Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books : to which is Added Samson Agonistes, and Poems Upon Several Occasions, with A Tractate of Education |
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... small caufe , But his growth now to youth's full flow'r , difplaying ' All virtue , grace , and wisdom to atchieve Things higheft , greateft , multiplies my fear . Before him a great prophet , to proclaim His coming , is fent harbinger ...
... small caufe , But his growth now to youth's full flow'r , difplaying ' All virtue , grace , and wisdom to atchieve Things higheft , greateft , multiplies my fear . Before him a great prophet , to proclaim His coming , is fent harbinger ...
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... Small confolation then , were man adjoin❜d : This wounds me most ( what can it lefs ) that man , Man fall'n fhall be restor'd , I never more . To whom our Saviour sternly thus reply'd : Defervedly thou griev'It , compos'd of lyes From ...
... Small confolation then , were man adjoin❜d : This wounds me most ( what can it lefs ) that man , Man fall'n fhall be restor'd , I never more . To whom our Saviour sternly thus reply'd : Defervedly thou griev'It , compos'd of lyes From ...
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... small account Of beauty and her lures , easily fcorn'd All her affaults , on worthier things intent ? Remember that Pellean conqueror , A youth , how all the beauties of the east He slightly view'd , and slightly overpass'd ; How he ...
... small account Of beauty and her lures , easily fcorn'd All her affaults , on worthier things intent ? Remember that Pellean conqueror , A youth , how all the beauties of the east He slightly view'd , and slightly overpass'd ; How he ...
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... small praise ? His lot who dares be fingularly good . Th ' intelligent among them and the wife Are few , and glory fearce of few is rais'd . This is true glory and renown , when God Looking on th ' earth , with approbation marks The ...
... small praise ? His lot who dares be fingularly good . Th ' intelligent among them and the wife Are few , and glory fearce of few is rais'd . This is true glory and renown , when God Looking on th ' earth , with approbation marks The ...
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... small hills , with palaces adorn'd , Porches and theatres , baths , aqueducts , Statues and trophies , and triumphal arcs , Gardens and groves prefented to his eyes , Above the height of mountains interpos'd . By what strange parallax ...
... small hills , with palaces adorn'd , Porches and theatres , baths , aqueducts , Statues and trophies , and triumphal arcs , Gardens and groves prefented to his eyes , Above the height of mountains interpos'd . By what strange parallax ...
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affault againſt alſo angels aught behold beſt breaſt call'd captive cauſe Chor Ctesiphon Dagon darkneſs David's throne deeds earth eaſily elfe enemies fafe falſe fame father fear feaſt feat fecret feek feem felf fhall fhalt fhew fight firſt fome foon foul fpake ftill fuch fuffer fure Gath giv'n glory haſt hath heav'n higheſt himſelf honour houſe Ifrael Jephtha juft juſt king kingdom laſt leaſt lefs leſs light loft lords loſt may'ſt moſt muſt myſelf night offer'd Parthian paſt pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe reaſon reign reply'd reſt Samf Samfon Saviour ſeem ſerve ſhades ſhall ſhame ſhe ſhould ſmall ſome Son of God ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſtrong ſuch ſweet tempter thee thefe themſelves thence theſe thine things thirſt thofe thoſe thou art thought Timna uſe virtue weakneſs whofe whoſe wilderneſs wilt wiſdom worfe worſe