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... fear ; Through that wide field how he his way should find , O'er which lame faith leads understanding blind , Lest he perplex'd the things he would explain , And what was easy he should render vain . Or , if a work so infinite he spann ...
... fear ; Through that wide field how he his way should find , O'er which lame faith leads understanding blind , Lest he perplex'd the things he would explain , And what was easy he should render vain . Or , if a work so infinite he spann ...
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... fears and dangers , heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it rag'd , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage , and revive , though now they lie Groveling and prostrate ...
... fears and dangers , heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it rag'd , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage , and revive , though now they lie Groveling and prostrate ...
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... d Their fainting courage , and dispell'd their fears . 530 Then straight commands , that , at the warlike sound Of trumpets loud and clarions , be uprear'd His mighty standard : that proud honour claim'd Azazel as 16 Book I. PARADISE LOST .
... d Their fainting courage , and dispell'd their fears . 530 Then straight commands , that , at the warlike sound Of trumpets loud and clarions , be uprear'd His mighty standard : that proud honour claim'd Azazel as 16 Book I. PARADISE LOST .
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... fear , and sorrow ' , and pain , From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they , Breathing united force , with fixed thought Mov'd on in silence to soft pipes , that charm'd Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil ; and now , Advanc'd in ...
... fear , and sorrow ' , and pain , From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they , Breathing united force , with fixed thought Mov'd on in silence to soft pipes , that charm'd Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil ; and now , Advanc'd in ...
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... fear of change Perplexes monarchs . Darken'd so , yet shone Above them all th ' Archangel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd , and care Sat on his faded cheek , but under brows 595 600 Of dauntless courage and ...
... fear of change Perplexes monarchs . Darken'd so , yet shone Above them all th ' Archangel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd , and care Sat on his faded cheek , but under brows 595 600 Of dauntless courage and ...
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Adam Almighty Angel appear'd Archangel arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight didst divine dread dwell eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith fall'n fallen angel Father fear Fiend fierce fire fix'd flow'rs fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah Moloch morn night Nisroch o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost pass'd peace pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph Serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spi'rits Spirit stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings
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Page 58 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 18 - Less than archangel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 222 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 301 - 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...
Page 60 - Not me? They therefore as to right belong'd, So were created; nor can justly accuse Their Maker, or their making, or their fate, As if predestination...
Page 303 - For God is also in sleep ; and dreams advise, Which he hath sent propitious, some great good Presaging, since, with sorrow and heart's distress Wearied, I fell asleep : but now lead on — In me is no delay : with thee to go, Is to stay here ; without thee here to stay, Is to go hence unwilling ; thou to me Art all things under heaven, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banish'd hence.
Page 186 - ... so fresh and gay, Ye hills, and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures^ tell, Tell, if ye saw, how...
Page 182 - What if the sun Be centre to the world, and other stars, By his attractive virtue and their own Incited, dance about him various rounds...
Page 96 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ! oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk, With heavenly touch of instrumental sounds, In full harmonic number join'd, their songs Divide the night,...
Page 27 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...