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70 And , “ O fair plant , ” said he , “ with fruit surcharged , Deigns none to ease thy
load , and taste thy sweet , Nor God , nor Man ? Is knowledge so despised ? 60
Or envy , or what reserve forbids to taste ? Forbid who will , none shall from me ...
70 And , “ O fair plant , ” said he , “ with fruit surcharged , Deigns none to ease thy
load , and taste thy sweet , Nor God , nor Man ? Is knowledge so despised ? 60
Or envy , or what reserve forbids to taste ? Forbid who will , none shall from me ...
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... 310 And fruit - tree yielding fruit after her kind , Whose seed is in herself upon
the Earth . He scarce had said , when the bare Earth , till then Desert and bare ,
unsightly , unadorn'd , Brought forth the tender grass , whose verdure clad 315
Her ...
... 310 And fruit - tree yielding fruit after her kind , Whose seed is in herself upon
the Earth . He scarce had said , when the bare Earth , till then Desert and bare ,
unsightly , unadorn'd , Brought forth the tender grass , whose verdure clad 315
Her ...
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To satisfy the sharp desire I had Of tasting those fair apples , I resolved Not to
defer ; hunger and thirst at once , 585 Powerful persuaders , quickend at the
scent Of that alluring fruit , urged me so keen . About the mossy trunk I wound me
soon ...
To satisfy the sharp desire I had Of tasting those fair apples , I resolved Not to
defer ; hunger and thirst at once , 585 Powerful persuaders , quickend at the
scent Of that alluring fruit , urged me so keen . About the mossy trunk I wound me
soon ...
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To whom the Tempter guilefully replied : Indeed ! hath God then said that of the
fruit 655 Of all these garden - trees ye shall not eat , Yet Lords declared of all in
earth or air ? To whom thus Eve , yet sinless · Of the fruit Of each tree in the
garden ...
To whom the Tempter guilefully replied : Indeed ! hath God then said that of the
fruit 655 Of all these garden - trees ye shall not eat , Yet Lords declared of all in
earth or air ? To whom thus Eve , yet sinless · Of the fruit Of each tree in the
garden ...
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Here grows the cure of all , this fruit divine , 775 Fair to the eye , inviting to the
taste , Of virtue to make wise : What hinders then To reach , and feed at once both
body and mind ? So saying , her rash hand in evil hour Forth reachiag to the fruit
...
Here grows the cure of all , this fruit divine , 775 Fair to the eye , inviting to the
taste , Of virtue to make wise : What hinders then To reach , and feed at once both
body and mind ? So saying , her rash hand in evil hour Forth reachiag to the fruit
...
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Page 92 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 55 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 290 - Henceforth, I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 82 - Imbrown'd the noontide bowers : Thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view ; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm. Others whose fruit, burnish'd with golden rind, Hung amiable, Hesperian fables true, If true, here only, and of delicious taste...
Page 6 - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire ; that were low indeed, That were an ignominy...
Page 25 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 57 - He and his faithless progeny. Whose fault ? Whose but his own ? Ingrate, he had of me All he could have ; I made him just and right, Sufficient to have stood, though free to fall.
Page 9 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream: Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 105 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 50 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
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| Title | Paradise Lost: In Twelve Parts. Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality, to which is Added, the Force of Religion |
| Authors | John Milton, Edward Young |
| Publisher | Phillips & Sampson, 1848 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 6 Nov 2007 |
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