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... heaven ; describes Paradise . Next , the Chorus , showing the reason of his coming to keep his watch in Paradise , after Lucifer's rebel- lion , by command from God ; and withal expressing his desire to see and know more concerning this ...
... heaven ; describes Paradise . Next , the Chorus , showing the reason of his coming to keep his watch in Paradise , after Lucifer's rebel- lion , by command from God ; and withal expressing his desire to see and know more concerning this ...
Page 74
... Heaven ; but the rule is so far observed , that no part of the action could have been accomplished by any other means . Of episodes , I think there are only two , contained in Raphael's relation of the war in Heaven , and Michael's ...
... Heaven ; but the rule is so far observed , that no part of the action could have been accomplished by any other means . Of episodes , I think there are only two , contained in Raphael's relation of the war in Heaven , and Michael's ...
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... Heaven by the expulsion of the rebels ; yet Satan mentions it as a report rife in Heaven before his departure . To find sentiments for the state of innocence was very difficult ; and something of anticipation perhaps is now and then ...
... Heaven by the expulsion of the rebels ; yet Satan mentions it as a report rife in Heaven before his departure . To find sentiments for the state of innocence was very difficult ; and something of anticipation perhaps is now and then ...
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... Heaven's eternal throne with dire alarms , And sets the ' Almighty Thunderer in arms ! Whate'er his pen describes I more than see , Whilst every verse arrayed in majesty , Bold and sublime , my whole attention draws , And seems above ...
... Heaven's eternal throne with dire alarms , And sets the ' Almighty Thunderer in arms ! Whate'er his pen describes I more than see , Whilst every verse arrayed in majesty , Bold and sublime , my whole attention draws , And seems above ...
Page 97
... Heaven up - piled , Of rude access , of prospect wild , Where , tangled round the jealous steep , Strange shades o'erbrow the vallies deep , And holy Genii guard the rock , Its glooms embrown ENCOMIUMS UPON MILTON . 97 From Gray's ...
... Heaven up - piled , Of rude access , of prospect wild , Where , tangled round the jealous steep , Strange shades o'erbrow the vallies deep , And holy Genii guard the rock , Its glooms embrown ENCOMIUMS UPON MILTON . 97 From Gray's ...
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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.