Their lighter wings. To whom these most adhere, He rules a moment : Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray, By which he reigns : next him, high arbiter, Chance governs all. Popular Astronomy - Page 485by Simon Newcomb - 1878 - 578 pagesFull view - About this book
| British poets - 1822 - 302 pages
...winds, and poise Their lighter wings. To whom these most adhere, He rules a moment : Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray, By which he...air, nor fire, But all these in their pregnant causes mix'd Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight, Unless the' Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials... | |
| John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...fray, By which he reigns : Next him, high arhiter, Chance governs all. Into this wild ahyss, The womh of Nature and perhaps her grave, Of neither sea, nor...air, nor fire, But all these in their pregnant causes mix'd Confusedly, and which thus mnst ever fight, Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...winds, and poise Their lighter wings. To whom tkese most adhere, He rules a moment ; Chaos umpire sits, abl X / ne,ther sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire, But all these in their pregnant causes mix'd Confus'dly,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 676 pages
...tin- majority. But this is not Milton's sense; for according- tu He rules a moment; Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he...high arbiter Chance governs all. Into this wild abyss 910 The womb of nature and perhaps her grave, Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire, But all... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...and poise !K>5 Their lighter wings. To whom these most adhere, He rules a moment : Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray, By which he...arbiter Chance governs all. Into this wild abyss, 910 (The womb of nature, and perhaps her grave) Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire, But all... | |
| Ebenezer Mack - 1824 - 292 pages
...winds, and poise Their lighter wings. To whom these most adhere. He rules a moment: Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he...reigns ; next him high arbiter Chance governs all. Into thirwild abyss, The womb of nature, and perhaps her grave. Of neither sea, nor shore, nor airj nor... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1825 - 600 pages
...umpire sits, And by deeision more embroils the fray l5y whieh he reigns : next him high arbiter C.hanee he gales, that from ye blow, , A momentary bliss...waving fresh their gladsome wing, My weary soul they l5ut all these in their pregnant eauses mix'd Confus'dly, and whieh thus must ever fight, Unless th'... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1825 - 728 pages
...R»arro populous. • • • * * To whom these most adhere He rules a moment ; Chaos umpire sits, And by decision more embroils the fray By which he...reigns; next him, high arbiter, Chance governs all" [loud cheering]. Would it not appear as if the cabinet had sat for the picture which Milton here drew,... | |
| 1825 - 580 pages
...different from the usual notion of chaos, that it is not A wild abyss, The womb of nature and perhaps its grave, Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire, But all these in their pregnant causes mixed Confus'dly, and which thus must ever fight — * nor perhaps was it usually so considered by the Greek... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 318 pages
...the fray, By which he reigns : Next him, high arbiter, Chance governs all. Into this wild abyss, 910 The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave, Of neither...air, nor fire, But all these in their pregnant causes mix'd Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight, Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain 913 His dark... | |
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