...oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets, : Thine, thine is all the barrenness ; if thou Mak'st me sit stil fro/en continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on...

...in his description of the abode of Satan and his compeers : after adverting to Styx, he says — " Beyond this flood, a frozen continent Lies, dark and...firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile: all else deep snow and ice ; A gulf profound as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata...

...promised land lit up with the beams of the sun of righteousness, survey their congenial domain — " A frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail." The influence of the moral condition of the heart on the interpretation of the Scriptures has long...

...from extremeties of cold and heat." Milton has not failed to exhibit this trait of hell's horrors. "Beyond this flood, a frozen continent Lies dark and...firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound. The parching air Burns froze, and cold...

...perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice, A gulf profound. The parching air f"w. l Burns fro^e, and cold perfoms the effect of fire. I Thither by harpy-footed...

...drinks, Forthwith his former state and being forgets ; Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. 58$ Beyond this flood, a frozen continent Lies, dark and...land Thaws not ; but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile : or else deep snow and ice, 590 A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata...

...vision of the coast of Labrador. " Beyond this flood, a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat by perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which...firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice." So says Milton of a still drearier place than even Labrador...

...oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, 585 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond...but gathers heap, and ruin seems 590 Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice, i ! A gulf profound, as that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius...

...surfaces testify of a time when colossal icefloes, stranded upon our shores, *' Lay dark and wild, heat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaw'd not, Lut gathered heap, and ruin seemed Of ancient pile ; all else deep anow and ice." The Bass...

...oblivion, rolls Her watery labyrinth, whereof who drinks Forthwith his former state and being forgets, 585 Forgets both joy and grief, pleasure and pain. Beyond...but gathers heap, and ruin seems 590 Of ancient pile ; or else deep snow and ice, ' A gulf profound, aa that Serbonian bog Betwixt Damiata and mount Casius...