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... Never did wrong or violence ; by them I lost not what I lost , rather by them I gain'd what I have gain'd , and with them dwell , Copartner in these regions of the world , If not disposer ; lend them oft my aid , Oft my advice by ...
... Never did wrong or violence ; by them I lost not what I lost , rather by them I gain'd what I have gain'd , and with them dwell , Copartner in these regions of the world , If not disposer ; lend them oft my aid , Oft my advice by ...
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... never more in Hell than when in Heaven . But thou art serviceable to Heaven's King . Wilt thou impute to obedience what thy fear Extorts , or pleasure to do ill excites ? What but thy malice moved thee to misdeem Of righteous Job , then ...
... never more in Hell than when in Heaven . But thou art serviceable to Heaven's King . Wilt thou impute to obedience what thy fear Extorts , or pleasure to do ill excites ? What but thy malice moved thee to misdeem Of righteous Job , then ...
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... never end , so , when begin , The Father in his purpose hath decreed ; He , in whose hand all times and seasons roll . What if he hath decreed that I shall first Be tried in humble state , and things adverse , By tribulations , injuries ...
... never end , so , when begin , The Father in his purpose hath decreed ; He , in whose hand all times and seasons roll . What if he hath decreed that I shall first Be tried in humble state , and things adverse , By tribulations , injuries ...
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... , To what end I have brought thee hither , and shown All this fair sight : Thy kingdom , though foretold By Prophet or by Angel , unless thou Endeavour , as thy father David did , Thou never D 2 PARADISE REGAINED . 323-352 .
... , To what end I have brought thee hither , and shown All this fair sight : Thy kingdom , though foretold By Prophet or by Angel , unless thou Endeavour , as thy father David did , Thou never D 2 PARADISE REGAINED . 323-352 .
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... never shalt obtain ; prediction still In all things , and all men , supposes means ; Without means used , what it predicts revokes . But say thou wert possess'd of David's throne , By free consent of all , none opposite , Samaritan or ...
... never shalt obtain ; prediction still In all things , and all men , supposes means ; Without means used , what it predicts revokes . But say thou wert possess'd of David's throne , By free consent of all , none opposite , Samaritan or ...
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Angels arms aught behold breast brought call'd canst captive charms Comus Ctesiphon Dagon dark David's throne death deeds delight deliverance desert divine dread durst earth enemies eyes fair fame fear feast foes foretold friends Gath glory Gods hand hath head hear heard Heaven highth holy honour hope hunger Israel Jephtha Jesus JOHN SHARPE join'd king kingdom Lady Locrine Lord lost Manoah mayst mind mortal Nazarite never nigh night numbers Nymphs o'er offer'd PARADISE REGAINED Parthian Philistines praise Prophet reign replied return'd RICHARD WESTALL river Jordan Sabrina fair Samson SAMSON AGONISTES Satan Saviour seek shades shame Shepherd shouldst snares Son of God song soon spake Spirit stood strength sung sweet Tempter thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thy father thyself Timna vex'd virgin virtue wild wilderness wilt wouldst
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Page 3 - Yet some there be that, by due steps, aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of eternity. To such my errand is...
Page 6 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream ; And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole ; Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 16 - Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.
Page 4 - Imperial rule of all the sea-girt isles That, like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep...
Page 16 - He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 30 - Impostor ! do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance. She, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare Temperance.
Page 34 - By hoary Nereus' wrinkled look, And the Carpathian wizard's hook ; By scaly Triton's winding shell, And old soothsaying Glaucus' spell ; By Leucothea's lovely hands, And her son that rules the strands ; By Thetis...
Page 10 - Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars That Nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps With everlasting oil to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller?
Page 2 - Think not but that I know these things, or think I know them not ; not therefore am I short Of knowing what I ought : he, who receives Light from above, from the Fountain of Light, No other doctrine needs, though granted true ; 290 But these are false, or little else but dreams, Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm.
Page 10 - What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.