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... and winds with ease Through the pure marble air his oblique way , Amongst
innumerable stars , that shone Stars distant , but nigh hand seem ' d other worlds
; Or other worlds they seein ' d , or happy isles , Like those Hesperian gardens ...
... and winds with ease Through the pure marble air his oblique way , Amongst
innumerable stars , that shone Stars distant , but nigh hand seem ' d other worlds
; Or other worlds they seein ' d , or happy isles , Like those Hesperian gardens ...
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The happier Eden , shall enjoy their fill of bliss on bliss ; while I to hell am thrust .
Where neither joy nor love , but ... Can it be death ? and do they only stand By
ignorance ? is that their happy state , The proof of their obedience , and their faith
?
The happier Eden , shall enjoy their fill of bliss on bliss ; while I to hell am thrust .
Where neither joy nor love , but ... Can it be death ? and do they only stand By
ignorance ? is that their happy state , The proof of their obedience , and their faith
?
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Here , happy creature , fair angelic Eve , Partake thou also ; happy though thou
art , Happier thou mayst be , worthier canst not be : Taste this , and be henceforth
among the gods Thyself a goddess , not to earth contin ' d , But sometimes in the
...
Here , happy creature , fair angelic Eve , Partake thou also ; happy though thou
art , Happier thou mayst be , worthier canst not be : Taste this , and be henceforth
among the gods Thyself a goddess , not to earth contin ' d , But sometimes in the
...
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Thrice happy men , And sons of men , whom God hath thus advanc ... to rule Over
his works , on earth , in sea , or air ; And multiply a race of worshippers , Holy and
just : thrice happy , if they know Their happiness , and persevere upright .
Thrice happy men , And sons of men , whom God hath thus advanc ... to rule Over
his works , on earth , in sea , or air ; And multiply a race of worshippers , Holy and
just : thrice happy , if they know Their happiness , and persevere upright .
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Let us not then suspect our happy state Left so imperfect by the Maker wise , As
not secure to single or combin ' d . Frail is our happiness , if this be so , And Eden
were no Eden thus expos ' d . To whom thus Adam fervently reply ' d : O woman ...
Let us not then suspect our happy state Left so imperfect by the Maker wise , As
not secure to single or combin ' d . Frail is our happiness , if this be so , And Eden
were no Eden thus expos ' d . To whom thus Adam fervently reply ' d : O woman ...
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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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