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Page 43
Much I have heard Of thy prodigious might and feats perform'd Incredible to me ,
in this displeas'd , That I was never present on the place 1085 Of those
encounters , where we might have try'd Each other's force in camp or listed field ;
And now ...
Much I have heard Of thy prodigious might and feats perform'd Incredible to me ,
in this displeas'd , That I was never present on the place 1085 Of those
encounters , where we might have try'd Each other's force in camp or listed field ;
And now ...
Page 58
Of ruin indeed methought I heard the noise : Oh it continues , they have sain my
son . Cho . Thy son is rather slaying them , that outcry From slaughter of one foe
could not ascend . MAN . Some dismal accident it needs must be ; What shall we
...
Of ruin indeed methought I heard the noise : Oh it continues , they have sain my
son . Cho . Thy son is rather slaying them , that outcry From slaughter of one foe
could not ascend . MAN . Some dismal accident it needs must be ; What shall we
...
Page 122
... age might suffer peril , But that by quick command from sovran Jove I was
dispatch'd for their defense and guard ; And listen why , for I will tell you now
What never yet was heard in tale or song , From old or modern bard , in hall or
bower .
... age might suffer peril , But that by quick command from sovran Jove I was
dispatch'd for their defense and guard ; And listen why , for I will tell you now
What never yet was heard in tale or song , From old or modern bard , in hall or
bower .
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I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Syrens three , Amidst the flowery -
kirtled Naiades Culling their potent herbs , and baleful drugs , 255 Who as they
sung , would take the prison'd soul , And lap it in Elysium ; Scylla wept , And chid
her ...
I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Syrens three , Amidst the flowery -
kirtled Naiades Culling their potent herbs , and baleful drugs , 255 Who as they
sung , would take the prison'd soul , And lap it in Elysium ; Scylla wept , And chid
her ...
Page 191
15 Depart all ye that work iniquity , Depart from me , for the voice of my weeping
The Lord hath heard , the Lord hath heard my prayer , My fupplication with
acceptance fair The Lord will own , and have me in his keeping . Mine enemies
shall all ...
15 Depart all ye that work iniquity , Depart from me , for the voice of my weeping
The Lord hath heard , the Lord hath heard my prayer , My fupplication with
acceptance fair The Lord will own , and have me in his keeping . Mine enemies
shall all ...
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Page 80 - Whispering new joys to the mild ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. The stars, with deep amaze, Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious influence : And will not take their flight, For all the morning light, Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence ; But in their glimmering orbs did glow, Until their Lord himself bespake, and bid them go.
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets: Milton Volume 5 of The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Charles Bathurst |
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
| Contributors | H. Hughs, Charles Bathurst |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2006 |
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