 | 1864 - 868 psl.
...Christ. In his song of the Nativity, he sings — "The oracles arc dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof, in words deceiving : Apollo...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell." If this be true, it is also certain that one possessed of a spirit of Python lived and practised divination... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 570 psl.
...Saviour, in his ode: " Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the sleep of Dclphos leaving; No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell:" which Dr. Newton calls an allowable allusion in a young poet, while Warton defends and praises it in... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1820 - 570 psl.
...Saviour, in his ode: " Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the sleep of Dclphos leaving; No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell:" which Dr. Newton calls an allowable allusion in a young poet, while Warton defends and praises it in... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 272 psl.
...through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With.hollo w shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance,...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell . VOL. III. M The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard and loud... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 psl.
...fail, Swinges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving : Apollo...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic cell. The lonely mountains o'er, And the resounding shore, A voice of weeping heard and lond lament ; From... | |
 | Harriet Morton (author of Protestant vigils.) - 1829 - 626 psl.
...dumb ; No voice or hideous hum Runs thro' the arched roof in words deceiving; Apollo from his shrine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving, No...Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic celL" Diocletian, in his rage, ordered all in his palace to sacrifice to the Gods, and all soldiers in all... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1830 - 372 psl.
...pretended deities on the eve of the blessed Nativity. " The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving; Apollo...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 lament ; From... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 180 psl.
...Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving : No nighly trance or breathed spell, Inspires the pale-eyed Priest from the prophetic cell. Hymn on the Nativity. ' In his oracle to Augustus. opinion, and endeavour to write the history of their... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - 1832 - 378 psl.
...fail, Swindges the scaly horror of his folded tail. The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo...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 lament, From... | |
 | Samuel Lorenzo Knapp - 1832 - 312 psl.
...believed all the incidents in his Paradise Lost. "The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo...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 lament ; From... | |
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The oracles are dumb, No voice or hideous hum Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. Apollo from his shrine Can no more divine, With hollow shriek the steep of Delphos leaving. No nightly trance or breathed spell Inspires the pale-eyed priest... 
