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Page xxii
... hast said much of Paradise classic ; and the Paradise Lost is generally esteem- Lost , but what hast thou to say of Paradise ed the noblest and most sublime of modern poems , Found ? He made me no answer , but sat some and equal at ...
... hast said much of Paradise classic ; and the Paradise Lost is generally esteem- Lost , but what hast thou to say of Paradise ed the noblest and most sublime of modern poems , Found ? He made me no answer , but sat some and equal at ...
Page xxx
... hast not missed one thought that could be fit , And all that was improper dost omit : So that no room is here for writers left , But to detect their ignorance or theft . That majesty , which through thy work doth reign , Draws the ...
... hast not missed one thought that could be fit , And all that was improper dost omit : So that no room is here for writers left , But to detect their ignorance or theft . That majesty , which through thy work doth reign , Draws the ...
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... hast made ? So should thy goodness and thy greatness both Be questioned and blasphemed without defence . " To whom the great Creator thus replied , " O Son , in whom my soul hath chief delight , Son of my bosom , Son who art alone My ...
... hast made ? So should thy goodness and thy greatness both Be questioned and blasphemed without defence . " To whom the great Creator thus replied , " O Son , in whom my soul hath chief delight , Son of my bosom , Son who art alone My ...
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... hast given me to possess Life in myself for ever : by thee I live , Shall satisfy for man , be judged and die , And dying rise , and rising with him raise His brethren , ransomed with his own dear life . So heavenly love shall outdo ...
... hast given me to possess Life in myself for ever : by thee I live , Shall satisfy for man , be judged and die , And dying rise , and rising with him raise His brethren , ransomed with his own dear life . So heavenly love shall outdo ...
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... hast , though throned in highest bliss Equal to God , and equally enjoying Godlike fruition , quitted all to save A world from utter loss , and hast been found By merit more than birthright Son of God , Found worthiest to be so by being ...
... hast , though throned in highest bliss Equal to God , and equally enjoying Godlike fruition , quitted all to save A world from utter loss , and hast been found By merit more than birthright Son of God , Found worthiest to be so by being ...
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Page 10 - Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottomed, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt ! — So both ascend In the visions of God — B.