Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her wat'ry labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. The Works of Virgil - Side 373af Virgil, William Staughton - 1825 - 688 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
| Virgil - 1855 - 476 sider
...black and deep ; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud, Heard on the woful stream ; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far...off from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the nver of oblivion,' &c. Par. Lost, n. 577, fcc. . See at Georg. iv. 475. Tendebantque manus ripae ulterioris... | |
| Virgil - 1857 - 468 sider
...black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud, Heard on the \voful stream ; fierce Phlcgethan, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these, a slow and silent stream, Leihe, the river of oblivion,' &c. Par. Lost, ii. 577, fcc. — 309. See at Georg, iv. 475. Tendebantque... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 644 sider
...loud Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Far off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy... | |
| John Milton - 1855 - 202 sider
...come in contact with it. Spenser, in whose footsteps Milton treads so closely, has given a descripFar off from these a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, 585 Forgets both... | |
| 1856 - 796 sider
...sorrow black and deep," of " lamentation loud, heard on the rueful stream," and of " fierceness," " Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far off from these a low and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth ; whereof who drink»,... | |
| George Frederick Graham - 1857 - 416 sider
...powerfully contribute to heighten the effect, and show the consummate art of the poet. Again: — " Far off from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth," &c. How smoothly and softly the lines run ! See the effect of the alliteration in... | |
| John Milton - 1857 - 664 sider
...slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drink?, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and... | |
| John Milton - 1857 - 470 sider
...Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far ofl' from these, a slow and silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth ; whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former stale and being forgets, Forgets both joy... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1859 - 424 sider
...sorrow black and deep; Cocytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream; fierce Phlegethon, Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far...forgets, Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain." CANTO XV. THE ARGUMENT. Continuing their journey in the third round, and leaving the confines of the... | |
| John Milton, Thomas Keightley - 1859 - 492 sider
...blaek and deep ; Coeytus, named of lamentation loud Heard on the rueful stream ; fieree Phlegeton, 580 Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Far...silent stream, Lethe, the river of oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, Forgets both joy... | |
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