The Poetical Works of John Milton; to which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorW. Tegg & Company, 1848 - 576 pages |
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... stood , and call'd His legions , angel forms , who lay entranced , Thick as autumnal leaves , that strew the brooks In Vallombrosa , where the Etrurian shades , High over - arch'd , imbower ; or scatter'd sedge Afloat , when with fierce ...
... stood , and call'd His legions , angel forms , who lay entranced , Thick as autumnal leaves , that strew the brooks In Vallombrosa , where the Etrurian shades , High over - arch'd , imbower ; or scatter'd sedge Afloat , when with fierce ...
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... stood Their great commander ; godlike shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities ; And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones , Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial ; blotted out and rased By their ...
... stood Their great commander ; godlike shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities ; And powers that erst in heaven sat on thrones , Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial ; blotted out and rased By their ...
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... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous crowd stood yet aloof . The chief were those , who from the pit of hell , Roaming to seek their prey on earth , durst fix Their seats long after next the seat of God , Their altars by his ...
... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous crowd stood yet aloof . The chief were those , who from the pit of hell , Roaming to seek their prey on earth , durst fix Their seats long after next the seat of God , Their altars by his ...
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... also not unsung , where stood Her temple on the offensive mountain , built By that uxorious king , whose heart , though large , Beguiled by fair idolatresses , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose 14 PARADISE LOST .
... also not unsung , where stood Her temple on the offensive mountain , built By that uxorious king , whose heart , though large , Beguiled by fair idolatresses , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose 14 PARADISE LOST .
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... stood , Or altar smoked ; yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist , as did Eli's sons , who fill'd With lust and violence the house of God ? In courts and palaces he also reigns , And in ...
... stood , Or altar smoked ; yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist , as did Eli's sons , who fill'd With lust and violence the house of God ? In courts and palaces he also reigns , And in ...
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