The Works of the English Poets: MiltonSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... seem so perhaps to vulgar readers , that it rather is to be esteemed an example fet , the first in English , of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem , from the troublesome and modern bondage of rhyming . THE THE FIRST BOOK O F ...
... seem so perhaps to vulgar readers , that it rather is to be esteemed an example fet , the first in English , of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem , from the troublesome and modern bondage of rhyming . THE THE FIRST BOOK O F ...
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... seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now lefs than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount , or faery elves , Whofe midnight revels by a forest fide Or fountain ...
... seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now lefs than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount , or faery elves , Whofe midnight revels by a forest fide Or fountain ...
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... seem`d For dignity compos'd and high exploit : But all was falfe and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt Manna , and could make the worse appear The The better reafon , to perplex and dafh Matureft counfels 38 Book II : PARADISE LOST.
... seem`d For dignity compos'd and high exploit : But all was falfe and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt Manna , and could make the worse appear The The better reafon , to perplex and dafh Matureft counfels 38 Book II : PARADISE LOST.
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... seem to caft Ominous conjecture on the whole fuccefs ; When he who moft excels in fact of arms , In what he counsels and in what excels Mistrustful , grounds his courage on defpair . And utter diffolution , as the fcope Of all his aim ...
... seem to caft Ominous conjecture on the whole fuccefs ; When he who moft excels in fact of arms , In what he counsels and in what excels Mistrustful , grounds his courage on defpair . And utter diffolution , as the fcope Of all his aim ...
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... seem Now in thine eye fo foul ? once deem'd fo fair In Heav'n , when at th ' affembly , and in fight Of all the Seraphim with thee combin'd In bold confpiracy against Heav'n's king , All on a sudden miferable pain Surpris'd thee , dim ...
... seem Now in thine eye fo foul ? once deem'd fo fair In Heav'n , when at th ' affembly , and in fight Of all the Seraphim with thee combin'd In bold confpiracy against Heav'n's king , All on a sudden miferable pain Surpris'd thee , dim ...
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Page 9 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Page 204 - Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
Page 3 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 113 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 54 - 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 ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 54 - 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 12 - They heard, and were abashed, 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. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed Innumerable.
Page 113 - Air, and ye Elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise.
Page 53 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Page 111 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...