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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... stand him more in stead to lye , Say and unfay , feign , flatter , or abjure ? But thou art plac'd above me , thou art lord ; From thee I can and must fubmifs endure Check or reproof , and glad t ' escape so quit . Hard are the ways of ...
... stand him more in stead to lye , Say and unfay , feign , flatter , or abjure ? But thou art plac'd above me , thou art lord ; From thee I can and must fubmifs endure Check or reproof , and glad t ' escape so quit . Hard are the ways of ...
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... stands In the admiration ouly of weak minds Led captive ; cease t ' admire , and all her plumes Fall flat and fhrink into a trivial toy , At every sudden flighting quite abasht : Therefore with manlier objects we must try His conftancy ...
... stands In the admiration ouly of weak minds Led captive ; cease t ' admire , and all her plumes Fall flat and fhrink into a trivial toy , At every sudden flighting quite abasht : Therefore with manlier objects we must try His conftancy ...
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... stands the office of a king , His honour , virtue , merit , and chief praise , That for the publick all this weight he bears . Yet he who reigns within himself , and rules Paffions , defires , and fears , is more a king : Which ev'ry ...
... stands the office of a king , His honour , virtue , merit , and chief praise , That for the publick all this weight he bears . Yet he who reigns within himself , and rules Paffions , defires , and fears , is more a king : Which ev'ry ...
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... stand between me and thy fathers irc , Whose ire I dread more than the fire of hell ) . A shelter , and a kind of fhading cool Interpofition , as a fummer's cloud . If I then to the worst that can be haste , Why move thy feet so slow to ...
... stand between me and thy fathers irc , Whose ire I dread more than the fire of hell ) . A shelter , and a kind of fhading cool Interpofition , as a fummer's cloud . If I then to the worst that can be haste , Why move thy feet so slow to ...
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... Cuiraffiers all in steel for standing fight ; Chariots or elephants endorst with tow'rs Of archers , not of lab'ring pioneers , A multitude with spades and axes arm'd To lay hills plain , fell woods , or valleys Book III . 34 REGAIN ' D.
... Cuiraffiers all in steel for standing fight ; Chariots or elephants endorst with tow'rs Of archers , not of lab'ring pioneers , A multitude with spades and axes arm'd To lay hills plain , fell woods , or valleys Book III . 34 REGAIN ' D.
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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