The Works of the English Poets: MiltonH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... foul distrust , and breach Difloyal on the part of Man , revolt , And difobedience : on the part of Heaven Now alienated , distance and distaste , Anger and just rebuke , and judgment given , That brought into this world a world of woe ...
... foul distrust , and breach Difloyal on the part of Man , revolt , And difobedience : on the part of Heaven Now alienated , distance and distaste , Anger and just rebuke , and judgment given , That brought into this world a world of woe ...
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... foul defcent ! that I who erft contended With Gods to fit the high'est , am now constrain'd Into a beaft , and mix'd with bestial flime , 165 This effence to incarnate and imbrute , That to the highth of Deity aspir'd ; But what will ...
... foul defcent ! that I who erft contended With Gods to fit the high'est , am now constrain'd Into a beaft , and mix'd with bestial flime , 165 This effence to incarnate and imbrute , That to the highth of Deity aspir'd ; But what will ...
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... foul , fuppos'd Not incorruptible of faith , not proof Against temptation : thou thyself with scorn And anger wouldft refent the offer'd wrong , Though ineffectual found : mifdeem not then , If fuch affront I labor to avert From thee ...
... foul , fuppos'd Not incorruptible of faith , not proof Against temptation : thou thyself with scorn And anger wouldft refent the offer'd wrong , Though ineffectual found : mifdeem not then , If fuch affront I labor to avert From thee ...
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... foul esteem Of our integrity : his foul efteem 325 Sticks no dishonor on our front , but turns 330 Foul on himself ; then wherefore fhunn'd or fear'd By us ? who rather double honor gain From his furmife prov'd false , find peace within ...
... foul esteem Of our integrity : his foul efteem 325 Sticks no dishonor on our front , but turns 330 Foul on himself ; then wherefore fhunn'd or fear'd By us ? who rather double honor gain From his furmife prov'd false , find peace within ...
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... foul in both ; whereof good proof This day affords , declaring thee refolv'd , Rather than death or ought than death more dread Shall feparate us , link'd in love fo dear , 970 To undergo with me one guilt , one crime , If any be , of ...
... foul in both ; whereof good proof This day affords , declaring thee refolv'd , Rather than death or ought than death more dread Shall feparate us , link'd in love fo dear , 970 To undergo with me one guilt , one crime , If any be , of ...
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Popular passages
Page 138 - ... observe His providence; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Page 138 - And all the rule, one empire ; only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith, Add virtue, patience, temperance ; add love, By name to come call'd charity, the soul Of all the rest: then wilt thou not be loth To leave this Paradise, but shalt possess A paradise within thee, happier far.
Page 40 - The fig-tree, not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as, at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 113 - The haunt of seals, and ores, and sea-mews' clang: To teach thee that God attributes to place No sanctity, if none be thither brought By men who there frequent, or therein dwell. And now, what further shall ensue, behold.
Page 39 - O might I here In solitude live savage, in some glade Obscured, where highest woods, impenetrable To star or sun-light, spread their umbrage broad And brown as evening ! cover me, ye pines, Ye cedars, with innumerable boughs Hide me, where I may never see them more...
Page 74 - ... a rib Crooked by nature, bent, as now appears, More to the part sinister, from me drawn ; Well if thrown out, as supernumerary To my just number found. O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine ; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 4 - Nor skilled, nor studious, higher argument Remains ; sufficient of itself to raise That name, unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing Depressed ; and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers who brings it nightly to my ear.
Page 94 - With what to sight or smell was sweet, from thee How shall I part, and whither wander down Into a lower world, to this obscure And wild ? how shall we breathe in other air Less pure, accustom'd to immortal fruits?
Page 70 - Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fix'd on this day ? Why do I overlive ? Why am I mock'd with death; and...
Page 94 - I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both. O flowers That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand...