Paradise Lost: In Twelve Parts. Night Thoughts on Life, Death and Immortality, to which is Added, the Force of Religion |
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The heads and leaders thither haste where stood Their great Commander ;
Godlike shapes , and forms Excelling huinan ; princely Dignities ; And Powers
that erst in Heaven sat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heavenly
records now ...
The heads and leaders thither haste where stood Their great Commander ;
Godlike shapes , and forms Excelling huinan ; princely Dignities ; And Powers
that erst in Heaven sat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heavenly
records now ...
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Ingrate , he had of me All he could have ; I made him just and right , Sufficient to
have stood , though free to fall . Such I created all the ethereal Powers 100 And
Spirits , both them who stood , and them who fail'd ; Freely they stood who stood ...
Ingrate , he had of me All he could have ; I made him just and right , Sufficient to
have stood , though free to fall . Such I created all the ethereal Powers 100 And
Spirits , both them who stood , and them who fail'd ; Freely they stood who stood ...
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... 100 Idol of majesty divine , enclosed With flaming Cherubim , and golden
shields ; Then lighted from his gorgeous throne , for now " Twixt host and host but
narrow space was left , A dreadful interval , and front to front 105 Presented stood
in ...
... 100 Idol of majesty divine , enclosed With flaming Cherubim , and golden
shields ; Then lighted from his gorgeous throne , for now " Twixt host and host but
narrow space was left , A dreadful interval , and front to front 105 Presented stood
in ...
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At interview both stood 555 Awhile ; but suddenly at head appear'd Satan , and
thus was heard commanding loud : Vanguard , to right and left the front unfold ;
That all may see who hate us , how we seek Peace and composure , and with ...
At interview both stood 555 Awhile ; but suddenly at head appear'd Satan , and
thus was heard commanding loud : Vanguard , to right and left the front unfold ;
That all may see who hate us , how we seek Peace and composure , and with ...
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Stood scoffing , heighten'd in their thoughts beyond All doubt of victory : Eternal
Might 630 To match with their inventions they presumed So easy , and of his
thunder made a scorn , And all his host derided , while they stood Awhile in
trouble ...
Stood scoffing , heighten'd in their thoughts beyond All doubt of victory : Eternal
Might 630 To match with their inventions they presumed So easy , and of his
thunder made a scorn , And all his host derided , while they stood Awhile in
trouble ...
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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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