Selections from Paradise lost: with notes, by R. DemausOliver & Boyd, 1857 - 180 pages |
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... spirits arm'd , That durst dislike his reign , and , me preferring , 95 100 His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battle on the plains of heav'n , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ...
... spirits arm'd , That durst dislike his reign , and , me preferring , 95 100 His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battle on the plains of heav'n , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ...
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... spirits , when they please , Can either sex assume , or both ; so soft 420 And uncompounded is their essence pure ; 425 Not tied or manacled with joint or limb , Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones , Like cumbrous flesh ; but ...
... spirits , when they please , Can either sex assume , or both ; so soft 420 And uncompounded is their essence pure ; 425 Not tied or manacled with joint or limb , Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones , Like cumbrous flesh ; but ...
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... spirits for his fault amerc'd 610 Of heav'n , and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood , Their glory wither'd : as when heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks , or mountain pines , With singed ...
... spirits for his fault amerc'd 610 Of heav'n , and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood , Their glory wither'd : as when heaven's fire Hath scath'd the forest oaks , or mountain pines , With singed ...
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... spirits reprobate ; and in an hour What in an age they with incessant toil And hands innumerable scarce perform . Nigh on the plain , in many cells prepar'd , That underneath had veins of liquid fire Sluic'd from the lake , a second ...
... spirits reprobate ; and in an hour What in an age they with incessant toil And hands innumerable scarce perform . Nigh on the plain , in many cells prepar'd , That underneath had veins of liquid fire Sluic'd from the lake , a second ...
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... spirits ; ampler heart , And growing up to godhead ; which for thee Chiefly I sought , without thee can despise . For bliss , as thou hast part , to me is bliss ; Tedious , unshar'd with thee , and odious soon . Thou therefore also ...
... spirits ; ampler heart , And growing up to godhead ; which for thee Chiefly I sought , without thee can despise . For bliss , as thou hast part , to me is bliss ; Tedious , unshar'd with thee , and odious soon . Thou therefore also ...
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according Adam and Eve Adam's allusion Almighty Ammonite ancient Argob beasts Beelzebub behold Belial bliss BOOK brute burning lake call'd called chaos cherubim classical sense darkness death deep delight divine dread earth Egypt envy eternal ev'ning Eve's evil fair fall fear fire fix'd flow'rs fruit garden Genesis glory God's goddess gods gold Greek guile happy hast hath heav'n hell hence hill Imaüs imitation Jupiter king knowledge labour lest Libya light lost Mammon means Milton mind Moloch moon morning Mozambic night note on line o'er Ormus Osiris pain Paradise Paradise Lost pass'd passage perhaps Phlegra poem poet pow'r praise rais'd reason rebel angels refers river roses round Satan says Scripture seat seem'd Serapis serpent shade song spake spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence things thou thought throne tree turn'd vex'd voice wand'ring wind word worse worship
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Page 6 - Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support...
Page 64 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 25 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Page 10 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blaz'd ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 52 - And all amid them stood the tree of life, High eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold; and next to life Our death the tree of knowledge grew fast by, Knowledge of good bought dear by knowing ill.
Page 14 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake.
Page 83 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 8 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 57 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Page 31 - Main reason to persuade immediate war Did not dissuade me most, and seem to cast Ominous conjecture on the whole success...