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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55 60 65 70 Upon my head ; long the decrees of Heav'n Delay , for longest time to him is short ; And now too soon for us the circling hours This dreaded time have compaft , wherein we Must bide the stroak of that long threatn'd wound ...
55 60 65 70 Upon my head ; long the decrees of Heav'n Delay , for longest time to him is short ; And now too soon for us the circling hours This dreaded time have compaft , wherein we Must bide the stroak of that long threatn'd wound ...
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This having heard , straight I again revolv'd The Law and Prophets , searching what was writ 260 Concerning the Messiah , to our Scribes Known partly , and foon found of whom they fpake I am ; this chiefly , that my way must lie Through ...
This having heard , straight I again revolv'd The Law and Prophets , searching what was writ 260 Concerning the Messiah , to our Scribes Known partly , and foon found of whom they fpake I am ; this chiefly , that my way must lie Through ...
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... stand him more in.stead to lye , Say and unsay , feign , Aatter , or.abjure ? But thou art plac'd above me , thou art Lord ; B 2 If it may 475 " From > 3 From thee I can and must submiss endure Check Book I. PARADISE REGAIN'D : 15.
... stand him more in.stead to lye , Say and unsay , feign , Aatter , or.abjure ? But thou art plac'd above me , thou art Lord ; B 2 If it may 475 " From > 3 From thee I can and must submiss endure Check Book I. PARADISE REGAIN'D : 15.
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3 From thee I can and must submiss endure Check or reproof , and glad t'escape so quit . Hard are the ways of truth , and rough to walk , Smooth on the tongue discours'd , pleafing to th'ear , And tuneable as Silvan Pipe or Song ...
3 From thee I can and must submiss endure Check or reproof , and glad t'escape so quit . Hard are the ways of truth , and rough to walk , Smooth on the tongue discours'd , pleafing to th'ear , And tuneable as Silvan Pipe or Song ...
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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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| 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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