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... reason ( reason also is choice ) Useless and vain , of freedom both despoil'd , Made passive both , had served necessity , 110 Not me ? They therefore , as to right belong'd , So were created , nor can justly accuse Their Maker , or ...
... reason ( reason also is choice ) Useless and vain , of freedom both despoil'd , Made passive both , had served necessity , 110 Not me ? They therefore , as to right belong'd , So were created , nor can justly accuse Their Maker , or ...
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... reason just , - Honour and empire with revenge enlarged , 390 By conquering this new world , compel me now To do what else , though damn'd , I should abhor . So spake the Fiend , and with necessity , The 8 PARADISE LOST . 85 Of Heaven ...
... reason just , - Honour and empire with revenge enlarged , 390 By conquering this new world , compel me now To do what else , though damn'd , I should abhor . So spake the Fiend , and with necessity , The 8 PARADISE LOST . 85 Of Heaven ...
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... reason , loyal , just , and pure , 755 Relations dear , and all the charities Of father , son , and brother , first were known . Far be it , that I should write thee sin or blame , Or think thee unbefitting holiest place , Perpetual ...
... reason , loyal , just , and pure , 755 Relations dear , and all the charities Of father , son , and brother , first were known . Far be it , that I should write thee sin or blame , Or think thee unbefitting holiest place , Perpetual ...
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... reason , who know'st only good , But evil hast not tried : and wilt object His will who bounds us ? Let him surer bar His iron gates , if he intends our stay 895 In that dark durance : thus much what was ask'd . The rest is true , they ...
... reason , who know'st only good , But evil hast not tried : and wilt object His will who bounds us ? Let him surer bar His iron gates , if he intends our stay 895 In that dark durance : thus much what was ask'd . The rest is true , they ...
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... Reason as chief ; among these Fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things , Which the five watchful senses represent , She forms imaginations , aery shapes , Which Reason , joining or disjoining , frames All what we affirm or ...
... Reason as chief ; among these Fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things , Which the five watchful senses represent , She forms imaginations , aery shapes , Which Reason , joining or disjoining , frames All what we affirm or ...
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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.