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... o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night , and darkened all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad angels seen , Hovering on wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a ...
... o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night , and darkened all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad angels seen , Hovering on wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a ...
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... o'er the Celtic roamed the utmost isles . All these and more came flocking ; but with looks Downcast and damp ; yet such wherein appeared Obscure some glimpse of joy , to have found their chief Not in despair , to have found themselves ...
... o'er the Celtic roamed the utmost isles . All these and more came flocking ; but with looks Downcast and damp ; yet such wherein appeared Obscure some glimpse of joy , to have found their chief Not in despair , to have found themselves ...
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... o'er hill or moory dale , Pursues the Arimaspian , who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold : so eagerly the fiend Made head against Heaven's King , though over- thrown . I saw and heard ; for such a ...
... o'er hill or moory dale , Pursues the Arimaspian , who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold : so eagerly the fiend Made head against Heaven's King , though over- thrown . I saw and heard ; for such a ...
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... o'er the backside of the world far off Into a limbo large and broad , since called The Paradise of fools , to few unknown Long after , now unpeopled , and untrod . All this dark globe the fiend found as he passed , And long he wandered ...
... o'er the backside of the world far off Into a limbo large and broad , since called The Paradise of fools , to few unknown Long after , now unpeopled , and untrod . All this dark globe the fiend found as he passed , And long he wandered ...
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... o'er hill , o'er dale , his roam . Meanwhile in utmost longitude , where Heaven With earth and ocean meets , the setting sun Slowly descended , and with right aspect Against the eastern gate of Paradise Levelled his evening rays : it ...
... o'er hill , o'er dale , his roam . Meanwhile in utmost longitude , where Heaven With earth and ocean meets , the setting sun Slowly descended , and with right aspect Against the eastern gate of Paradise Levelled his evening rays : it ...
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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.