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... deep Of Hell resounded ! Princes , Potentates , 315 Warriors , the flower of Heaven ! once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your ...
... deep Of Hell resounded ! Princes , Potentates , 315 Warriors , the flower of Heaven ! once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your ...
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... Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek , but under brows Of dauntless courage , and considerate pride Waiting revenge : cruel his eye , but cast Signs of remorse and passion , to behold The fellows of his ...
... Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek , but under brows Of dauntless courage , and considerate pride Waiting revenge : cruel his eye , but cast Signs of remorse and passion , to behold The fellows of his ...
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... deep within her gulf can hold Immortal vigour , though oppress'd and fallen , give not Heaven for lost . From this descent Celestial virtues rising will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to ...
... deep within her gulf can hold Immortal vigour , though oppress'd and fallen , give not Heaven for lost . From this descent Celestial virtues rising will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to ...
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... deep , With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low ? The ascent is easy then ; The event is fear'd ; should we again provoke Our stronger , some worse way his wrath may find To our destruction ; if there be in Hell Fear ...
... deep , With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low ? The ascent is easy then ; The event is fear'd ; should we again provoke Our stronger , some worse way his wrath may find To our destruction ; if there be in Hell Fear ...
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... deep Encamp their legions ; or , with obscure wing Scout far and wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or could we break our way By force , and at our heels all Hell should rise 135 With blackest insurrection , to confound ...
... deep Encamp their legions ; or , with obscure wing Scout far and wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or could we break our way By force , and at our heels all Hell should rise 135 With blackest insurrection , to confound ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angels answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell Earth eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live lost mankind Messiah Michaël mix'd morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST pass'd peace reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd Seraph Serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice whence wings wonder Zephon
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Page 101 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 85 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 26 - A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic, though in ruin: sage he stood, "With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention still as night, Or summer's noontide air, while thus he spake: " Thrones, and imperial powers, offspring of heaven, Ethereal virtues!
Page 48 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 85 - With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven her starry train : But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 6 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 43 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 74 - Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears : And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...
Page 6 - Over the burning marie, not like those steps On heaven's azure ; and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire.