...calamity ; " What reinforcement we may gain from hope ; 190 " If not, what resolution from despair." Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed : his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, 195 Lay floating many...

...This effect of the trochee at the commencemeift of a line is exemplified in the following passage : " Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the waves, and eyes That sparkling blazed, his other parts beside Prone on the flood, extended long and...

...are very apt to raise and terrify the reader's imagination. Of this nature, in the book now before us, is his being the first that awakens out of the general trance, with his posture on the burning hike, his rising from it, and the description of his shield and spear : to which we may add his call...

...reinforcement we may gain from hope, How overcome this dire calamity; If not, what resolution from despair." Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood,...

...dire calamity ; What' reinforcement we may gain from hope; 190 If not, what resolution from despair." Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extending long and large, 195 Lay floating many...

...this dire calamity ; What reinforcement we may gain from hope ; If not, what resolution from despair." Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head up-lift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...

...This effect of the trochee at the commencement of a line is exemplified in the following passage : "Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate, "With head uplift above the waves, and eyes That sparkling blazed, his other parts beside Prone on the flood, extended long and...

...this dire calamity, What reinforcement we may gain from hope, If not what resolution from despair." Thus Satan, talking to his nearest Mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood,...

...traditional poetry; it establishes its subject not by isolating but through the large inclusive comparison. Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed, his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large Lay floating many a rood,...

...Providence 25 And justifie the wayes of God to men ... Thus Satan talking to his neerest Mate (1-192) With Head up-lift above the wave, and Eyes That sparkling blaz'd, his other Parts besides Prone on the Flood, extended long and large 30 Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As...