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Page 115
... Cherubim : yea , often placed Within his sanctuary ' itself their shrines , Abominations ; and with cursed things His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned ; And with their darkness durst affront his light . First , Moloch , horrid king ...
... Cherubim : yea , often placed Within his sanctuary ' itself their shrines , Abominations ; and with cursed things His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned ; And with their darkness durst affront his light . First , Moloch , horrid king ...
Page 123
... Cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell : highly they raged Against the Highest , and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their sounding shields the din of war , Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven . There stood a ...
... Cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined Hell : highly they raged Against the Highest , and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their sounding shields the din of war , Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven . There stood a ...
Page 127
... Cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat ; A thousand Demi - gods on golden seats , Frequent and full . After short silence then , And summons read , the great consult began . END OF BOOK I. BOOK II . The Argument . The ...
... Cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat ; A thousand Demi - gods on golden seats , Frequent and full . After short silence then , And summons read , the great consult began . END OF BOOK I. BOOK II . The Argument . The ...
Page 143
... Cherubim Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy , By herald's voice explain'd : the hollow ' abyss Heard far and wide , and all the host of Hell With deafening shout return'd them loud acclaim . Thence more B. II . 143 PARADISE LOST .
... Cherubim Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy , By herald's voice explain'd : the hollow ' abyss Heard far and wide , and all the host of Hell With deafening shout return'd them loud acclaim . Thence more B. II . 143 PARADISE LOST .
Page 180
... cherubim Alone thus wandering . Brightest Seraph ! tell In which of all these shining orbs hath man His fixed seat : or fixed seat hath none , But all these shining orbs his choice to dwell ; That I may find him ; and with secret gaze ...
... cherubim Alone thus wandering . Brightest Seraph ! tell In which of all these shining orbs hath man His fixed seat : or fixed seat hath none , But all these shining orbs his choice to dwell ; That I may find him ; and with secret gaze ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty angels appear'd arm'd arms battle Beelzebub behold blank verse bliss burning lake call'd celestial Cherub Cherubim clouds Comus dark daughter death deep delight divine dread earth eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel fall Father fear fell fire flames friends Gabriel glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heaven heavenly Hell highth hill hope host infernal Ithuriel John Milton join'd King Latin less light Lycidas mankind Messiah Milton mind Moloch nature never night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd perhaps poem poet poetry praise rage reason reign revenge rhyme round Satan seem'd seems Seraph Seraphim shade sight soon spake Spirits stood sweet Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself turn'd Uriel verse vex'd whence winds wings wonder Zephon
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Page 100 - This neglect of rime is so little to be taken for a defect, though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers, that it is rather to be esteemed an example, the first in English, of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming.