Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions, with a Tractate of Education. The Author John MiltonJ. and R. Tonson and S. Draper; and for T. and T. Longman, S. Birt, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, R. Ware [and 4 others in London], 1753 - 350 pages |
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... should bear a fon 135 Great in renown , and call'd the Son of God ; Then toldft her doubting how these things could be To her a virgin , that on her should come The Holy Ghost , and the pow'r of the Highest O'er - fhadow her : this man ...
... should bear a fon 135 Great in renown , and call'd the Son of God ; Then toldft her doubting how these things could be To her a virgin , that on her should come The Holy Ghost , and the pow'r of the Highest O'er - fhadow her : this man ...
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... should't be great and fit on David's throne , 240 And of thy kingdom there should be no end , At thy nativity a glorious quire 245 Of Angels in the fields of Bethlehem fung To fhepherds watching at their folds by night , And told them ...
... should't be great and fit on David's throne , 240 And of thy kingdom there should be no end , At thy nativity a glorious quire 245 Of Angels in the fields of Bethlehem fung To fhepherds watching at their folds by night , And told them ...
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... should live obfcure , But openly begin , as best becomes Th ' authority which I deriv'd from Heaven . And now by fome strong motion I am led Into this wilderness , to what intent I learn not yet , perhaps I need not know ; For what ...
... should live obfcure , But openly begin , as best becomes Th ' authority which I deriv'd from Heaven . And now by fome strong motion I am led Into this wilderness , to what intent I learn not yet , perhaps I need not know ; For what ...
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... should't be great and fit on David's throne , 240 And of thy kingdom there should be no end , At thy nativity a glorious quire 250 Of Angels in the fields of Bethlehem fung To fhepherds watching at their folds by night , And told them ...
... should't be great and fit on David's throne , 240 And of thy kingdom there should be no end , At thy nativity a glorious quire 250 Of Angels in the fields of Bethlehem fung To fhepherds watching at their folds by night , And told them ...
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... should I ? they to me Never did wrong or violence ; by them I loft not what I loft , rather by them 380 385 390 I gain'd what I have gain'd , and with them dwell Copartner in thefe regions of the world , If not difpofer ; lend them oft ...
... should I ? they to me Never did wrong or violence ; by them I loft not what I loft , rather by them 380 385 390 I gain'd what I have gain'd , and with them dwell Copartner in thefe regions of the world , If not difpofer ; lend them oft ...
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aftra againſt agni alfo Amor Atque befides beft beſt caft call'd CHOR choro Dagon darkneſs defert doft domino jam domum impafti doth earth eyes fafe fair fame fave feaſt fecret feek feem fent fhades fhall fhould fibi fide fing firft firſt foes folemn fome fong fonos foon foul fræna ftill ftrength fuch fure fweet glory Hæc hath Heav'n himſelf honor houſe Ifrael ille ipfe itſelf jam non vacat juft juſt king Lady laſt leaſt lefs loft Lord Ludlow town Lycidas malè mihi moſt muſt myſelf night numina nunc o'er Olympo PARADISE REGAIN'D pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent PSAL quæ quid quoque reft reply'd Samfon SAMS ſhades ſhall ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtream thee thefe themſelves thence theſe thofe thoſe thou art throne thyfelf tibi Tu quoque ulmo virtue whofe worfe
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Page 214 - The air was calm, and on the level brine Sleek Panope with all her sisters played. It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark, That sunk so low that sacred head of thine.
Page 83 - Let there be lig;ht, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon. When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 216 - And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing, in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more ; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 162 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks...
Page 213 - And all their echoes, mourn. The Willows, and the Hazel Copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous Leaves to thy soft lays. As killing as the Canker to the Rose...
Page 327 - ... the knowledge and the use of which cannot but be a great furtherance both to the enlargement of truth, and honest living with much more peace.
Page 143 - Pollute with sinful blame, The saintly veil of maiden white to throw; Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities.
Page 329 - The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
Page 213 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise...
Page 152 - FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain.