The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... dread of decaying nature , or a frigid zone ; for general causes must operate uni- formly in a general abatement of mental power ; if less could be performed by the writer , less likewise would content the judges of his work . Among ...
... dread of decaying nature , or a frigid zone ; for general causes must operate uni- formly in a general abatement of mental power ; if less could be performed by the writer , less likewise would content the judges of his work . Among ...
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... dread their Creator as the avenger of their transgression . At last they seek shelter in his mercy , soften to repen- tance , and melt in supplication . Both before and after the Fall , the superiority of Adam is diligently sustained ...
... dread their Creator as the avenger of their transgression . At last they seek shelter in his mercy , soften to repen- tance , and melt in supplication . Both before and after the Fall , the superiority of Adam is diligently sustained ...
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... dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were , nor the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obey'd ; Innumerable . As when the potent rod ...
... dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were , nor the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obey'd ; Innumerable . As when the potent rod ...
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... of God On that opprobrious hill ; and made his grove The pleasant valley of Hinnom , -Tophet thence And black Gehenna call'd , the type of Hell . Next , Chemos , the ' obscene dread of Moab's B. I. 115 PARADISE LOST .
... of God On that opprobrious hill ; and made his grove The pleasant valley of Hinnom , -Tophet thence And black Gehenna call'd , the type of Hell . Next , Chemos , the ' obscene dread of Moab's B. I. 115 PARADISE LOST .
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Including Translations ... Next , Chemos , the ' obscene dread of Moab's sons , From Aroer to Nebo , and the wild Of southmost Abarim ; in Hesebon And Horonaim , Seon's realm , beyond The flowery dale of Sibma clad with vines ; And ...
Including Translations ... Next , Chemos , the ' obscene dread of Moab's sons , From Aroer to Nebo , and the wild Of southmost Abarim ; in Hesebon And Horonaim , Seon's realm , beyond The flowery dale of Sibma clad with vines ; And ...
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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.