The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes and a Life of the AuthorHilliard, Gray, and Company, 1839 |
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... Happy had it been for Cowley's fame , had he not early wandered away from the instructor of his youth ; and left , for Epic and Pindaric flights , that which even now delights , and must for ever please - his moral song , the voice of ...
... Happy had it been for Cowley's fame , had he not early wandered away from the instructor of his youth ; and left , for Epic and Pindaric flights , that which even now delights , and must for ever please - his moral song , the voice of ...
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... happy recon- ciliation with the offending and discarded wife . He went sometimes to visit a relation who lived in the lane of St. Martin's - le - grand , and at one of these visits he was sur- prised to see his wife come from an inner ...
... happy recon- ciliation with the offending and discarded wife . He went sometimes to visit a relation who lived in the lane of St. Martin's - le - grand , and at one of these visits he was sur- prised to see his wife come from an inner ...
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... happy state , Favour'd of heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduc'd them to that foul revolt ? Th ' infernal serpent ; he it was ...
... happy state , Favour'd of heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduc'd them to that foul revolt ? Th ' infernal serpent ; he it was ...
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... happy realms of light , Cloath'd with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads , though bright ! If he , whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels , equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprize , Join'd with me once ...
... happy realms of light , Cloath'd with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads , though bright ! If he , whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels , equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprize , Join'd with me once ...
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... happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our conqueror , ( whom I now Of force believe almighty , since no less 01 135 140 Than such could have o'erpower'd such force as ours , ) Have left us this our spirit and ...
... happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our conqueror , ( whom I now Of force believe almighty , since no less 01 135 140 Than such could have o'erpower'd such force as ours , ) Have left us this our spirit and ...
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Page 137 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild: then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 14 - Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine, Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Page 82 - 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 159 - 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 31 - Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold.
Page 61 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Page 159 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair: 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.
Page 122 - For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. For the man is not of the woman; but the woman of the man. Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man.
Page 9 - And reassembling our afflicted powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our enemy, our own loss how repair, How overcome this dire calamity, What reinforcement we may gain from hope, 190 If not what resolution from despair.
Page 29 - There went a fame in heaven that he, ere long, Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the sons of heaven : Thither, if but to pry, shall be, perhaps...