 Egypt's evil day, waved round the coast, up called a pitchy cloud of locusts, warping on the eastern wind that o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung like night and darkened all the land of Nile...  American Monthly Knickerbocker - Page 291edited by - 1858Full view - About this book
 | 1714 - 528 pages
...^theS- founding Shields ,.h« ijin of War Hurling Defiance tow'rd the Vault of Hcav n. Milt. P. Lo.t As when the potent Rod Of Amram's Son in Egypt's evil Day Wav'd round theCoaft, up call'da pitchy Cloud Of Locufts, warping on the Eaftem Wind ; That o'er the... | |
 | John Milton - 1795 - 316 pages
...potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evit day, Wav'd round the coast, up cajl'da pitchy cloud 340 Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like eight, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bud Angels... | |
 | John Milton, Samuel Johnson - 1796 - 610 pages
...they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their gen'ral's voice they soon obey'd Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round the coast, up call'da pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, 341 That o'er... | |
 | John Milton - 1800 - 300 pages
...they were, or the fierce pains not feelj Yet to their general's voice they soon ohey'd Innumerahle. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round the coast, up call'da pitchy eloud Of locusts warping on the easteni wind, 'I hat o'er... | |
 | John Milton - 1801 - 396 pages
...they were, or the fierce paius not feel ; Yet to their general's voice they soon ebey'd Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, WavM round the coast, up call'da pitchy cloud 340 Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er... | |
 | 1803 - 400 pages
...One of the greatest defects of our blank verse is the want of boundary to the verse; these lines, " As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Waved round the coast" might equally well be read, if it were not for the context, " As when the potent rod of Amram's son,... | |
 | Samuel Henshall - 1807 - 230 pages
...Latin verto, veer. The potent rod Of Amram's son, in ^Egypt's evil day Wav'd round the coast, up-call'J a pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like ni«ht- Milton. Dr. Johnson observes, "I know not well the meaning here,"... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 514 pages
...they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obey'd Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round the coast, up call'da pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, 3^ 1 That o'er... | |
 | 1810 - 482 pages
...they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obey'd Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round the coast, Dp call'da pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...which they were, or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their general's voicethey soon obey Innumerable. As when the potent rod Of Amram's son, in Egypt's evil day, Wav'd round the coast, up call'da pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the... | |
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