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Page 18
... stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with order'd spear and shield ; Awaiting what command their mighty Chief Had to impose : He through the armed files Darts his experienced eye , and ...
... stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with order'd spear and shield ; Awaiting what command their mighty Chief Had to impose : He through the armed files Darts his experienced eye , and ...
Page 19
... Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : Attention held them mute . Thrice he essay'd , and thrice , in spite ...
... Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared 615 To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : Attention held them mute . Thrice he essay'd , and thrice , in spite ...
Page 26
... stand against the Thunderer's aim , Your bulwark , and condemns to greatest share Of endless pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in Hell Precedence ...
... stand against the Thunderer's aim , Your bulwark , and condemns to greatest share Of endless pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in Hell Precedence ...
Page 31
... Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns and to his Godhead sing Forced Hallelujahs : while he lordly sits Our envied Sov'reign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial odours ...
... Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns and to his Godhead sing Forced Hallelujahs : while he lordly sits Our envied Sov'reign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial odours ...
Page 37
... stand 470 But they His rivals ; winning cheap the high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn . Dreaded not more the adventure than his voice Ferbidding ; and at once with him they rose : Their rising all at once was as the sound ...
... stand 470 But they His rivals ; winning cheap the high repute Which he through hazard huge must earn . Dreaded not more the adventure than his voice Ferbidding ; and at once with him they rose : Their rising all at once was as the sound ...
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