The Works of the English Poets: MiltonH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... Should Ifrael from Philiftian yoke deliver ; Ask for this great deliverer now , and find him Eyelefs in Gaza at the mill with flaves , Himself in bonds under Philiftian yoke : Yet stay , let me not rafhly call in doubt Divine prediction ...
... Should Ifrael from Philiftian yoke deliver ; Ask for this great deliverer now , and find him Eyelefs in Gaza at the mill with flaves , Himself in bonds under Philiftian yoke : Yet stay , let me not rafhly call in doubt Divine prediction ...
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... should , at least , have pair'd , These two proportion'd ill drove me transverse . 205 210 215 220 CHO . Tax not divine disposal ; wisest men Have err'd , and by bad women been deceiv'd ; And shall again , pretend they ne'er so wife ...
... should , at least , have pair'd , These two proportion'd ill drove me transverse . 205 210 215 220 CHO . Tax not divine disposal ; wisest men Have err'd , and by bad women been deceiv'd ; And shall again , pretend they ne'er so wife ...
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... should I seek it ? When in strength All mortals I excell'd , and great in hopes With youthful courage and magnanimous thoughts Of birth from Heav'n foretold and high exploits , 525 Full of divine inftinct , after fome proof Of acts ...
... should I seek it ? When in strength All mortals I excell'd , and great in hopes With youthful courage and magnanimous thoughts Of birth from Heav'n foretold and high exploits , 525 Full of divine inftinct , after fome proof Of acts ...
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... should not : 780 Nor should't thou have trusted that to woman's frailty : Ere I to thee , thou to thyself wast cruel . · Let weakness then with weakness come to parle 785 So near related , or the fame of kind , Thine forgive mine ; that ...
... should not : 780 Nor should't thou have trusted that to woman's frailty : Ere I to thee , thou to thyself wast cruel . · Let weakness then with weakness come to parle 785 So near related , or the fame of kind , Thine forgive mine ; that ...
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... should still enjoy thee day and night Mine and love's prifoner , not the Philistines , Whole to myself , unhazarded abroad , Fearless at home of partners in my love . These reasons in love's law have past for good , Though fond and ...
... should still enjoy thee day and night Mine and love's prifoner , not the Philistines , Whole to myself , unhazarded abroad , Fearless at home of partners in my love . These reasons in love's law have past for good , Though fond and ...
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Page 82 - Whispering new joys to the mild ocean, Who now hath quite forgot to rave, While birds of calm sit brooding on the charmed wave. The stars, with deep amaze, Stand fix'd in steadfast gaze, Bending one way their precious influence : And will not take their flight, For all the morning light, Or Lucifer that often warn'd them thence ; But in their glimmering orbs did glow, Until their Lord himself bespake, and bid them go.
Page 65 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame, nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 183 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 180 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ; in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 109 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
Page 160 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appeared Under the opening eyelids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
Page 105 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 108 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song...
Page 11 - Let us not break in upon him. O change beyond report, thought, or belief!
Page 104 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...