...the small threads of light we. seem to catch beyond them is only " Darkness visible,. That serves but to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful...never dwell, hope never comes, That comes to all." MILTON. ** Metaphysicians say, Reason knows no guide, submits to no fashion, never asks what others...

...sentence, will instantly drag those forsaken of God into their own place of torment ! Into those " Regions of sorrow, doleful shades; where peace And rest can never dwell I Hope never comes, That comes to all," all the children of men who are on this side eternity. But...

...crimes in that doleful region where darkness and woe perpetual dwell; that gloomy kingdom where • hope never comes,, That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsum'd, Such place eternal justice has prepared....

...Even when treaties had suspended public war, well might the litigated confines deplore their lot, as Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell. It is with religious associations as it is with empires. The jarring parties in matters of faith are...

...For instance of this, take the description of hell in Miltoii's admirable poem, called Paradise lost. Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace ' And...comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges ; aud a fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsum'd." But in this sort of verse the metre...

...rounil As one great furnace flam'd ; yet from thuse flame* No light, but rather darkness visible ServM only to discover sights of woe ; Regions of sorrow,...And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That nomes to all : Out torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge fed With ever-burning- sulphur...

...A§ one great furnace flam'it ; yet from those Manic s No light, but rather darkness visible t Serv'd only to discover sights of 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,...

...Therefore through hopeless ages thou must suffer, "Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace 105 "And rest can never dwell; hope never comes •'That comes to all; hut torture without end" Let him who've pity and compassion, warn His erring fellow creatures lovingly;...

...cottages of clay ? May it not suffice to know, that the happiness we expect will be on all parts Serv'd only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow,...peace And rest can never dwell : hope never comes That cornea to all; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge fed With etcr burning sulphur...

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