Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes; and Poems Upon Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Education. John Milton the Author |
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Victory and Triumph to the Son of God Now entering his great duel , not of Arms , But to vanquish by wisdom hellish wiles . 175 The Father knows the Son ; therefore fecure Ventures his filial Virtue , though untry'd , Against whate'er ...
Victory and Triumph to the Son of God Now entering his great duel , not of Arms , But to vanquish by wisdom hellish wiles . 175 The Father knows the Son ; therefore fecure Ventures his filial Virtue , though untry'd , Against whate'er ...
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Could not fuftain thy Prowess , or subfift In battle , though against thy few in arms . 20 These God - like Virtues wherefore dost thou hide , Affecting private life , or more obscure In savage Wilderness ? wherefore deprive All Earth ...
Could not fuftain thy Prowess , or subfift In battle , though against thy few in arms . 20 These God - like Virtues wherefore dost thou hide , Affecting private life , or more obscure In savage Wilderness ? wherefore deprive All Earth ...
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So did not Machabæus : he indeed Retir'd unto the Defart , but with arms ; And o'er a mighty King fo oft prevaild , That by strong hand his family obtain'd , Tho ' Priests , the Crown , and David's Throne usurp'd , 165 0 With Modin and ...
So did not Machabæus : he indeed Retir'd unto the Defart , but with arms ; And o'er a mighty King fo oft prevaild , That by strong hand his family obtain'd , Tho ' Priests , the Crown , and David's Throne usurp'd , 165 0 With Modin and ...
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... forth ! steel bows , and shafts their arms , 305 Of equal dread in flight , or in pursuit ; All Horsemen , in which fight they most excel : See how in warlike Mufter they appear , In rhombs and wedges , and half - moons and wings !
... forth ! steel bows , and shafts their arms , 305 Of equal dread in flight , or in pursuit ; All Horsemen , in which fight they most excel : See how in warlike Mufter they appear , In rhombs and wedges , and half - moons and wings !
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... nor on each horn , Cuirafiers all in steel for standing fight ; Chariots or Elephants endorst with Tow'rs Of Archers , nur of lab'ring Pioneers , 330 A multitude with Spades and Axes arm'd Toly hills plain , fell woods , or vallies ...
... nor on each horn , Cuirafiers all in steel for standing fight ; Chariots or Elephants endorst with Tow'rs Of Archers , nur of lab'ring Pioneers , 330 A multitude with Spades and Axes arm'd Toly hills plain , fell woods , or vallies ...
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| Title | Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes; and Poems Upon Several Occasions. With a Tractate of Education. John Milton the Author |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | a Company of Stationers, 1739 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 29 Sep 2016 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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