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" Far on the right, her dogs foul Scylla hides '. Charybdis roaring on the left presides, And in her greedy whirlpool sucks the tides, Then spouts them from below : with fury driven, The waves mount up, and wash the face of heaven. But Scylla from her den,... "
A Dissertation on the Mysteries of the Cabiri: Or, The Great Gods of ... - Page 269
by George Stanley Faber - 1803 - 428 pages
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The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Aeneis, Volume 3

Virgil - 1721 - 456 pages
...The Waves mount up, and wafh the Face of Heav'n. But Scylla, from her Den, with open Jaws, . • 5-40 The finking Veflel in her Eddy draws; Then dafhes on the Rocks : A Human Face, j • ^ , And Virgin Bofom, hides her Tail's Difgrace. Her Parts obfcene below the Waves defcend, ^45:...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical ..., Volumes 17-19

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 1130 pages
...The waves mount up, and wafli«the face of heaven; • But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, -540 The finking veflel in her eddy draws ; Then dafhes on the rocks : a human face, And virgin-bofom, hides her tail's difgracc. Her parts obfcene below the waves defcend,* 545 With dogs...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 18

Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 372 pages
...whirlpool fucks the tides : Then fpouts them from below ; with fury driven, The waves mount up, and warn the face of heaven. But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, 540 The finking veffel in her eddy draws ; Then daihes on the rocks : a human face, And virgin-bofom,...
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The Pantheon: Representing the Fabulous Histories of the Heathen Gods, and ...

François Pomey - 1784 - 458 pages
...Whirlpool fucks the Tides : 3 Then fpouts them from below ; with Fury driv'n, The Waves mount up, and wa(h the Face of Heaven : But Scylla, from her Den, with...draws, Then dafhes on the Rocks : A Human Face, And Virgin-Bofom, hides the Tail's Difgrace. Her Parts obfcene below the Waves defcend, With Dogs inclos'd,...
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The works of the English poets. With prefaces, biographical and ..., Volume 23

English poets - 1790 - 374 pages
...prefides; And in her greedy whirlpool fucks the tides : Then fpouts them from below; with fury driven, The waves mount up, and wafh the face of heaven. But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, 540 The fmking veflel in her eddy draws; Then dafhes on the rocks : a human face, And virgin-bofom,...
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Dryden. Smyth. Duke. King. Sprat. Halifax

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 658 pages
...prelides; And in Jicr greedy whirlpool lucks the tides: j Then fpouts them from below; with fury driven, The waves mount up, and wafh the face of heaven But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, The finking vcffel in her eddy draws ; Then dailies on the rocks : a human face, And virgin-bofom, hides her tail's...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ..., Volume 14

John Dryden - 1808 - 482 pages
...whirlpool sucks the tides ; J Then spouts them from below: with fury driven, The waves mount up, and wash the face of heaven. But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, The sinking vessel in her eddy draws, Then dashes on the rocks. — A human face, And virgin bosom, hides...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected ...

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 484 pages
...sucks the tides ; j Then spouts them from below: with fury driven, The waves mount up, and wash ftie face of heaven* But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, The sinking vessel in her eddy draws, Then dashes on the rocks.— A human face, And virgin bosom, hides...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 19

Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...whirlpool sucks the tides : Then spouts them from below ; with fury driven, The waves mount up, and wash the face of Heaven. But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, The sinking vessel in her eddy draws ; Then clashes on the rocks : a human face, And virgin-bosom, hides...
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The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes, Volume 14

John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...whirlpool sucks the tides ; Then spouts them from below : with fury driven, The waves mount up, and wash the face of heaven. But Scylla from her den, with open jaws, The sinking vessel in her eddy draws, Then dashes on the rocks. — A human face, And virgin bosom, hide...
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