled ranks they... | |
 | John Milton - 1841 - 492 pages
...de purs esprits peuvent en répandre. A la fin il fait entendre ces mots entrecoupés de soupirs : 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 enclose... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 444 pages
...his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory wither'd : 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 now prepared To speak : whereat their double ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...his revolt, yet faithful how they stood. Their glory wither'd : as when Heaven's fire Hath scath'd eation, agreeable to the general order of things,...conformable to ends and relations to him unknown. IIL He now prepar'd To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
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