Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions. The Author John Milton, from the Text of Thomas Newton, D.D.John Baskerville, 1759 - 388 pages |
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... tell of deeds Above heroic , though in fecret done , And unrecorded left through many an age , Worthy t ' have not remain'd fo long unfung . Now had the great Proclamer , with a voice 15 More 30 More awful than the found of trumpet ...
... tell of deeds Above heroic , though in fecret done , And unrecorded left through many an age , Worthy t ' have not remain'd fo long unfung . Now had the great Proclamer , with a voice 15 More 30 More awful than the found of trumpet ...
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... confident , As fitting queen ador'd on beauty's throne , Descend with all her winning charms begirt T'enamour , as the zone of Venus once 210 Wrought Wrought that effect on Jove , so fables tell ; 34 PARADISE REGAIN'D . Book II .
... confident , As fitting queen ador'd on beauty's throne , Descend with all her winning charms begirt T'enamour , as the zone of Venus once 210 Wrought Wrought that effect on Jove , so fables tell ; 34 PARADISE REGAIN'D . Book II .
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... tell ; 215 How would one look from his majestic brow Seated as on the top of virtue's hill , Discount'nance her defpis'd , and put to rout All her array ; her female pride deject , Or turn to reverent awe ? for beauty ftands In th ...
... tell ; 215 How would one look from his majestic brow Seated as on the top of virtue's hill , Discount'nance her defpis'd , and put to rout All her array ; her female pride deject , Or turn to reverent awe ? for beauty ftands In th ...
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... Tell me if food were now before thee fet , Would'ft thou not eat ? Thereafter as I like The giver , answer'd Jesus . Why should that Cause thy refusal ? said the subtle Fiend . Haft thou not right to all created things ? Owe not all ...
... Tell me if food were now before thee fet , Would'ft thou not eat ? Thereafter as I like The giver , answer'd Jesus . Why should that Cause thy refusal ? said the subtle Fiend . Haft thou not right to all created things ? Owe not all ...
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... tell , 330 335 The City ' of Gallaphrone , from thence to win 340 The fairest of her sex Angelica His daughter , fought by many prowest knights , Both Paynim , and the peers of Charlemain . Such and so numerous was their chivalry ; At ...
... tell , 330 335 The City ' of Gallaphrone , from thence to win 340 The fairest of her sex Angelica His daughter , fought by many prowest knights , Both Paynim , and the peers of Charlemain . Such and so numerous was their chivalry ; At ...
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Page 196 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Page 241 - In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship. It is for homely features to keep home; They had their name thence: coarse complexions And cheeks of sorry grain will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the huswife's wool.
Page 266 - Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
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Page 255 - The air was calm, and on the level brine Sleek Panope with all her sisters played. It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark, That sunk so low that sacred head of thine.
Page 275 - Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 197 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 255 - Mincius, crowned with vocal reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds. And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea, He asked the waves, and asked the felon winds, What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain?
Page 200 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak.
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