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Page 21
Like cumbious flesh ; but in what shape they chuse Dilated or condens ' d , bright
or obscure , Can execute their airy purposes , And works of love or enmity fulfil . '
For those the race of Israel oft forsook Their living strength , and unfrequented ...
Like cumbious flesh ; but in what shape they chuse Dilated or condens ' d , bright
or obscure , Can execute their airy purposes , And works of love or enmity fulfil . '
For those the race of Israel oft forsook Their living strength , and unfrequented ...
Page 60
May I express thee unblaim ' d ! since God is light , And never but in
unapproached light Dwelt froin eternity ; dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of
bright essence increate . Or hear ' st thou rather , pure ethereal stream , Whose
fountain who ...
May I express thee unblaim ' d ! since God is light , And never but in
unapproached light Dwelt froin eternity ; dwelt then in thee , Bright effluence of
bright essence increate . Or hear ' st thou rather , pure ethereal stream , Whose
fountain who ...
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So wondrously was set his station bright . There lands the fiend , a spot like which
perhaps Astronomer in the sun ' s Jucent orb Through his glaz ' d optic tube yet
never saw . The place he found beyond expression bright , Compar ' d with ...
So wondrously was set his station bright . There lands the fiend , a spot like which
perhaps Astronomer in the sun ' s Jucent orb Through his glaz ' d optic tube yet
never saw . The place he found beyond expression bright , Compar ' d with ...
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First in the east his glorious lamp was seen , Regent of day , and all th ' horizon
round Invested with bright rays jocund to run His longitude through Heav ' n ' s
high road ; the grey Dawn , and the Pleiades before him dancd , Shedding sweet
...
First in the east his glorious lamp was seen , Regent of day , and all th ' horizon
round Invested with bright rays jocund to run His longitude through Heav ' n ' s
high road ; the grey Dawn , and the Pleiades before him dancd , Shedding sweet
...
Page 173
Already by thy reasoning this I guess , Who art to lead thy offspring , and
supposest That bodies bright and greater should not serve The less not bright ,
nor heav ' n such journies run , Earth sitting still , when she alone receives The
benefit .
Already by thy reasoning this I guess , Who art to lead thy offspring , and
supposest That bodies bright and greater should not serve The less not bright ,
nor heav ' n such journies run , Earth sitting still , when she alone receives The
benefit .
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Adam Angel arms beast behold bliss bounds bright bring cloud created creatures dark death deep delight divine doubt dreadful dwell earth equal eternal evil eyes fair faith fall Father fear fell field fire fruit gates glory gods grace hand happy hast hath head heard heart heav'n heav'nly hell hill hope King knowledge land leave less light live look lost mankind mind morn nature never night once pain Paradise peace perhaps pow'r pure race reason receive reply'd rest rise round Satan seat seek seem'd serpent shape side sight sons soon sound spake spirits stand stars stood sweet taste thee thence things thou thoughts throne till tree virtue voice wide winds wings
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Page 240 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 45 - Their song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when spirits immortal sing?) Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience.
Page 61 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou celestial Light Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate, there plant eyes, all 'mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 253 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Page 204 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Page 60 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 187 - I now must change Those notes to tragic ; foul distrust, and breach Disloyal on the part of Man, revolt And disobedience : on the part of Heaven Now alienated, distance and distaste, Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given, That brought into this world a world of woe.
Page 282 - New Heavens, new Earth, ages of endless date, Founded in righteousness, and peace, and love; To bring forth fruits, joy and eternal bliss.
Page 111 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise.
Page 215 - The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...
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| Title | Paradise lost, a poem. With the life of the author [by E. Fenton]. |
| Author | John Milton |
| Published | 1800 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2006 |
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