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... virtue's fruitless lore , Behold this Theatre , and grieve no more . This night , distinguished by your smiles , shall tell , That never Britain can in vain excel ; The slighted arts futurity shall trust , BUT MILTON next , with high ...
... virtue's fruitless lore , Behold this Theatre , and grieve no more . This night , distinguished by your smiles , shall tell , That never Britain can in vain excel ; The slighted arts futurity shall trust , BUT MILTON next , with high ...
Page 37
... virtue answered mild , " Adam , I therefore came ; nor art thou such Created , or such place hast here to dwell , As may not oft invite , though spirits of Heaven , To visit thee : lead on then where thy bower O'ershades ; for these mid ...
... virtue answered mild , " Adam , I therefore came ; nor art thou such Created , or such place hast here to dwell , As may not oft invite , though spirits of Heaven , To visit thee : lead on then where thy bower O'ershades ; for these mid ...
Page 61
... virtue and the conscience of her worth , That would be wooed , and not unsought be won , Not obvious , not obstrusive , but retired , The more desirable ; or , to say all , Nature herself , though pure of sinful thought , Wrought in her ...
... virtue and the conscience of her worth , That would be wooed , and not unsought be won , Not obvious , not obstrusive , but retired , The more desirable ; or , to say all , Nature herself , though pure of sinful thought , Wrought in her ...
Page 63
... virtue , appears Productive in herb , plant , and nobler birth Of creatures animate with gradual life Of growth , sense , reason , all summed up in man . With what delight could I have walked thee round , If I could joy in aught , sweet ...
... virtue , appears Productive in herb , plant , and nobler birth Of creatures animate with gradual life Of growth , sense , reason , all summed up in man . With what delight could I have walked thee round , If I could joy in aught , sweet ...
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... virtue ; in thy sight More wise , more watchful , stronger , if need were Of outward strength ; while shame , thou looking on , Shame to be overcome or overreached , Would utmost vigour raise , and raised unite . Why should'st not thou ...
... virtue ; in thy sight More wise , more watchful , stronger , if need were Of outward strength ; while shame , thou looking on , Shame to be overcome or overreached , Would utmost vigour raise , and raised unite . Why should'st not thou ...
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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.