The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and CollinsJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - English poetry |
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... eternal throne with dire alarms , And sets th ' Almighty Thunderer in arms ! Whate'er his pen describes I more than see , Whilst every verse array'd in majesty , Bold and sublime , my whole attention draws , And seems above the critic's ...
... eternal throne with dire alarms , And sets th ' Almighty Thunderer in arms ! Whate'er his pen describes I more than see , Whilst every verse array'd in majesty , Bold and sublime , my whole attention draws , And seems above the critic's ...
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... eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . This first book proposes , first in brief , the whole subject , man's disobedience , and the loss thereupon of Paradise where - Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread ...
... eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . This first book proposes , first in brief , the whole subject , man's disobedience , and the loss thereupon of Paradise where - Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread ...
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... eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ordained In utter darkness , and their portion set As far removed from God and light of heav'n , As from the centre thrice to th ' utmost pole . O how unlike the ...
... eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ordained In utter darkness , and their portion set As far removed from God and light of heav'n , As from the centre thrice to th ' utmost pole . O how unlike the ...
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... Eternal spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To slumber here , as in the vales of heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn T'adore the conqueror ...
... Eternal spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To slumber here , as in the vales of heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn T'adore the conqueror ...
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... eternal splendours flung For his revolt , yet faithful how they stood , Their glory withered : as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks , or mountain pines , With singed top their stately growth , though bare Stands on the ...
... eternal splendours flung For his revolt , yet faithful how they stood , Their glory withered : as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks , or mountain pines , With singed top their stately growth , though bare Stands on the ...
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