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... Cherubim , yea , often placed They heard , and were abashed , and up they Within his sanctuary itself their shrines , sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found , by whom they dread , Rouse , and bestir ...
... Cherubim , yea , often placed They heard , and were abashed , and up they Within his sanctuary itself their shrines , sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found , by whom they dread , Rouse , and bestir ...
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... cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined hell : highly they raged Against the Highest , and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war , Hurling defiance toward the vaults of heaven . There stood a ...
... cherubim ; the sudden blaze Far round illumined hell : highly they raged Against the Highest , and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war , Hurling defiance toward the vaults of heaven . There stood a ...
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... cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat ; Envy from each inferior ; but who here Will envy whom the highest place exposes Foremost to stand against the Thunderer's aim Your bulwark , and condemns to greatest share Of endless ...
... cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat ; Envy from each inferior ; but who here Will envy whom the highest place exposes Foremost to stand against the Thunderer's aim Your bulwark , and condemns to greatest share Of endless ...
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... cherubim Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy , By herald's voice explained ; the hollow abyss Heard far and wide , and all the host of hell With deafening shout returned them loud acclaim . Thence more at ease their minds , and ...
... cherubim Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy , By herald's voice explained ; the hollow abyss Heard far and wide , and all the host of hell With deafening shout returned them loud acclaim . Thence more at ease their minds , and ...
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... 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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Page 10 - Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottomed, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt ! — So both ascend In the visions of God — B.