The Poetical Works of John MiltonMacmillan, 1911 - 625 pages |
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... heard of this tragedy before he began his own Epic , and may have known Dutch sufficiently to read it . Then there was the somewhat older Dutch poet , Jacob Cats ( 1577—1660 ) , one of whose poems , describing Adam and Eve in Paradise ...
... heard of this tragedy before he began his own Epic , and may have known Dutch sufficiently to read it . Then there was the somewhat older Dutch poet , Jacob Cats ( 1577—1660 ) , one of whose poems , describing Adam and Eve in Paradise ...
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... heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle , when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal - they will soon resume New courage and revive , though now they lie Grovelling and prostrate on yon lake of fire ...
... heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle , when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal - they will soon resume New courage and revive , though now they lie Grovelling and prostrate on yon lake of fire ...
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... heard , and were abashed , and up they sprung Upon the wing , as when men wont to watch , On duty sleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they ...
... heard , and were abashed , and up they sprung Upon the wing , as when men wont to watch , On duty sleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they ...
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... heard As Mammon ended , and his sentence pleased , Advising peace : for such another field They dreaded worse than Hell ; so much the fear Of thunder and the sword of Michaël Wrought still within them ; and no less desire To found this ...
... heard As Mammon ended , and his sentence pleased , Advising peace : for such another field They dreaded worse than Hell ; so much the fear Of thunder and the sword of Michaël Wrought still within them ; and no less desire To found this ...
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... heard remote . Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone , and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven . Nor failed they to express how much they praised That for the general safety he despised His own : / for neither ...
... heard remote . Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone , and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven . Nor failed they to express how much they praised That for the general safety he despised His own : / for neither ...
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Adam Angels arms aught behold bliss BOOK bright called Cambridge Chaos Chor Christ's Christ's College cloud Comus dark death deep delight Diodati divine dread dwell Earth edition Elegy Empyrean English eternal evil eyes fair Father fear friends fruit glory grace hand happy Harefield hath heard heart Heaven Heavenly Hell Henry Lawes highth hill honour Italian John Milton King Lady Latin Lawes light live Long Parliament Lord Ludlow Castle Lycidas masque Milton mind night Note o'er Paradise Lost Paradise Regained perhaps Petty France poem poet praise reign replied round Samson Samson Agonistes Satan seems Serpent shalt sight song Sonnet soon spake Spirit stars stood Stowmarket sweet taste thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tree verse voice Westminster Assembly whence wings wonder words