blaze of glory
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
blaze of glory (plural blazes of glory)
- An impressive but brief display of strength before expiring, in the way that a fire burns more brightly shortly before burning out.
- 1718, Alexander Pope, trans., Homer, The Iliad, Book XVII, line 240.
- A blaze of glory ere thou fad'st away.
- 1718, Alexander Pope, trans., Homer, The Iliad, Book XVII, line 240.
- A sight, usually associated with a deity, that is forbidden or that is too glorious to behold.
- 1686, John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther:
- Thy throne is darkness in the abyss of light,/A blaze of glory that forbids the sight.