 | English poetry - English poetry - 1867 - 336 pages
...knowledge, what this vessel can contain ; Beyond which was my folly to aspire. 555 Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love with fear the only...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good 560 Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deem'd weak Subverting... | |
 | English poetry - 1867 - 556 pages
...what this vessel can contain ; Beyond which wns my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learn, that to olwy is best, And love with fear the only God ; to walk...to observe His providence; and on him sole depend. Mercifu1 i-ver all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things,... | |
 | John Milton, Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1868 - 632 pages
...knowledge, what this vessel can contain ; Beyond which was my folly to aspire. 660 Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | John Milton - 1868 - 440 pages
...knowledge, what this vessel can contain ; Beyond which was my folly to aspire. 560 Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love, with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observ^ His providence, and on him sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good 566 Still overcoming... | |
 | Merritt Yerkes Hughes - 1970 - 412 pages
...presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend, Mercifull over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing...and worldly wise By simply meek; that suffering for Truths sake Is fortitude to highest victorie, And to the faithful Death the Gate of Life; Taught this... | |
 | Anne Ferry - Poetry - 1983 - 207 pages
...which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learne, that to obey is best, And love with feare the onely God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deemd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...words of Adam and the angel: Henceforth I learne, that to obey is best, And love with feare the onely God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deemd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - English literature - 1989 - 370 pages
...the poem, among them Adam's sweeping confession that God is Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing...Subverting worldly strong, and worldly wise By simply meek, (XII.565-69) which in retrospect lends coherence to the entire epic as the divers activities of God,... | |
 | John S. Tanner - Anxiety in literature - 1992 - 226 pages
...Of knowledge, what this Vessel can contain; Beyond which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love with fear the only...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...Of knowledge, what this vessel can contain, Beyond which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learn the same. BoNaP; GN; GoJo; PoEL-5 AWP; (Bk. XII, 1. 552-563) 106 Only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith; Add virtue, patience,... | |
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Henceforth, I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend... 
