...fallen angels in hell — the unfurling of the standard of Satan — and the march of his troops " In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood " Of flutes and soft recorders" — all this human pomp and circumstance of war — is magic and overwhelming illusion. The imagination...

...and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array, Of depth immeasurable : anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such asrais'd 550 To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle, and instead of rage, Deliberate...

...and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable : Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and instead of rage Deliberate valour breathed,...

...and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array, Of depth immeasurable : anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To highth of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and, instead of rage, Deliberate valour breathed,...

...line, had considerably overstretched the Lacedaemonian left ; and, Of depth immeasurable. Anon they move, In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To highth of noblest temper heroes old, Arming to battel, and, instead of rage, Deliberate valor breathed,...

...restored lustre of their arms, and at having recovered their authority in the Peloponnesus. Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders, such as rais'd To height of noblest temper heroes old, Arming to battle ; and instead of rage, Deliberate valour...

...; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable: anon they rais'd To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and instead of rage Deliberate valour...

...full and strong in his imagination, when he wrote the following lines : (Par. Lost, b. 1.) " Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle : and, instead of rage, Delib'rate valour breathed,...

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...in mind in the following noble passage of his Paradise Loit,b. 1. Of depth immeasurable. Anon they move, In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To highth of noblest temper heroes old, Arming to battle, and, instead of rage, Deliberate valour breathed,...