...account, and the poet has followed it. We may safely retain such passages as that well-known one — His form had not yet lost All her original brightness...Less than archangel ruin'd ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd — for the theory, which is opposed to them, " falls flat upon the grunsel edge, and shames...

...account, and the poet has followed it. We may safely retain such passages as that well-known one — His form had not yet lost All her original brightness...Less than archangel ruin'd ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd — for the theory, which is opposed to them, " falls flat upon the grunsel edge, and shames...

...dread commander; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Aa 2 Stood like a tow'r; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness,...Less than Archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air, Shorn of his beams ;...

...she sair her champion fall Like the old ruins of a broken tower, Staid not to wail." FQI ii. 90. " He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tomer." PLI 580, &c. In another passage where, in spite of one vulgar word, by a daring hyperbole,...

...: -He above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the sun new ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn...

...these beyond Compare of mortal prowess, yet observed 588 Their dread Commander : he, above the rest 589 In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appeared Less than Arch- Angel ruined, and the excess...

...subject. He above rest In shape aud gesture proudly eminent Stood like a tower ; his form had yet no4 lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and theexceu Of glory obscured : sO when the sun ntw risen LOOKS through the horizontal misty air Shorn...

...description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts : — "* , — — He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : bis form had not yet lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Lens than archangel ruined ;...

...following noted description of Satan, after his fall, appearing at the head of the infernal hosts : -He, above the rest, In shape and gesture proudly...tower ; his form had not yet lost * All her original brighlnesK, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd ; and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the...

...* * Thus far these beyond Compare of mortal prowess yf.t observ'd Their dread commander : he, aoove the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than archimgel ruin'd and the' exress...