The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author by S. Johnson, Volumes 3-41807 |
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... mortal , but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy of Heav'n , And what will he not do to ' advance his Son ? His first - begot we know , and sore have felt , When his fierce thunder drove us to the deep ; 90 Who this is we must learn ...
... mortal , but his Sire He who obtains the monarchy of Heav'n , And what will he not do to ' advance his Son ? His first - begot we know , and sore have felt , When his fierce thunder drove us to the deep ; 90 Who this is we must learn ...
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... mortal man ; Though men esteem thee low of parentage , Thy Father is th ' eternal King who rules All Heav'n and Earth , angels and sons of men ; A messenger from God foretold thy birth Conceiv'd in me a virgin , he foretold Thou should ...
... mortal man ; Though men esteem thee low of parentage , Thy Father is th ' eternal King who rules All Heav'n and Earth , angels and sons of men ; A messenger from God foretold thy birth Conceiv'd in me a virgin , he foretold Thou should ...
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... mortal creatures , graceful and discreet , Expert in amorous arts , enchanting tongues Persuasive , virgin majesty with mild And sweet allay'd , yet terrible to approach , 16 Skill'd to retire , and in retiring draw Hearts after them ...
... mortal creatures , graceful and discreet , Expert in amorous arts , enchanting tongues Persuasive , virgin majesty with mild And sweet allay'd , yet terrible to approach , 16 Skill'd to retire , and in retiring draw Hearts after them ...
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... mortal things . Who therefore seeks in these True Wisdom , finds her not , or by delusion Far worse , her false resemblance only meets , 320 An empty cloud . However , many books , Wise men have said , are wearisome ; who reads ...
... mortal things . Who therefore seeks in these True Wisdom , finds her not , or by delusion Far worse , her false resemblance only meets , 320 An empty cloud . However , many books , Wise men have said , are wearisome ; who reads ...
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... mortal men , To lowest pitch of abject fortune thou art fall'n , For him I reckon not in high estate Whom long descent of birth Or the sphere of fortune raises ; 170 : But thee whose strength , while virtue was her mate , Might have ...
... mortal men , To lowest pitch of abject fortune thou art fall'n , For him I reckon not in high estate Whom long descent of birth Or the sphere of fortune raises ; 170 : But thee whose strength , while virtue was her mate , Might have ...
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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.