Paradise LostJohn Bumpus, 1821 - 384 pages |
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... wings of wit ; the mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however , may take a different ap- pearance , and be conveyed to the mind by a new train of intermediate ...
... wings of wit ; the mind sinks under them in passive helplessness , content with calm belief and humble adoration . Known truths , however , may take a different ap- pearance , and be conveyed to the mind by a new train of intermediate ...
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... wings outspread Dove - like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the highth of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And ...
... wings outspread Dove - like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the highth of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And ...
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... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with liquid fire : And such appeared in hue , as when the ...
... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with liquid fire : And such appeared in hue , as when the ...
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... 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 were , or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their ...
... 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 were , or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their ...
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... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he assayed , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as Angels weep , burst forth : at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out ...
... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he assayed , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as Angels weep , burst forth : at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angels arms aught beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake Canaan celestial Cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight didst divine doom dreadful dwell earth ELIJAH FENTON eternal evil eyes fair faith Father fear Fiend fierce fire flaming flowers fruit glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour Ithuriel JOHN MILTON King less lest light live mankind Messiah Milton mind Moloch nigh night o'er pain PARADISE LOST peace praise reign replied round sapience Satan Satan return scape seat seemed Serpent shade shalt sight soon sovran spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree Uriel virtue voice whence wings wonder Zephon