Read full poem →But when through all the infernal bounds,
Which flaming Phlegethon surrounds,
Dictionary Entry
An inhabitant of the infernal regions.
Origin
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Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “infernal”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →I have ridden ten miles through the dark,
With that music, an infernal din,
Pounding rhythmic inside me. Just Hark!
Read full poem →protestant plot, and to fire the city again, to which purpose he
held an infernal torch in his hand.
Read full poem →The flocking shadows pale
Troop to the infernal jail,
Each fettered ghost slips to his several grave,
Read full poem →Thou the first martyr for the common good
Long hid before, a vile infernal here
Prevents Achilles in his mid career
Read full poem →Some devil seize them in a hurry,
An’ waft them in th’ infernal wherry
Straught through the lake,
Read full poem →And wish, too late, for innocence and peace,
Curst, as the tyrant of th' infernal realms,
With gloomy state and agonizing pomp?
Read full poem →“Thy fatal summons I deny,
And thine infernal lord defy,
Appealing me to Him on high,
