The Works of John Milton, in Verse and Prose, Printed from the Original Editions with a Life of the Author, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1851 |
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... morning . Night coming on , Adam and Eve , difcourfe of going to thir reft : thir Bower defcrib'd ; thir Evening worship . Gabriel drawing forth his Bands of Night- watch to walk the round of Paradise , appoints two ARGUMENTS . XV Book.
... morning . Night coming on , Adam and Eve , difcourfe of going to thir reft : thir Bower defcrib'd ; thir Evening worship . Gabriel drawing forth his Bands of Night- watch to walk the round of Paradise , appoints two ARGUMENTS . XV Book.
Page xvi
... Morning Hymn at the Door of thir Bower . God to render Man inexcufable fends Raphael to admonish him of his obedience , of his free eftate , of his enemy near at hand ; who he is , and why his enemy , and whatever elfe may avail Adam to ...
... Morning Hymn at the Door of thir Bower . God to render Man inexcufable fends Raphael to admonish him of his obedience , of his free eftate , of his enemy near at hand ; who he is , and why his enemy , and whatever elfe may avail Adam to ...
Page xvii
... into the Serpent fleeping . Adam and Eve in the Morning go forth to thir labours , which Eve proposes to divide in several places , each labouring apart : Adam confents not , alledging the danger , left that ARGUMENTS . xvii Book Book Book.
... into the Serpent fleeping . Adam and Eve in the Morning go forth to thir labours , which Eve proposes to divide in several places , each labouring apart : Adam confents not , alledging the danger , left that ARGUMENTS . xvii Book Book Book.
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... Lee , while Night Invests the Sea , and wished Morn delayes : So stretcht out huge in length the Arch - fiend lay Chain'd on the burning Lake , nor ever thence 210 Had ris'n or heav'd his head , but that the Book 1 . 9 PARADISE LOST .
... Lee , while Night Invests the Sea , and wished Morn delayes : So stretcht out huge in length the Arch - fiend lay Chain'd on the burning Lake , nor ever thence 210 Had ris'n or heav'd his head , but that the Book 1 . 9 PARADISE LOST .
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... Morn To Noon he fell , from Noon to dewy Eve , A Summers day ; and with the setting Sun Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star , On Lemnos th ' Egaan Ile : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long before ...
... Morn To Noon he fell , from Noon to dewy Eve , A Summers day ; and with the setting Sun Dropt from the Zenith like a falling Star , On Lemnos th ' Egaan Ile : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long before ...
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Page 178 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the muse defend Her son.
Page 22 - Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge : cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather, Far other once beheld in bliss, condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain, Millions of spirits for his fault amerced...
Page 88 - 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, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King!
Page 185 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 10 - Is this the region, this the soil, the clime,' Said then the lost Archangel, ' this the seat That we must change for Heaven ? this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so, since he Who now is...
Page 124 - 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 205 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle,; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 308 - Dire was the tossing, deep the groans : Despair Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Page 5 - 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 42 - O Progeny of Heaven, Empyreal Thrones, With reason hath deep silence and demur Seized us, though undismayed : long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light...