The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Life of the Author, Volume 1F. Lucas and J. Cushing., 1813 - 565 pages |
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... thee more , and Siloa's brook , that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song , That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th ' Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted yet in ...
... thee more , and Siloa's brook , that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song , That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th ' Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted yet in ...
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... thee : Retire , or taste thy folly ' ; and learn by proof , Hell - born ! not to contend with spirits of Heaven . " To whom the goblin , full of wrath , reply'd . " Art thou that traitor angel , art thou he , 691 695 700 Who first broke ...
... thee : Retire , or taste thy folly ' ; and learn by proof , Hell - born ! not to contend with spirits of Heaven . " To whom the goblin , full of wrath , reply'd . " Art thou that traitor angel , art thou he , 691 695 700 Who first broke ...
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... thee more , Thy king and lord ? Back to thy punishment , False fugitive ! and to thy speed add wings , Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering , or with one stroke of this dart Strange horror seize thee , and pangs unfelt ...
... thee more , Thy king and lord ? Back to thy punishment , False fugitive ! and to thy speed add wings , Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering , or with one stroke of this dart Strange horror seize thee , and pangs unfelt ...
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... thee yet by deeds What it intends ; till first I know of thee , What thing thou art , thus double - form'd , and why , In this infernal vale first met , thou call'st Me father , and that phantasm call'st my son ; I know thee not , nor ...
... thee yet by deeds What it intends ; till first I know of thee , What thing thou art , thus double - form'd , and why , In this infernal vale first met , thou call'st Me father , and that phantasm call'st my son ; I know thee not , nor ...
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... thee in Heav'n , and joys Then sweet , now sad to mention , through dire change Befall'n us , unforeseen , unthought of ; know , I come no enemy , but to set free From out this dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all ...
... thee in Heav'n , and joys Then sweet , now sad to mention , through dire change Befall'n us , unforeseen , unthought of ; know , I come no enemy , but to set free From out this dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty angel answer'd appear'd arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold Belial bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial cherub cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell eternal evil eyes fair Fair angel faith fall'n Father fear fiend fierce fire fix'd flow'rs fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd seraph serpent shade shalt sight soon sov'reign spake spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings Zephon
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Page 193 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete; so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Page 219 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 3 - OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Page 10 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free...
Page 111 - Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in Heaven, On earth join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 305 - Began to parch that temperate clime ; whereat In either hand the hast'ning angel caught Our ling'ring parents, and to th' eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain ; then disappear'd. 640 They looking back, all th...
Page 50 - The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension; where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Page 6 - This downfall : since by fate the strength of gods And this empyreal substance cannot fail ; Since through experience of this great event In arms not worse, in foresight much...
Page 111 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 79 - He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place.