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-- THE REIGN OF TERROR.
Orrida maesta nei fero aspetto Terrore accresce, e piu superbo il rende; Rosseggian gli occhi, e di veneno infetto Come infausta cometa, il guardo splende, Gil involve il mento, e sull 'irsuto petto Ispida efoita la gran barbe scende; E IN GUISA DE VORAGINE PROFONDA SAPRE LA BOCCA A'ATRO SANGUE IMMONDA.
(Ger.Lib., Cant.iv.

7.) A horrible majesty in the fierce aspect increases it terror, and renders it more superb.

Red glow the eyes, and the aspect infected, like a baleful comet, with envenomed influences, glares around.

A vast beard covers the chin--and, rough and thick, descends over the shaggy breast .-- And like a profound gulf expand the jaws, foul with black gore..