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... , And mad'ft it pregnant : what in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raife and fupport ; That to the height of this great argument 5 10 15 20 I may affert eternal Providence , And justify the ways PARADISE LOST. ...
... , And mad'ft it pregnant : what in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raife and fupport ; That to the height of this great argument 5 10 15 20 I may affert eternal Providence , And justify the ways PARADISE LOST. ...
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John Milton. I may affert eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . 25 30 Say first , for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of hell ; fay first what cause Mov'd our grand parents , in that happy ...
John Milton. I may affert eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . 25 30 Say first , for Heav'n hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of hell ; fay first what cause Mov'd our grand parents , in that happy ...
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... Eternal Justice had prepar'd For thofe rebellious , here their pris'n ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion fet As far remov'd from God and light of heav'n , As from the centre thrice to th ' utmost pole . O how unlike the ...
... Eternal Justice had prepar'd For thofe rebellious , here their pris'n ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion fet As far remov'd from God and light of heav'n , As from the centre thrice to th ' utmost pole . O how unlike the ...
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... eternal war , Irreconcileable to our grand foe , Who now triumphs , and in th ' excefs of joy Sole reigning holds the tyranny of heaven . ' So spake th ' apostate angel , though in pain ; Vaunting aloud , but rack'd with deep despair ...
... eternal war , Irreconcileable to our grand foe , Who now triumphs , and in th ' excefs of joy Sole reigning holds the tyranny of heaven . ' So spake th ' apostate angel , though in pain ; Vaunting aloud , but rack'd with deep despair ...
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... eternal being To undergo eternal punishment ? Whereto with speedy words th ' Archfiend reply'd . Fall'n Cherub , to be weak is miserable Doing or fuffering : but of this be fure , To do ought good never will be our task , But ever to do ...
... eternal being To undergo eternal punishment ? Whereto with speedy words th ' Archfiend reply'd . Fall'n Cherub , to be weak is miserable Doing or fuffering : but of this be fure , To do ought good never will be our task , But ever to do ...
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Page 87 - Upon the rapid current, which, through veins Of porous earth with kindly thirst up-drawn, Rose a fresh fountain, and with many a rill Water'd the garden ; thence united fell Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears...
Page 10 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Page 114 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 5 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 60 - 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, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 195 - Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent. Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, 280 From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Page 89 - Castalian spring, might with this Paradise Of Eden strive; nor that Nyseian isle Girt with the river Triton, where old Cham, Whom Gentiles Ammon call and Libyan Jove, Hid Amalthea, and her florid son Young Bacchus, from his stepdame Rhea's eye; Nor where Abassin kings their issue guard, Mount Amara, though this by some supposed True Paradise, under the Ethiop line By Nilus...
Page 44 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce ; From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice...
Page 59 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 104 - Know ye not then, said Satan fill'd with scorn, Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar; Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng; or if ye know, Why ask ye, and superfluous begin Your message, like to end as much in vain ? To whom thus Zephon, answering scorn with scorn.