The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author by S. Johnson, Volumes 3-41807 |
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... liv'd at ease , and full 200 Of Honour , wealth , high fair'd , aim'd not beyond Higher design than to enjoy his state ; Thence to the bait of women lay expos'd : But c 2 Book II . 31 PARADISE REGAIN'D . Song on May Morning.
... liv'd at ease , and full 200 Of Honour , wealth , high fair'd , aim'd not beyond Higher design than to enjoy his state ; Thence to the bait of women lay expos'd : But c 2 Book II . 31 PARADISE REGAIN'D . Song on May Morning.
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... honour , friends , conquest , and What rais'd Antipater the Edomite , [ realms : 420 And his son Herod plac'd on Judah's throne , : ( Thy throne ) but gold that got him puissant friends ? Therefore , if at great things thou would'st ...
... honour , friends , conquest , and What rais'd Antipater the Edomite , [ realms : 420 And his son Herod plac'd on Judah's throne , : ( Thy throne ) but gold that got him puissant friends ? Therefore , if at great things thou would'st ...
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... honour patient Job ? Poor Socrates ( who next more memorable ? ) By what he taught and suffered for so doing , For truth's sake suffering death unjust , lives now Equal in fame to proudest conquerors . Yet if for fame and glory ought be ...
... honour patient Job ? Poor Socrates ( who next more memorable ? ) By what he taught and suffered for so doing , For truth's sake suffering death unjust , lives now Equal in fame to proudest conquerors . Yet if for fame and glory ought be ...
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... honour that , But tedious waste of time to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies , Outlandish flatteries ? then proceed'st to talk Of th ' emperor who easily subdu'd , How gloriously ; I shall , thou say'st , expel A brutish ...
... honour that , But tedious waste of time to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies , Outlandish flatteries ? then proceed'st to talk Of th ' emperor who easily subdu'd , How gloriously ; I shall , thou say'st , expel A brutish ...
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... honour left and more esteem ; Me nought advantag'd , missing what I aim'd . Therefore let pass , as they are transitory , The kingdoms of this world ; I shall no more 210 Advise thee ; gain them as thou canst , or not . And thou thyself ...
... honour left and more esteem ; Me nought advantag'd , missing what I aim'd . Therefore let pass , as they are transitory , The kingdoms of this world ; I shall no more 210 Advise thee ; gain them as thou canst , or not . And thou thyself ...
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aëre agni Amor angels arms Atque behold bright cæli CHOR Dagon dark death didst divine domino jam domum impasti dost doth earth enemies etiam eyes fair fame father fear feast foes fræna giv'n glory Hæc hand hath head hear heard Heav'n heav'nly holy honor illa ille ipse Israel jam non vacat kings Latin light Lord lumina Lycidas malè mihi MILTON mortal Muse night numbers numina Nunc o'er Olympo P. L. ii P. L. vii P. L. x P. L. xi Paradise Regained peace Philistines Phœbus praise Psalm quæ quid quoque reply'd round sæpe Samson Samson Agonistes Saviour shades shalt shame Shepherd sing Son of God song soul strength sweet tamen thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tibi Tu quoque ulmo urbe virtue wilt wind wings word
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Page 192 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 186 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 190 - And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 146 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 197 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 188 - Where the great sun begins his state, Rob'd in flames, and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 35 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish...
Page 30 - FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain.