...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 of his...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Paradise Lost. In this example are two similes in succession ; and it may be observed, that, in order...

...whole poem, for imaginary treason in the following lines ; as when the sun new risen • Looks thro' the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs " By what means the poet was happily enabled to triumph over the malevolence of an enemy in office,...

...when the Sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from bc-hind the Moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs. Darkcn'd so, yet shone Above them all the arch-angel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had iutrench'd...

...comet " from its horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war" And that the sun -from behind the rnooji, Jn dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds . • On half...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs" — — To this also the still more sublime psalmist may refer ; " They that dwell in the uttermost...

.... . .1 > . •. s; 1 • • Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moop* ,', '• !.«,. p .lu djm eclipse disastrous twilight shed,s On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchi. PL l. 5&9. • >-.... .. . - i . Q In 113 In the twelfth book of the ./Eneid, when Turnas...

...similes: As when the sun new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or froni behind the moon In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations. The circumstances are perfectly applicable to the fallen archangel; but Milton possibly felt that the...

...is most directly to our purpose. There is a curious treab Hence, the allusion of our great poet, — or from behind the moon In dim eclipse disastrous...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs — PL i. 596. tise on this subject, which bears the name of Achmet, an Arabian writer; and another...

...purpose. There is a curious treat' Hence, the allusion of our great poet, — or from behind the moon Ita dim eclipse disastrous twilight sheds On half the...nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs — P, L-\. 596. tise on this subject, which bears the name of SERMoM Achmet, an Arabian writer; and...

...new tiien, Looks through the horizontal misty air J85 Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moen, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half...Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' arch-angel : but his face 600 Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd, and care Sat on his faded cheek,...

...nor appear'd Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun new-ris'n Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his...Perplexes monarchs. Darken'd so, yet shone Above them all th' Arch- Angel, This This is not onfy an apposite and a highly-elevated Similie,but a description,...