Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve BooksL. Coffin, 1831 - 294 pages |
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... thence attempt . Pandemonium , the palace of Satan , rises , suddenly built out of the deep : The infernal peer there sit in council . Or Man's first disobedience , and the fruit Of that forbidden tree , whose mortal taste Brought death ...
... thence attempt . Pandemonium , the palace of Satan , rises , suddenly built out of the deep : The infernal peer there sit in council . Or Man's first disobedience , and the fruit Of that forbidden tree , whose mortal taste Brought death ...
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... thence in Heaven call'd Satan , with bold words Breaking the horrid silence , thus began . 70 75 80 Speech 85 If thou be he ; but O , how fallen ! how changed From him , who , in the happy realms of light , Clothed with transcendent ...
... thence in Heaven call'd Satan , with bold words Breaking the horrid silence , thus began . 70 75 80 Speech 85 If thou be he ; but O , how fallen ! how changed From him , who , in the happy realms of light , Clothed with transcendent ...
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... thence 210 Had risen , or heaved his head ; but that the will And high permission of all - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his own dark designs ; That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation , while he sought Evil ...
... thence 210 Had risen , or heaved his head ; but that the will And high permission of all - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his own dark designs ; That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation , while he sought Evil ...
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... thence his lustful orgies he enlarged Even to that hill of scandal , by the grove Of Moloch homicide ; lust hard by hate ; Till good Josiah drove them thence to Hell . With these came they , who , from the bordering flood 415 Of old ...
... thence his lustful orgies he enlarged Even to that hill of scandal , by the grove Of Moloch homicide ; lust hard by hate ; Till good Josiah drove them thence to Hell . With these came they , who , from the bordering flood 415 Of old ...
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... thence he scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers and as hard escape ? But I should ill become this throne , O Peers , And this imperial sov'reignty , adorn'd 440 445 With splendour ...
... thence he scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers and as hard escape ? But I should ill become this throne , O Peers , And this imperial sov'reignty , adorn'd 440 445 With splendour ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angels answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms aught beast behold Belial bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell Earth eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill Ithuriel join'd King lest light live lost mankind Messiah Michaël mix'd night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST pass'd peace reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd Seraph Serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice whence wings wonder Zephon
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Page 107 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 23 - From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove 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...
Page 4 - And mad'st it pregnant: What in me is dark, Illumine; what is low, raise and support; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence, 25 And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 107 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 213 - 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 76 - Upon himself; horror and doubt distract His troubled thoughts, and from the bottom stir The hell within him ; for within him hell He brings, and round about him, nor from hell One step, no more than from himself, can fly By change of place...
Page 154 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 22 - Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Page 76 - O thou, that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world ; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...