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Page vii
... share . Thou hast not miss'd one thought that could be fit , And all that was improper dost omit : So that no room is here for writers left , But to detect their ignorance , or theft . That majesty which through thy work doth reign , Draws.
... share . Thou hast not miss'd one thought that could be fit , And all that was improper dost omit : So that no room is here for writers left , But to detect their ignorance , or theft . That majesty which through thy work doth reign , Draws.
Page viii
... reign , Draws the devout , deterring the profane : And things divine thou treat'st of in such state , As them preserves , and the inviolate . At once delight and horror on us seize , Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And ...
... reign , Draws the devout , deterring the profane : And things divine thou treat'st of in such state , As them preserves , and the inviolate . At once delight and horror on us seize , Thou sing'st with so much gravity and ease ; And ...
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... And to the fierce contention brought along Innumerable force of Spirits arm'd , 100 That durst dislike his reign , and me preferring , His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battle Book I. 5 PARADISE LOST .
... And to the fierce contention brought along Innumerable force of Spirits arm'd , 100 That durst dislike his reign , and me preferring , His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battle Book I. 5 PARADISE LOST .
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... reign can dispose and bid What shall be right : farthest from him is best , Whom reason hath equall'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell , happy fields , 250 Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrors ; hail ...
... reign can dispose and bid What shall be right : farthest from him is best , Whom reason hath equall'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell , happy fields , 250 Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrors ; hail ...
Page 10
... reign secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition , though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends , Th ' associates and copartners of our loss , Lie thus astonish ...
... reign secure ; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition , though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we then our faithful friends , Th ' associates and copartners of our loss , Lie thus astonish ...
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Adam Almighty Angel answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms beast behold bliss BOOK bright burning lake call'd celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures Cusco dark days of Heaven death deep delight divine dreadful dwell eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire fix'd form'd fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah mix'd morn night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace plac'd pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thought throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings Zephon
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Page 60 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 221 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 162 - To hoarse or mute, though fallen on evil days, On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compassed round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east : still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few.
Page 82 - I sdein'd subjection, and thought one step higher Would set me highest, and in a moment quit The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burdensome still paying, still to owe...
Page 116 - Six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine: the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipt in heaven; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured grain.
Page 21 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
Page 12 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 111 - All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private Cell when Nature rests.
Page 13 - They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake.
Page 113 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.