Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books : to which is Added Samson Agonistes, and Poems Upon Several Occasions, with A Tractate of Education |
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... giv'n , a while furvey'd With wonder , then with envy fraught , and rage , Flies to his place , nor refts , but in mid air To council fummons all his mighty peers , Within thick clouds and dark ten - fold involv'd , A gloomy confiftory ...
... giv'n , a while furvey'd With wonder , then with envy fraught , and rage , Flies to his place , nor refts , but in mid air To council fummons all his mighty peers , Within thick clouds and dark ten - fold involv'd , A gloomy confiftory ...
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... giv'n , and what confest more true Among the nations ? that hath been thy craft , By mixing fomewhat true to vent more lyes . But what have been thy answers , what but dark , Ambiguous , and with double sense deluding , Which they who ...
... giv'n , and what confest more true Among the nations ? that hath been thy craft , By mixing fomewhat true to vent more lyes . But what have been thy answers , what but dark , Ambiguous , and with double sense deluding , Which they who ...
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... giv'n him then ) he took The Son of God up to a mountain high . It was a mountain , at whofe verdant feet A fpacious plain , out - stretch'd in circuit wide , Lay pleasant ; from his side two rivers flow'd , Th'one winding , th ' other ...
... giv'n him then ) he took The Son of God up to a mountain high . It was a mountain , at whofe verdant feet A fpacious plain , out - stretch'd in circuit wide , Lay pleasant ; from his side two rivers flow'd , Th'one winding , th ' other ...
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... giv'n , and by that right I give it thee . Aim therefore at no less than all the world , Aim at the higheft , without the highest attain'd Will be for thee no fitting or not long On David's throne , be prophefy'd what will . To whom the ...
... giv'n , and by that right I give it thee . Aim therefore at no less than all the world , Aim at the higheft , without the highest attain'd Will be for thee no fitting or not long On David's throne , be prophefy'd what will . To whom the ...
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... part with mean to give for nought ; All these which in a moment thou behold'st , The kingdoms of the world to thee I give ; For giv'n to me , I give to whom I please , No trifle ; yet with this reserve , not elfe PARADISE BOOK IV .
... part with mean to give for nought ; All these which in a moment thou behold'st , The kingdoms of the world to thee I give ; For giv'n to me , I give to whom I please , No trifle ; yet with this reserve , not elfe PARADISE BOOK IV .
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affault againſt alſo angels aught behold beſt breaſt call'd captive cauſe Chor Ctesiphon Dagon darkneſs David's throne deeds earth eaſily elfe enemies fafe falſe fame father fear feaſt feat fecret feek feem felf fhall fhalt fhew fight firſt fome foon foul fpake ftill fuch fuffer fure Gath giv'n glory haſt hath heav'n higheſt himſelf honour houſe Ifrael Jephtha juft juſt king kingdom laſt leaſt lefs leſs light loft lords loſt may'ſt moſt muſt myſelf night offer'd Parthian paſt pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe reaſon reign reply'd reſt Samf Samfon Saviour ſeem ſerve ſhades ſhall ſhame ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome Son of God ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſtrong ſuch ſweet tempter thee thefe themſelves thence theſe thine things thirſt thofe thoſe thou art thought Timna uſe virtue weakneſs whofe whoſe wilderneſs wilt wiſdom worfe worſe