The Poetical Works of Milton, Young, Gray, Beattie, and CollinsJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1859 - English poetry |
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... wings of ecstasy ; The secrets of th ' abyss to spy , He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and tim The living throne , the sapphire blaze , Where angels tremble while they gaze , He saw ; but , blasted with excess of light Closed his ...
... wings of ecstasy ; The secrets of th ' abyss to spy , He pass'd the flaming bounds of place and tim The living throne , the sapphire blaze , Where angels tremble while they gaze , He saw ; but , blasted with excess of light Closed his ...
Page xxxii
... 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.- 12 Shot after us in storm , o'erblown , hath xxxii 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.- 12 Shot after us in storm , o'erblown , hath xxxii ENCOMIUMS UPON MILTON .
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... wings outspread , In he was placed : then touches the prime cause of his fall , the serpent , or rather Satan in the serpent ; who , revolting from God , and drawing to his side many legions of Angels , was , by the command of God ...
... wings outspread , In he was placed : then touches the prime cause of his fall , the serpent , or rather Satan in the serpent ; who , revolting from God , and drawing to his side many legions of Angels , was , by the command of God ...
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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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