The Poetical Works of John Milton: With the Life of the Author, Volume 1F. Lucas and J. Cushing., 1813 - 565 pages |
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... the doors , Opening their brazen folds , discover , wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement : from the arched roof , 725 730 735 740 Pendent by subtle magic , many a Book I. 21 . PARADISE LOST .
... the doors , Opening their brazen folds , discover , wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement : from the arched roof , 725 730 735 740 Pendent by subtle magic , many a Book I. 21 . PARADISE LOST .
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... wide , but chief the spacious hall ( Though like a cover'd field , where champions bold Wont ride in arm'd , and at the soldan's chair Defy'd the best of Panim chivalry 765 770 775 To mortal combat , or career with lance 22 Book I ...
... wide , but chief the spacious hall ( Though like a cover'd field , where champions bold Wont ride in arm'd , and at the soldan's chair Defy'd the best of Panim chivalry 765 770 775 To mortal combat , or career with lance 22 Book I ...
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... wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or , could we break our way By force , and at our heels all Hell should rise With blackest insurrection , to confound Heav'n's purest light ; yet our great Enemy , All incorruptible ...
... wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or , could we break our way By force , and at our heels all Hell should rise With blackest insurrection , to confound Heav'n's purest light ; yet our great Enemy , All incorruptible ...
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... wide womb of unereated night , Devoid of sense and motion ? and who knows , Let this be good . whether our angry Foe Can give it , or will ever ? how he can , Is doubtful ; that he never will , is sure . Will he , so wise , let loose at ...
... wide womb of unereated night , Devoid of sense and motion ? and who knows , Let this be good . whether our angry Foe Can give it , or will ever ? how he can , Is doubtful ; that he never will , is sure . Will he , so wise , let loose at ...
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... Wide gaping , and with utter loss of being Threatens him , plung'd in that abortive gulf . If thence he scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers , and as hard escape ? But I should ill ...
... Wide gaping , and with utter loss of being Threatens him , plung'd in that abortive gulf . If thence he scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers , and as hard escape ? But I should ill ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty angel answer'd appear'd arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold Belial bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial cherub cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell eternal evil eyes fair Fair angel faith fall'n Father fear fiend fierce fire fix'd flow'rs fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd seraph serpent shade shalt sight soon sov'reign spake spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings Zephon
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Page 193 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete; so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Page 219 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 3 - OF Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth Rose out of Chaos...
Page 10 - What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free...
Page 111 - Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in Heaven, On earth join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 305 - Began to parch that temperate clime ; whereat In either hand the hast'ning angel caught Our ling'ring parents, and to th' eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain ; then disappear'd. 640 They looking back, all th...
Page 50 - The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension; where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Page 6 - This downfall : since by fate the strength of gods And this empyreal substance cannot fail ; Since through experience of this great event In arms not worse, in foresight much...
Page 111 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 79 - He brings, and round about him, nor from Hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place.