 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pages
...his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb No voice or hideous hum Runs...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard and loud lament ; From... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1849 - 708 pages
...his usurped sway ; And, wroth to see his kingdom fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. sAEBE v n 0 pale-ey'd priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice... | |
 | 1889 - 670 pages
...the advent of Christ silenced the devils who, in the disguiee of gode, had been uttering oracles:— The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs...divine. With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. E. YAHDLEY. (7'b 8. vii. 229.) A flattering painter who, &c. (not " An advocate skilful"). Goldsmith's... | |
 | Royal Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland - 1850 - 530 pages
...Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. " The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof, in words deceiving. Apollo from his...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." Millon'tJlymn on Christ's Nativity. No. 14. — An angel of a grave and priestly aspect — a figure... | |
 | 1850 - 538 pages
...Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. " The oracles are dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof, in words deceiving. Apollo from his...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." Milton's Hymn on Christ't Nativity. No. 14.—An angel of a grave and priestly aspect—a figure of... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 396 pages
...execrations so sublime : — " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arch'd roof in words, deceiving Apollo from his shrine, Can...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. He feels from Judah's land The dreadful Infant's hand : The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne.... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1850 - 448 pages
...— " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arch'd roof in words, doceiving Apollo from his shrine, Can no more divine, With hollow...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. He feels from Judah's land The dreadful Infant's hand : The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne.... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1851 - 316 pages
...description of the origin of its multitudinous gods, look tame beside the mighty lines of Milton.!— The oracles are dumb No voice or hideous hum Runs...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. He feels from Judah's land The dreadful Infant's hand. The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyne.... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1851 - 348 pages
...description of the origin of its multitudinous gods looks tame beside the mighty lines of Milton— " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum, Runs...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. He feels from Judah's land, The dreadful Infant's hand. The rays of Bethlehem blind his dusky eyn.... | |
 | Rev.H. Musgrave Wilkins,M.A. - 1851 - 300 pages
...These shall become a heavy weight When time swings wide his outward gate EXERCISE CV1. CHRISTMAS HYMN. The oracles are dumb, No voice, or hideous hum, Runs...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-ey'd priests from the prophetic cell : The lonely mountains o'er, and the resounding shore : A... | |
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The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest... 
