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And chiefly Thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart
and pure , Instruct me , for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present , and
with mighty wings outspread 20 Dovelike sai'st brooding on the vast abyss , And
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And chiefly Thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart
and pure , Instruct me , for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present , and
with mighty wings outspread 20 Dovelike sai'st brooding on the vast abyss , And
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If thou be he ; but o , how fallen ! how changed From him , who , in the happy
realms of light , 85 Clothed with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads
though bright ! If he whom mutual league , United tloughts and counsels , equal ...
If thou be he ; but o , how fallen ! how changed From him , who , in the happy
realms of light , 85 Clothed with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads
though bright ! If he whom mutual league , United tloughts and counsels , equal ...
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The undaunted Fiend what this might be admired ; Admired , not fear'd ; God and
his Son except , Created thing nought valued he , nor shunn'd ; And with
disdainful look thus first began : 680 Whence and what art thou , execrable shape
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The undaunted Fiend what this might be admired ; Admired , not fear'd ; God and
his Son except , Created thing nought valued he , nor shunn'd ; And with
disdainful look thus first began : 680 Whence and what art thou , execrable shape
!
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She spake , and at her words the hellish Pest 735 Forbore ; then these to her
Satan return'd : So strange thy outcry , and thy words so strange Thou interposest
, that my sudden hand , Prevented , spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it
intends ...
She spake , and at her words the hellish Pest 735 Forbore ; then these to her
Satan return'd : So strange thy outcry , and thy words so strange Thou interposest
, that my sudden hand , Prevented , spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it
intends ...
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745 To whom thus the Portress of Hell - gate replied : Hast thou forgot me then ,
and do I seem : Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heaven , when
at the assembly , and in sight Of all the Seraphim with thee combined 750 In bold
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745 To whom thus the Portress of Hell - gate replied : Hast thou forgot me then ,
and do I seem : Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heaven , when
at the assembly , and in sight Of all the Seraphim with thee combined 750 In bold
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User Review - VivalaErin - LibraryThingThe shortest answer is: John Milton was a poetic genius. PL is so beautiful, you can't help but feel for Adam and Eve. Even Satan is a great character - he so wants to be an epic hero. This poem is a masterpiece, and he wrote it completely blind. Beautiful, absolutely amazing. Read full review
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User Review - StefanY - LibraryThingHistorical significance and beautifully descriptive prose aside, I couldn't get into this book at all. Maybe it's too much familiarity with the plot or the inevitability of the impending doom of the ... Read full review
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Adam Angels arms beast behold bliss bounds bright bring callid cloud created creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell Earth equal eternal evil eyes fair faith fall Father fear fell field fire flowers force fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath head heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill hope human judge King leave less light live look lost mind morn move nature never night once pain Paradise peace perhaps raised reason receive reign replied rest rise round Satan seat seek seem'd Serpent shape side sight sons soon sound spake Spirits stand stars stood sweet taste thee thence things thou thoughts throne till tree voice wide winds wings wonder
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Page 56 - 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 210 - 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 76 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 213 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of Nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 107 - 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. 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 3 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 81 - But rather to tell how, — if art could tell,— How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy...
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.
Page 11 - Over the burning marie, not like those steps On heaven's azure ; and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire.
Page 85 - Ah, gentle pair, ye little think how nigh Your change approaches, when all these delights Will vanish and deliver ye to woe, More woe, the more your taste is now of joy...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | T. Bedlington, 1826 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 294 pages |
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