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... Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous fong , That with no middle flight intends to foar Above th ' Aonian mount , while it pursués Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . And chie thou , O Spirit ...
... Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous fong , That with no middle flight intends to foar Above th ' Aonian mount , while it pursués Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . And chie thou , O Spirit ...
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... fast With horrid strides ; hell trembled as he strode . Th ' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd ; Admir'd , not fear'd ; God and his Son except , Created thing nought valu'd he , nor shunn'd ; And with disdainful look thus first ...
... fast With horrid strides ; hell trembled as he strode . Th ' undaunted fiend what this might be admir'd ; Admir'd , not fear'd ; God and his Son except , Created thing nought valu'd he , nor shunn'd ; And with disdainful look thus first ...
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... more was either like To meet so great a foe : and now great deeds Had been achiev'd , whereof all hell had rung Had not the snaky forceress that fat 721 Fast by hell - gate , and kept the fatal Book II . 47 PARADISE LOST .
... more was either like To meet so great a foe : and now great deeds Had been achiev'd , whereof all hell had rung Had not the snaky forceress that fat 721 Fast by hell - gate , and kept the fatal Book II . 47 PARADISE LOST .
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John Milton. Fast by hell - gate , and kept the fatal key , Ris'n , and with hideous outcry rush'd between .. O ... fast Threw forth ; till on the left side op'ning wide , 755 Likest to thee in shape and count'nance bright , Then ...
John Milton. Fast by hell - gate , and kept the fatal key , Ris'n , and with hideous outcry rush'd between .. O ... fast Threw forth ; till on the left side op'ning wide , 755 Likest to thee in shape and count'nance bright , Then ...
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... fast by the tree of life , 351 Began to bloom ; but foon for man's offence To heav'n remov'd , where first it grew , there grows , And flowers aloft shading the fount of life , 355 And where the riv'r of bliss through midst of heav'n ...
... fast by the tree of life , 351 Began to bloom ; but foon for man's offence To heav'n remov'd , where first it grew , there grows , And flowers aloft shading the fount of life , 355 And where the riv'r of bliss through midst of heav'n ...
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Adam alſo angels anſwer appear'd behold beſt call'd cauſe cloſe courſe dark death defire divine earth eaſe elſe evil eyes fafe faid fair fame faſt feat feems ferpent fide fight fince firſt fleep fome fons foon foul fruit fuch glory happy haſt hath heaven hell houſe juſt King laſt leſs leſt light live loft loſe loſt Milton moſt muſt night Paradise PARADISE LOST Paradise Regain'd paſs paſs'd paſt pleaſe pleaſure poem praiſe preſent publiſhed reaſon reply'd reſt return'd rifing roſe Satan ſays ſcarce ſecond ſeem'd ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſerve ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhould ſhow ſmall ſome ſpake ſpirit ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſtrong ſuch ſweet taſte thee thence theſe things thoſe thou thought thro throne tree turn'd univerſal vaſt verſe waſte whoſe wings worſe
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Page 87 - Upon the rapid current, which, through veins Of porous earth with kindly thirst up-drawn, Rose a fresh fountain, and with many a rill Water'd the garden ; thence united fell Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears...
Page 10 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor ; one who brings A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n.
Page 114 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 5 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 60 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 195 - Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent. Tell me, how may I know him, how adore, 280 From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Page 89 - Castalian spring, might with this Paradise Of Eden strive; nor that Nyseian isle Girt with the river Triton, where old Cham, Whom Gentiles Ammon call and Libyan Jove, Hid Amalthea, and her florid son Young Bacchus, from his stepdame Rhea's eye; Nor where Abassin kings their issue guard, Mount Amara, though this by some supposed True Paradise, under the Ethiop line By Nilus...
Page 44 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce ; From beds of raging fire, to starve in ice...
Page 59 - Thee I revisit safe, And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled.
Page 104 - Know ye not then, said Satan fill'd with scorn, Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar; Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng; or if ye know, Why ask ye, and superfluous begin Your message, like to end as much in vain ? To whom thus Zephon, answering scorn with scorn.