 They too in darkness enter'd on their way ; But far before the car, A glow, as of a fiery furnace light, Fill'd all before them. 'Twas a light which made Darkness itself appear A thing of comfort, and the sight, dismay'd, Shrunk inward from the molten...  The Curse of Kehama - Page 120by Robert Southey - 1811Full view - About this book
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1857 - 436 pages
...Dimly reflected on the watery walls : How heavenly seems the sky ; And how, with quicken'd feet, ho hastens up, Eager again to greet The living world...travellers, entering Padalon. They too in darkness enter'd on their way ; But far before the car, A glow, as of a fiery furnace light, Fill'd all before... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1857 - 394 pages
...swelling of the voiceful sea. ROBERT SOUTHEY. (1774-1843.) APPROACH TO PADALON, OR THE INDIAN HADES. FAR other light than that of day there shone Upon...travellers, entering Padalon. They, too, in darkness entering on their way, But far before the car A glow, as of a fiery furnace light, Filled all before... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 644 pages
...it falls Dimly reflected on the watery walls : How heavenly seems the sky; And how, with quickeii'd feet, he hastens up, Eager again to greet The living...travellers, entering Padalon. They too in darkness enter'd on their way ; But far before the car, A glow, as of a fiery furnace light, Fill'd all before... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1858 - 642 pages
...the watery wall's : How heavenly seems the sky; And how, with quicken'd fect, he hastens up, Euger again to greet The living world and blessed sunshine...travellers, entering Padalon. They too in darkness enter'd on their way; But far before the car, A glow, as of a fiery furnace light, Fill'd all before... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 352 pages
...World and blessed sunshine there ; And drink, as from a cup Of joy, with thirsty lips, the open air. 8. Far other light than that of day there shone Upon...before the Car, A glow, as of a fiery furnace light, Filled all before them. 'Twas a light which made Darkness itself appear A thing of comfort ; and the... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1860 - 338 pages
...World and blessed sunshine there; And drink, as from a cup Of joy, with thirsty lips, the open air. 2. They, too, in darkness entered on their way; But,...before the Car, A glow, as of a fiery furnace light, Filled all before them. 'Twas a light which made Darkness itself appear A thing of comfort; and the... | |
 | 1863 - 318 pages
...than just served to heighten ita contrast with darkness, and not to think of Southey's ' Padalon.' - 'Twas a light which made Darkness itself appear A thing of comfort, and the sight, dismay'd, Shrunk inward from the molten atmosphere.' " The day after our arrival off Saugor, the sun... | |
 | 1864 - 744 pages
...indulges. " Padalon " is the Hindoo Inferno, and Yamen, the god of the dead, is its sovereign : — For other light than that of day there shone Upon the...before the car A glow, as of a fiery furnace light, Filled all before them. "I was a light which made Darkness itself appear A thing of comfort, and the... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...watchful night, For all her sorrows, all her tears, An over-payment of delight ! THE ENTRANCE TO Par other light than that of day there shone Upon the...before the Car, A glow, as of a fiery furnace light, Filled all before them. 'Twas a light which made Darkness itself appear A thing of comfort, and the... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1870 - 476 pages
...We will quote a few lines and close our criticism, though our subject is far from being exhausted. " Far other light than that of day there shone Upon...of a fiery furnace light, Fill'd all before them. 'Twasa light which made Darkness itself appear A thing of comfort, and the sight, dismay 'd, Shrunk... | |
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