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... Hath scathed the forest oaks , or mountain pine ; With singed top their stately growth , though bare , Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing , and half ...
... Hath scathed the forest oaks , or mountain pine ; With singed top their stately growth , though bare , Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing , and half ...
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... Hath emptied Heaven , shall fail to reascend Self - raised , and repossess their native seat ? For me , be witness all the host of Heaven , If counsels different , or dangers shunn'd By me have lost our hopes . But he , who reigns ...
... Hath emptied Heaven , shall fail to reascend Self - raised , and repossess their native seat ? For me , be witness all the host of Heaven , If counsels different , or dangers shunn'd By me have lost our hopes . But he , who reigns ...
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... Hath been achieved of merit ; yet this loss , 5 10 15 20 Thus far at least recover'd , hath much more Establish'd 3 PARADISE LOST. ...
... Hath been achieved of merit ; yet this loss , 5 10 15 20 Thus far at least recover'd , hath much more Establish'd 3 PARADISE LOST. ...
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... hath much more Establish'd in a safe unenvied throne , Yielded with full consent . The happier state In heaven , which follows dignity , might draw Envy from each inferior ; but who here Will envy whom the highest place exposes Foremost ...
... hath much more Establish'd in a safe unenvied throne , Yielded with full consent . The happier state In heaven , which follows dignity , might draw Envy from each inferior ; but who here Will envy whom the highest place exposes Foremost ...
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... hath doom'd This place our dungeon ; not our safe retreat Beyond his potent arm , to live exempt From Heaven's high jurisdiction , in new league Banded against his throne , but to remain 320 In strictest bondage , though thus far ...
... hath doom'd This place our dungeon ; not our safe retreat Beyond his potent arm , to live exempt From Heaven's high jurisdiction , in new league Banded against his throne , but to remain 320 In strictest bondage , though thus far ...
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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.