The Poetical Works of John Milton; to which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorW. Tegg & Company, 1848 - 576 pages |
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... seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that Pygmëan race Beyond the Indian mount : or faery elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest side Or fountain ...
... seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that Pygmëan race Beyond the Indian mount : or faery elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest side Or fountain ...
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... seem'd For dignity composed , and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna , and could make the worse appear The better reason , to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low : To ...
... seem'd For dignity composed , and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt manna , and could make the worse appear The better reason , to perplex and dash Maturest counsels : for his thoughts were low : To ...
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... seem'd A refuge from those wounds ; or when we lay Chain'd on the burning lake ? that sure was worse . What if the breath , that kindled those grim fires , Awaked , should blow them into sevenfold rage , And plunge us in the flames ? or ...
... seem'd A refuge from those wounds ; or when we lay Chain'd on the burning lake ? that sure was worse . What if the breath , that kindled those grim fires , Awaked , should blow them into sevenfold rage , And plunge us in the flames ? or ...
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... seem'd A pillar of state ; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat , and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone , Majestic , though in ruin : sage he stood , With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of ...
... seem'd A pillar of state ; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat , and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone , Majestic , though in ruin : sage he stood , With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of ...
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... seem'd Alone the antagonist of heaven , nor less Than hell's dread emperor , with pomp supreme , And god - like imitated state : him round A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed With bright emblazonry , and horrent arms . Then , of their ...
... seem'd Alone the antagonist of heaven , nor less Than hell's dread emperor , with pomp supreme , And god - like imitated state : him round A globe of fiery seraphim enclosed With bright emblazonry , and horrent arms . Then , of their ...
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