...he pitied the dismal state of his followers. When he tried to address them — " Thrice he essayed, and thrice, in spite of scorn. Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth ; at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way." Next in order to Satan ranks Beelzebub,...

...wing, and half enclose him round With all lii.-i peers : attention held them mute. Thi-ice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a very agreeable turn of poetry,...

...wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assuy'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a very agreeable turn of poetry,...

...which therefore Milton did not understand. Or again, when Bentley remarks that " Thrice he assayed, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth," — Par. Lost, i. 619. is suggested by Ovid's " Ter conata loqui, ter fletibus ora rigabat," — Metam....

...wing, and half-enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed ; and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words, interwoven with sighs, found out their way. As bees In spring-time, when the sun with...

...chief, and the peerage of Pandemonium stood in mute expectation ol his voice. " Thrice he cssay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep. burst forth.'' It was from such a representation of Satan as is given throughout the poem, that Arnold's deep religious...

...to wing, and half inclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute. Thrice he avay'd, f his friends or enemies, aimed at in what is said ; for I promise him , The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a very agreeable turn of poetry,...

...and the peerage of Pandemonium stood mute in expectation of Satan's voice, — " Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth." It is an observation of Coleridge's that it is very remarkable that in no part of his writings does...

...wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assayed, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way. He scarce had finished, when such murmur...

...wing, and half inclose him round With ail his peers ; attention hdd them mute. Thrice he assay'd, aud thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth ; at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way. " O myriads of immortal spirits ! O powers...