Paradise lost, a poem. 2nd Scots ed1746 |
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... heav'nly Muse ! that on the fecret top Of OREB , or of SINAI , didst inspire That shepherd , who first taught the chosen feed , In the beginning how the heav'ns , and earth , Rofe out of CHAOS . Or if SION hill 5 IO Delight thee more ...
... heav'nly Muse ! that on the fecret top Of OREB , or of SINAI , didst inspire That shepherd , who first taught the chosen feed , In the beginning how the heav'ns , and earth , Rofe out of CHAOS . Or if SION hill 5 IO Delight thee more ...
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... heav'n . So spake th ' apoftate Angel , though in pain ; 125 Vaunting aloud , but rack'd with deep defpair : And him ... nly essences , Can perish : for the mind and spirit remains 130 135 140 144 Invincible , and vigour foon ...
... heav'n . So spake th ' apoftate Angel , though in pain ; 125 Vaunting aloud , but rack'd with deep defpair : And him ... nly essences , Can perish : for the mind and spirit remains 130 135 140 144 Invincible , and vigour foon ...
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... heav'nly records now Be no memorial ; blotted out and ras'd , 364 By their rebellion , from the books of life . Nor had they yet among the sons of EVE Got them new names ; ' till wand'ring o'er the earth , Thro ' GOD's high sufferance ...
... heav'nly records now Be no memorial ; blotted out and ras'd , 364 By their rebellion , from the books of life . Nor had they yet among the sons of EVE Got them new names ; ' till wand'ring o'er the earth , Thro ' GOD's high sufferance ...
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... heav'nly grace : and , God proclaiming peace , Yet live in hatred , enmity and strife Among themselves , and levy cruel wars , Wasting the earth , each other to destroy : As if ( which might induce us to accord ) Man had not hellish ...
... heav'nly grace : and , God proclaiming peace , Yet live in hatred , enmity and strife Among themselves , and levy cruel wars , Wasting the earth , each other to destroy : As if ( which might induce us to accord ) Man had not hellish ...
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... heav'nly fair , a Goddess arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : amazement seiz'd All th ' holt of heav'n ; back they recoil'd , afraid At first , and call'd me SIN ; and for a fign 755 760 Portentous held me : but familiar grown , I pleas ...
... heav'nly fair , a Goddess arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : amazement seiz'd All th ' holt of heav'n ; back they recoil'd , afraid At first , and call'd me SIN ; and for a fign 755 760 Portentous held me : but familiar grown , I pleas ...
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ADAM ÆGYPT afcend Againſt alſo angel appear'd behold beſt bliſs bright call'd cauſe courſe dark darkneſs death defire divine earth eaſe elſe eternal ev'ning evil eyes fair falſe ferpent fide fight fince fire firſt fleep flow'rs fome fons foon foul fruit fuch giv'n glory happy haſte hath heav'n heav'nly hell juſt laſt leſs light loft loſe moſt muſt night o'er PANDÆMONIUM PARADISE PARADISE LOST paſs paſs'd paſt pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent rais'd reaſon reply'd reſt return'd roſe SATAN ſay ſcarce ſea ſecond ſee ſeek ſeem'd ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſet ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhew ſhould ſince ſky ſmall ſome ſpake ſpirits ſpread ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtream ſtrength ſuch ſweet taſte thee thence theſe things thoſe thou thoughts thro throne thy felf tow'rds tree turn'd univerſal vaſt whoſe wings worſe
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Page 62 - Those other two equalled with me in fate, So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.
Page 3 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 289 - Rather than solid virtue; all but 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 89 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair ? Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the hell I suffer seems a heaven.
Page 19 - Arch-Angel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge : cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Page 217 - She disappear'd, and left me dark: I wak'd To find her, or for ever to deplore Her loss, and other pleasures all abjure...
Page 226 - Nor skill'd 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 Depress'd, and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers who brings it nightly to my ear.
Page 23 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.
Page 94 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 136 - Time may come, when Men With Angels may participate, and find No inconvenient diet, nor too light fare; And from these corporal nutriments perhaps Your bodies may at last turn all to spirit...