...round, As one great furnace flam'd ; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow,...had prepar'd For those rebellious; here their prison ordaiu'd In utter darkness, and their portion set As far remov'd from God and light of Heaven, As from...

...; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights of wo, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And...to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed ! Such place eternal justice had prepar'd For...

...round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow,...never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all." The most eminent example of despair among human beings, was that which was exhibited at the deluge....

...Hcsiod. Theogon. 720. Tooerov tvtpQ' viro yrjç, öffov owpavóc lar aira yaiijc- Paradise Lost, B. 1. " Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And...sulphur unconsum'd: Such place eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious: here their prison ordained In utter darkness, and their portion set...

...who were all doomed to languish in that scene of horror, so finely described by our sublime poet : " Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace, And...without end, Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever burning sulphur, unconsum'd !" In process of time, at the intercession of the faithful angels,...

...; yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights ofwoe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And...can never dwell , hope never comes That comes to all , etc. « Il promène de tous côtés ses tristes yeux, dans « lesquels sont peints le désespoir...

...sloped precipitously beneath our feet, to contemplate this hideous yet sublime spectacle—these " Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And...never dwell: hope never comes, That comes to all." It required no stretch of imagination to conceive this mysterious gulf the " bottomless perdition"...

...present remonstrances of conscience, they dropped into an abyss from whence there is no return : — " Regions of sorrow ! doleful shades ! where peace And...never dwell! — hope never comes That comes to all — As far remov'd from God, and light of heaven, As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole V This,...

...eternity embrace, And perfect MIND a perfect GOD adores. * See Note. A VISION OF HELL. A FRAGMENT. " Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end." MILTON. MEMORANDUM. As it has been said that in " The Vision of Hell " I have drawn the portraits of...

...dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flam'd; yet from those flames No light, hut rather darkness visible Serv'd only to discover sights...woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace 65 And rest can never dwell; hope never comes That comes to all: but torture without end Still urges,...