...sworn To adore the conqueror — who now beholds Cherub and Seraph rolling in the flood, With scattered arms and ensigns — till anon His swift pursuers...this gulf? — Awake ! arise! or be for ever fallen." 330 They heard and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men wont to watch, On duty...

...plead ; Thus on till wisdom is pushed out of life. They heard and were abash'd, and up they sprang Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch, On duty...dread. Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. — Milton. ' Four heroic lines rhyming alternately are called the ' Elegiac Stanza,' being the measure...

...To adore the Conqueror, who now beholds " Cherub and Seraph rolling in the flood, " With scattered arms and ensigns; till anon " His swift pursuers from...this gulf? "Awake! arise! or be for ever fallen?" 330 They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men, wont to watch, On...

...sworn To adore the conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and Seraph rolling in the flood With scattered arms and ensigns, till anon His swift pursuers from...of this gulf? Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen I " 330 They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On...

...the flood With scatter'd arms and ensigns, till anon His swift pursuers from Heav'n-gates discern Th' was visible in all the lines of my countenance. My...spirits flagged. I had perpetually a dread of some fall'n!" 330 They heard, and were abasht, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch...

...Flood With scatter 'd Arms and Ensigns, till anon His swift pursuers from Heav'n Gates discern Th' advantage, and descending tread us down Thus drooping,...bottom of this Gulf. Awake, arise, or be for ever fall'n. They heard, and were abasht, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On...

...who now beholds Cherub and Seraph rolling in the flood With scattered arms and ensigns, till anon 325 ll us, and catching breath by good luck, like dogs...longinquity, staggers the heart, ages the very heart of forever fallen !" 330 They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont...

...Transfix us to the bottom of this Gulfe. Awake, arise, or be for everfall'n. They heard, and were abasht, and up they Sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont...duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and beslir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they notperceave the evil plight In which they were, or the...

...who now beholds Cherub and Seraph rowling in the flood With scattered arma and ensigns, till anon 325 N N O O N 330 They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch, On duty...

...sworn To adore the Conqueror, who now beholds Cherub and Seraph rowling in the flood With scattered arms and ensigns, till anon His swift pursuers from...this gulf? — Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen !" 1 In other poems, the motor tendency is very slight, as in Wordsworth's A Slumber did my Spirit...