 The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes his wonted seat.  Macmillan's Magazine - Page 1921869Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Warton - 1806 - 420 pages
...Page 28, In consecrated earth. And on the holy hearth, The lars and lemurs moan with midnight plaint; In urns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint ! Methinks we behold the priests interrupted in the middle of the secret... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...[mourn. In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, [plaint ; The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight In urns, and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar power forgoes... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...XXI. In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The Lars, and Lemures, moan with midnight plaint; In urns, and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...XXI. In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The Lars, and Lemures, moan with midnight plaint; In urns, and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...thickets In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint; In urns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the flam ens at their service quaint; And the chill marble seems to sweat,, . . • JPeor and Baalim Forsake... | |
 | John Aikin - 1821 - 356 pages
...mourn. In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, [plaint ; The Lars, and Lemures, moan with midnight In urns, and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 pages
...thickets In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, [plaint : The Lars, and Lemures, moan with midnight In urns, and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, [seat. While each peculiar Power... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...thickets In consecrated earth, And on the holy hearth, The Lars andLcmures moan with midnight plaint; In urns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 422 pages
...the idols and fearful rites of ancient Superstition described, in Milton's Hymn on the Nativity ! " In urns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens, at their service quaint." " And sullen Moloch fed, Hath left, in shadows dread, His burning... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1824 - 424 pages
...the idols and fearful rites of ancient Superstition described, in Milton's Hymn on the Nativity ! " In urns and altars round, A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens, at their service quaint." " And sullen Moloch fled, Hath left, in shadows dread, His burning... | |
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