Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions |
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400 Our Saviour meek and with untroubled mind After his aery jaunt , though
hurried sore , Hungry and cold betook him to his rest , Wherever , under some
concourse of shades , 404 Whose branching arms thick interwin ' dmightshield
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400 Our Saviour meek and with untroubled mind After his aery jaunt , though
hurried sore , Hungry and cold betook him to his rest , Wherever , under some
concourse of shades , 404 Whose branching arms thick interwin ' dmightshield
From ...
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... From Eshtaol and Zora ' s fruitful vale 181 To visit or bewail thee , or if better ,
Counsel or confolation we may bring , Salve to thy sores ; apt words have pow ' r
to swage The tumors of a troubled mind , And are as balm to fester ' d wounds .
... From Eshtaol and Zora ' s fruitful vale 181 To visit or bewail thee , or if better ,
Counsel or confolation we may bring , Salve to thy sores ; apt words have pow ' r
to swage The tumors of a troubled mind , And are as balm to fester ' d wounds .
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1755 His uncontrollable intent ; His servants he with new , acquist Of true
experience from this great event With peace and consolation hath dismist , And
calm of mind all passion spent . Τ Η Ε Ε Ν D . P 0 E M s Ο Ν SEVERAL
OCCASIONS ...
1755 His uncontrollable intent ; His servants he with new , acquist Of true
experience from this great event With peace and consolation hath dismist , And
calm of mind all passion spent . Τ Η Ε Ε Ν D . P 0 E M s Ο Ν SEVERAL
OCCASIONS ...
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... it not better done as others use , . To sport with Amaryllis in the shade , Or with
the tangles of Neæra ' s hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spi ' rit doth raise 70
( That last infirmity of noble mind ) To scorn delights , and live laborious days ...
... it not better done as others use , . To sport with Amaryllis in the shade , Or with
the tangles of Neæra ' s hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spi ' rit doth raise 70
( That last infirmity of noble mind ) To scorn delights , and live laborious days ...
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And all as one in mind Themselves against thee they unite , And in firm union
bind . 6 The tents of Edom and the brood Of scornful Ishmael , Moab , with them
of Hagar ' s blood , That in the desert dwell , 7 Gebal and Ammon there conspire
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And all as one in mind Themselves against thee they unite , And in firm union
bind . 6 The tents of Edom and the brood Of scornful Ishmael , Moab , with them
of Hagar ' s blood , That in the desert dwell , 7 Gebal and Ammon there conspire
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Page 198 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 164 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 171 - The Babe lies yet in smiling infancy, That on the bitter cross Must redeem our loss; So both Himself and us to glorify...
Page 262 - Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
Page 190 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Page 251 - The air was calm, and on the level brine Sleek Panope with all her sisters played. It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark, That sunk so low that sacred head of thine.
Page 248 - Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear, Compels me to disturb your season due : For Lycidas* is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ? He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
Page 194 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak.
Page 191 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 248 - Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.
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| Title | Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions |
| Author | John Milton |
| Editor | Thomas Newton |
| Publisher | J. Baskerville, 1759 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 25 Aug 2006 |
| Length | 390 pages |
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