Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton D.D. |
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... Hell Receive thy new poffeffor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time . The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n . 255 What matter where , if I be still the fame , And ...
... Hell Receive thy new poffeffor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time . The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell , a Hell of Heav'n . 255 What matter where , if I be still the fame , And ...
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... Hell : Yet not rejoicing in his speed , though bold Far off and fearless ; nor with cause to boaft , Begins his dire ... Hell within him ; for within him Hell He brings , and round about him , nor from Hell 20 One 25 30 35 One step ...
... Hell : Yet not rejoicing in his speed , though bold Far off and fearless ; nor with cause to boaft , Begins his dire ... Hell within him ; for within him Hell He brings , and round about him , nor from Hell 20 One 25 30 35 One step ...
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... Hell heard th'unfufferable noise , Hell faw Heav'n ruining from Heav'n , and would have fled Affrighted ; but strict fate had caft too deep Her dark foundations , and too fast had bound . 870 Nine days they fell ; confounded Chaos roar ...
... Hell heard th'unfufferable noise , Hell faw Heav'n ruining from Heav'n , and would have fled Affrighted ; but strict fate had caft too deep Her dark foundations , and too fast had bound . 870 Nine days they fell ; confounded Chaos roar ...
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... Hell to that new world Where Satan now prevails ; a monument Of merit high to all th'infernal hoft , Easing their passage hence , for intercourse , Or tranfmigration , as their lot shall lead . Nor can I miss the way , so strongly drawn ...
... Hell to that new world Where Satan now prevails ; a monument Of merit high to all th'infernal hoft , Easing their passage hence , for intercourse , Or tranfmigration , as their lot shall lead . Nor can I miss the way , so strongly drawn ...
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... Hell , by wondrous fympathy feeling the fuccess of Satan in this new world , and the fin by : Manthere committed , refolve to fit no longer confin'din Hell , but to follow Satan their fire up to the place of Man : To make the way easier ...
... Hell , by wondrous fympathy feeling the fuccess of Satan in this new world , and the fin by : Manthere committed , refolve to fit no longer confin'din Hell , but to follow Satan their fire up to the place of Man : To make the way easier ...
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abyſs Adam againſt alſo Angels anſwer anſwer'd appear'd battel behold beſt bright call'd cauſe cloſe courſe curſe darkneſs death defire didſt divine eaſe elſe eyes faid fair Father feat ferpent fide fight firſt fome fons foon foul fruit fuch glory Gods hath Heav'n Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hiſs houſe itſelf juſt king laſt leſs loft Milton moſt muſt night Paradiſe PARADISE LOST paſs'd pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed reaſon reply'd reſt return'd riſe roſe Satan ſay ſcorn ſea ſecond ſeem'd ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſerve ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhalt ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhield ſhine ſhore ſhould ſhow ſince ſome ſpake Spirits ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtream ſtrength ſuch ſweet taſte thee themſelves thence theſe things thoſe thou thought throne thyſelf tree turn'd univerſal uſe vaſt verſes vex'd waſte whoſe wings worſe
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Page vi - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more.
Page 80 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 168 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 8 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr'd on Jove ; Briareos or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held ; or that seabeast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream...
Page 52 - Those other two equalled with me in fate, So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.
Page 101 - 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 80 - Which from his darksome passage now appears; And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account...
Page 89 - Unargued I obey, so GOD ordains; GOD is thy law, thou mine; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Page 197 - Eve ; heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there ; be lowly wise : Think only what concerns thee and thy being ; Dream not of other worlds, what creatures there Live, in what state, condition, or degree, Contented that thus far hath been reveal'd Not of earth only, but of highest heaven...
Page 208 - She disappear'd, and left me dark: I wak'd To find her, or for ever to deplore Her loss, and other pleasures all abjure...