 Thus from the sun's ethereal beam, When bold Prometheus stole th' enlivening flame, Of fevers dire a ghastly brood, 'Till then unknown, th' unhappy fraud pursu'd. On earth their horrors baleful spread And the pale monarch of the dead, 'Till then slow-moving...  OEuvres complètes d'Horace - Page 13by Horace - 1834 - 777 pagesFull view - About this book
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...o'er tu* inviolable tide. "No laws, or human or divine, Can the presumptuous race of man confine. Thus from the sun's etherial beam When bold Prometheus...spread, And the pale monarch of the dead, Till then slow-moving to his prey. Precipitately rapid swept his way. Thus did the venturous Cretan dare To tempt,... | |
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...of man confine. Thus, from the sun's ethereal beam When bold Prometheus stole th' enlivening ftame, On earth their horrors baleful spread, And the pale monarch of the dead, Till then slow-moving to his prey, Precipitately rapid swept his way. Thus did the venturous Cretan dare To tempt,... | |
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...the' enlivening flame, Of fevers dire a ghastly brood, Till then unknown, the' unhappy fraud pursued; On earth their horrors baleful spread, And the pale monarch of the dead, Till then slow-moving to his prey, Precipitately rapid swept his way. Thus did the venturous Cretan dare To tempt,... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1831 - 132 pages
...age, writes — Thus from the sun's ethereal beam When bold Prometheus stole th' enlivening flame, t> Of fevers dire a ghastly brood, Till then unknown,...spread, And the pale monarch of the dead, Till then slow-moving to his prey, Precipitately rapid swept his way. Francis's Horace, Book i. Ode 3. How plain... | |
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...general was this opinion, that Horace, a poet of the Augustan age, writes— Thus the sun's ethereal beam When bold Prometheus stole th' enlivening flame,...ghastly brood, Till then unknown, th' unhappy fraud purau'd; Till then slow-moving to his prey, Precipitately rapid swept his way. On earth their horrors... | |
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...the enlivening name, Of fevers dire a ghastly brood, Till then unknown, the unhappy fraud pursued ; On earth their horrors baleful spread, And the pale...moving to his prey, Precipitately rapid swept his way." Francis's Horace, Book i, Ode 3. Milton again describes the awful consequences arising from Adam's... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1835 - 122 pages
...age, writes — Thus, from the sun's ethereal beam When bold Prometheus stole th' enlivening name, On earth their horrors baleful spread, And the pale monarch of the dead, Till then slow-moving to his prey, Precipitately rapid swept his way. Francis's Horace, Book i. Ode 3. How plain... | |
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...No laws, or human or divine, Can the presumptuous race of man confine. Thus from the sun's ethereal beam When bold Prometheus stole th' enlivening flame, Of fevers dire a ghastly brood, 31 Till then unknown, th' unhappy fraud pursued ; On earth their horrors baleful spread, And the pale... | |
 | Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1842 - 230 pages
...general was this opinion, that Horace, a poet of the Augustan age, writes— Thus from the sun's ethereal beam When bold Prometheus stole th' enlivening flame,...then unknown, th' unhappy fraud pursu'd; On earth there horrors baleful spread, And the pale monarch of the dead, Till then slow-moving to his prey,... | |
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...in alluding to the theft of Prometheus, observes :— " Thus from the sun's ethereal beam, When~bold Prometheus stole th' enlivening flame, Of fevers dire...ghastly brood, (Till then unknown) th' unhappy fraud pursued ; On earth their horrors baleful spread j And the pale monarch of the dead, Till then slow... | |
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