...the Most High. Observe the hosts, still angelic, as they march at his bidding ! — ' 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,...

...move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood 550 Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as rais'd To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle, and instead of rage Delib'rate valour breath'd, firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat ; 555 Nor...

...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,...

...move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood 55* 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 breath'd, firm and unmov'd With dread of death to flight or foul retreat ; 555 Nor wanting pow'r to...

...the fallen angels in hull— 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...

...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 rais'd To height of nohleat temper heroes old Arming to battle; and, instead of rage, Deliberate valor...

...move | In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood Of lintes and soft recorder ; such as rairit To heights of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and instead of rage Deliberate valour breath'd, firm and nnmov'i With dread of death to flight or fowl retreat; Nor wanting pow'r to mitigate...

...recorder is a wind-instrument of a soft and melancholy sound. Milton makes the infernal spirits march on In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes, and soft recorders ; vaicb, says he, had the effect - to mitigate and swage With solemn touches, troubled thoughts, and...

...to mind the noble passage in Milton, who, after he has arrayed his fallen Seraphs, makes them move " In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood " Of flutes, and soft recorders." * The Siciliana movement is also of a very rhythmical kind; yet, when executed with taste and tenderness,...

...to mind the noble passage in Milton, who, after he has arrayed his fallen Seraphs, makes them move " In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood " Of flutes, and soft recorders." * The Siciliana movement is also of a very rhythmical kind; yet, when executed with taste and tenderness,...