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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His first - begot we know , and sore have felt , When his fierce thunder drove us to the deep ; Who this is we must learn , for Man he seems In all his lineaments , though in his face The glimpses of his Father's glory shine .
His first - begot we know , and sore have felt , When his fierce thunder drove us to the deep ; Who this is we must learn , for Man he seems In all his lineaments , though in his face The glimpses of his Father's glory shine .
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But this thy glory shall be soon retrench'd ;No more shalt thou by oracliog buse 455 The Gentiles ; henceforth Oracles are ceas'd , And thou no more with Pomp and Sacrifice Shalt be inquir'd at Delphos or elsewhere , At least in vain ...
But this thy glory shall be soon retrench'd ;No more shalt thou by oracliog buse 455 The Gentiles ; henceforth Oracles are ceas'd , And thou no more with Pomp and Sacrifice Shalt be inquir'd at Delphos or elsewhere , At least in vain ...
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... to what heighth their Pow'r unjust : 45 They have exalted , and behind them cast All fear of thee ; arise and vindicate Thy glory , free thy people from their yoke : But let us wait ' ; thus far he hath perform'd , Sent his Anointed ...
... to what heighth their Pow'r unjust : 45 They have exalted , and behind them cast All fear of thee ; arise and vindicate Thy glory , free thy people from their yoke : But let us wait ' ; thus far he hath perform'd , Sent his Anointed ...
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... and all her Plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy , At every sudden slighting quite abasht : Therefore with manlier objects we must try His constancy , with such as have more Thew Of worth , of honour , glory , and popular ...
... and all her Plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy , At every sudden slighting quite abasht : Therefore with manlier objects we must try His constancy , with such as have more Thew Of worth , of honour , glory , and popular ...
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I can at will , doubt not , as soon as thou , Command a Table in this Wilderness , And call swift lights of Angels ministrant Array'd in Glory on my Cup t'attend . Why shouldit thou then obtrude this diligence In vain , where no ...
I can at will , doubt not , as soon as thou , Command a Table in this Wilderness , And call swift lights of Angels ministrant Array'd in Glory on my Cup t'attend . Why shouldit thou then obtrude this diligence In vain , where no ...
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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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