 She said, and swiftly vanish'd from my sight, Obscure in clouds and gloomy shades of night. I look'd, I listen'd; dreadful sounds I hear; And the dire forms of hostile gods appear. Troy sunk in flames I saw (nor could prevent), And Ilium from its old...  The Works of Virgil - Page 196by Virgil - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 412 pages
...liften'd ; dreadful founds I hear; And the dire forms of hoftile gods appear. Troy funk in flames I faw, nor could prevent ; And Ilium from its old foundations rent. 845 Rent like a mountain am, which dar'd the winds ; And flood the fturdy ftrokes of labouring hinds : About the roots the cruel... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 378 pages
...sight, 840 Ohscure in clonds, and gloomy shades of night. I look'd; I listen'd : dreadful sounds I hear; And the dire forms of hostile gods appear. Troy sunk in flames I saw, (nor could prevent,) And Ilinm from its old foundations rent — SJ5 Rent like a mountain ash, which dar'd the wind*; And stood... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - English literature - 1808 - 484 pages
...from my sight, Obscure in clouds, and gloomy shades of night. 1 looked, I listened; dreadful sounds I hear; And the dire forms of hostile gods appear. Troy...prevent,) And Ilium from its old foundations rent — Rent like a mountain-ash, which dared the winds, And stood the sturdy strokes of labouring hinds.... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 504 pages
...from my sight, Obscure in clouds, and gloomy shades of night. I looked, I listened; dreadful sounds I hear; And the dire forms of hostile gods appear. Troy...prevent,) And Ilium from its old foundations rent — Rent like a mountain-ash, which dared the winds, And stood the sturdy strokes of labouring hinds.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 770 pages
...my sight, Obscure in clouds, and gloomy shades of night. I look'ri, I listcn'd ; dreadful sounds I hear ; And the dire forms of hostile gods appear....prevent ; And Ilium from its old foundations rent. ' ' Rent like a mountain ail), which dar'd the winds; And stond the sturdy strokes of labouring hinds... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 760 pages
...my sight, Obscure in clouds, and gloomy shades of night. I look'd, I listen 'd ; dreadful sounds I hear ; And the dire forms of hostile gods appear....could prevent ; And Ilium from its old foundations ront. Rent like a mountain ash, which darM the winds; And stund the sturdy strokes of labouring hinds... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 790 pages
...gods appear. Troy sunk in flames I saw, nor could prevent ; And Ilium from its old foundations rent. Rent like a mountain ash, which dar'd the winds; And stood the sturdy strokes of labouring hinds : About the roots the cruel ax resounds, The stumps are pierc'd with oft-repeated wounds.... | |
 | Greek literature - 1813 - 438 pages
...from my sight, Obscure in clouds, and gloomy shades of night. I look'd, I listen'd ; dreadful sounds I hear ; And the dire forms of hostile gods appear. Troy sunk in flames I saw (nor could prevent), And Ilinm from its old foundations rent — Rent like a mountain ash, which dar'd the winds, And stood... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1818 - 1000 pages
...soul, secnrM In her existence, smiles At cii drawn .1 ix -•• r. and défia Its point. ¿ОВНОВ. Troy sunk In flames I saw (nor could prevent), And Ilium from its old foundation? rentRent like a mountain asli, which dar'd the winds, And stood the slurdj strokes of l.ib'rliiR... | |
 | Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...my sight, Obscure in clouds, and gloomy shades of night. I look'd ; I listen'd : dreadful sounds I hear ; And the dire forms of hostile gods appear....could prevent) And Ilium from its old foundations rent — Rent like a mountain ash, which dar'd the winds, And stood the sturdy strokes of lab'ring hinds.... | |
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