...the scaly horror of his folded tail. XIX. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his...No nightly trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-ey'd priest from the prophetic cell. xx. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore,...

...unholy mysteries which constituted the system of heathen worship, at the birth of our Redeemer! — " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. " The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard and...

...is beautifully described by Milton in his magnificent hymn " On the Morning of Christ's Nativity." " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-ey'd Priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice...

...Milton, in his Hymn on " The Nativity," thus enlarges with inimitable beauty on the same subject:— " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No mighty trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. " The lonely...

...magnificent hymn " On the Morning of Christ's Nativity." " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Euns through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo...leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-ey'd Priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice...

...— No voice, nor hideous hum Sounds thro' the arched roof, with strains deceiving; Apollo, from hie shrine, Can no more divine. With hollow shriek, the steep of Delphos leaving. Bacon was anticipated, for induction was applied to physic — and the genius of Hippocrates stamped...

...he was convinced of this as a fact, than that he believed all the incidents in. his Paradise Lost. "The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs...breathed spell. Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard and loud...

...Milton, the noble christian poet, has mentioned the birth of Christ as fatal to this ancient delusion. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum, Runs...With 'hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No mighty trance, or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. Hymn on the...

...fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Huns through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo...No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-«yed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore, A voice...

...my hand:— " The Oracles are dumb; No voice or hideous hum Runi through the arched roof with word* deceiving ; Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine....the steep of Delphos leaving ; No nightly trance, or breathrd spell. Inspires the pale-eyed priest in his prophetic cell." A louder thunder has been heard...