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... less Cared not to be at all ; with that care lost Went all his fear of God , or Hell , or worse , He reck'd not ; and these words thereafter spake . 50 My sentence is for open war : Of wiles , More unexpert , I boast not : them let ...
... less Cared not to be at all ; with that care lost Went all his fear of God , or Hell , or worse , He reck'd not ; and these words thereafter spake . 50 My sentence is for open war : Of wiles , More unexpert , I boast not : them let ...
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... less than Gods . On the other side uprose Belial , in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seem'd For dignity composed , and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropp'd manna ...
... less than Gods . On the other side uprose Belial , in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seem'd For dignity composed , and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropp'd manna ...
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... less desire 295 To found this nether empire , which might rise By policy , and long process of time , In emulation opposite to Heaven . Which when Beelzebub perceived , than whom Satan except none higher sat , with grave Aspéct he rose ...
... less desire 295 To found this nether empire , which might rise By policy , and long process of time , In emulation opposite to Heaven . Which when Beelzebub perceived , than whom Satan except none higher sat , with grave Aspéct he rose ...
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... less In power and excellence , but favour'd more 350 Of Him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounced among the Gods , and by an oath , That shook Heaven's whole circumference , confirm'd . Thither let us bend all our thoughts , to ...
... less In power and excellence , but favour'd more 350 Of Him who rules above ; so was his will Pronounced among the Gods , and by an oath , That shook Heaven's whole circumference , confirm'd . Thither let us bend all our thoughts , to ...
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... less Choice in our suffrage ; for on whom we send , 415 The weight of all , and our last hope , relies . This said he sat ; and expectation held His look suspense , awaiting who appear'd To second , or oppose , or undertake The perilous ...
... less Choice in our suffrage ; for on whom we send , 415 The weight of all , and our last hope , relies . This said he sat ; and expectation held His look suspense , awaiting who appear'd To second , or oppose , or undertake The perilous ...
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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.