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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... true worth Can raise them , though above example high ; By matchlefs deeds exprefs thy matchlefs fire . For know , thou art no fon of mortal man , Though men efteem thee low of parentage , Thy father is th ' eternal king who rules All ...
... true worth Can raise them , though above example high ; By matchlefs deeds exprefs thy matchlefs fire . For know , thou art no fon of mortal man , Though men efteem thee low of parentage , Thy father is th ' eternal king who rules All ...
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... true , I am that spirit unfortunate , Who leagu'd with millions more in rash revolt Kept not my happy station , but was driv'n With them from blifs to the bottomlefs deep , Yet to that hideous place not fo confin'd By rigour unconniving ...
... true , I am that spirit unfortunate , Who leagu'd with millions more in rash revolt Kept not my happy station , but was driv'n With them from blifs to the bottomlefs deep , Yet to that hideous place not fo confin'd By rigour unconniving ...
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... true Among the nations ? that hath been thy craft , By mixing fomewhat true to vent more lyes . But what have been thy answers , what but dark , Ambiguous , and with double sense deluding , Which they who ask'd have seldom understood ...
... true Among the nations ? that hath been thy craft , By mixing fomewhat true to vent more lyes . But what have been thy answers , what but dark , Ambiguous , and with double sense deluding , Which they who ask'd have seldom understood ...
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... true glory and renown , when God Looking on th ' earth , with approbation marks The juft man , and divulges him through heav'n To all his angels , who with true applause Recount his praises ; thus he did to Job , When to extend his fame ...
... true glory and renown , when God Looking on th ' earth , with approbation marks The juft man , and divulges him through heav'n To all his angels , who with true applause Recount his praises ; thus he did to Job , When to extend his fame ...
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... true good himself defpoil'd ; Yet , facrilegious , to himself would take That which to God , alone of right belongs : Yet fo much bounty is in God , fuch grace , That who advance his glory , not their own , Them he himself to glory will ...
... true good himself defpoil'd ; Yet , facrilegious , to himself would take That which to God , alone of right belongs : Yet fo much bounty is in God , fuch grace , That who advance his glory , not their own , Them he himself to glory will ...
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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