Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical PrefacesJohn Aikin "The object of this work, which is entirely new, is to comprise, within a single volume, a chronological series of our classical poets, from Ben Johnson to Beattie, without mutilation or abridgment, with biographical and critical notices of their authors. The contents of this volume are so comprehensive, that few poems, it is believed, are omitted, except such as are of secondary merit, or unsuited to the perusal of youth" -- Page [i]. |
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... angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which action passed over , the poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his angels now falling into Hell ...
... angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which action passed over , the poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his angels now falling into Hell ...
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... angels ; by whose aid , aspiring To set himself in glory above his peers , He trusted to have equalled the Most High , If he oppos'd ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God , Rais'd impious war in Heaven , and ...
... angels ; by whose aid , aspiring To set himself in glory above his peers , He trusted to have equalled the Most High , If he oppos'd ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God , Rais'd impious war in Heaven , and ...
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... angel forms , who lay intranc'd Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa , where the Etrurian ... angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell , Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires , Till , as a ...
... angel forms , who lay intranc'd Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks In Vallombrosa , where the Etrurian ... angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell , Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires , Till , as a ...
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... angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air ... angels weep , burst forth at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out their way . " O myriads of immortal ...
... angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air ... angels weep , burst forth at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out their way . " O myriads of immortal ...
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... angels , guard by special grace . But now at last the sacred influence Of light appears , and from the walls of Heaven Shoots far into the bosom of dim Night A glimmering dawn : here Nature first begins Her farthest verge , and Chaos to ...
... angels , guard by special grace . But now at last the sacred influence Of light appears , and from the walls of Heaven Shoots far into the bosom of dim Night A glimmering dawn : here Nature first begins Her farthest verge , and Chaos to ...
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