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Page xxxi
... wings of ecstasy ; The secrets of th ' abyss to spy , He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne , the sapphire blaze , Where angels tremble while they gaze , He saw ; but , blasted with excess of light , Closed ...
... wings of ecstasy ; The secrets of th ' abyss to spy , He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne , the sapphire blaze , Where angels tremble while they gaze , He saw ; but , blasted with excess of light , Closed ...
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... Sagacious reader of the works of God , And in his word sagacious . Such too , thine , MILTON , whose genius had angelic wings , And fed on manna.- BOOK I. - THE ARGUMENT . This first book proposes ххлі ENCOMIUMS UPON MILTON .
... Sagacious reader of the works of God , And in his word sagacious . Such too , thine , MILTON , whose genius had angelic wings , And fed on manna.- BOOK I. - THE ARGUMENT . This first book proposes ххлі ENCOMIUMS UPON MILTON .
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... wings outspread , Dove - like , sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence , And ...
... wings outspread , Dove - like , sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence , And ...
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... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the ... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights ...
... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the ... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights ...
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... wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a signal given , th ' uplifted spear Of their great sultan waving to direct Their course , in even balance down they light On the firm brimstone ...
... wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a signal given , th ' uplifted spear Of their great sultan waving to direct Their course , in even balance down they light On the firm brimstone ...
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Adam Andrew Marvel angels archangel arms art thou behold blessed bliss breast charms cherubim clouds dark death deep delight divine Don Carlos dread dwell earth eternal eyes fair fame fate father fear fire flame fruit glorious glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heart Heaven hell honour hope human immortal John Milton King labour light live Lord Lorenzo lost Lycidas mankind Messiah Milton mind mortal Muse nature Nature's night numbers o'er pain Paradise Paradise Lost peace Pindar praise pride proud rage reign rise round sacred Salmasius Satan shade shalt shine sight skies Smectymnuus smile Son of God song soon soul spake spirits stars stood sweet taste tempest thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought throne thunder thyself truth virtue whence wings wisdom wise wonder
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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.