Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. With the Life of the Author, Volume 2J. Locken, 1828 |
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... DESCEND from heaven , Urania , by that name If rightly thou art call'd , whose voice divine Following above the Olympian hill I soar , Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning , not the name , I call for thou Nor of the muses ...
... DESCEND from heaven , Urania , by that name If rightly thou art call'd , whose voice divine Following above the Olympian hill I soar , Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning , not the name , I call for thou Nor of the muses ...
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... descend now lower , and relate What may no less perhaps avail us known , How first began this heaven which we behold Distant so high , with moving fires adorn'd Innumerable ; and this which yields or fills All space , the ambient are ...
... descend now lower , and relate What may no less perhaps avail us known , How first began this heaven which we behold Distant so high , with moving fires adorn'd Innumerable ; and this which yields or fills All space , the ambient are ...
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... Descends , thither with heart , and voice , and eyes Directed in devotion , to adore And worship God supreme , who made him chie Of all his works : therefore the Omnipotent Eternal Father ( for where is not he Present ? ) thus to his ...
... Descends , thither with heart , and voice , and eyes Directed in devotion , to adore And worship God supreme , who made him chie Of all his works : therefore the Omnipotent Eternal Father ( for where is not he Present ? ) thus to his ...
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... descend A lower flight , and speak of things at hand Useful ; whence , haply , mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask , By sufferance , and thy wonted favour , deign'd . Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my ...
... descend A lower flight , and speak of things at hand Useful ; whence , haply , mention may arise Of something not unseasonable to ask , By sufferance , and thy wonted favour , deign'd . Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my ...
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... Descend to ! Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd ; obnoxious , first or last , To basest things . Revenge , at first though sweet , Bitter ere long , back on himself recoils : Let it ; I reck not , so it light well aim'd ...
... Descend to ! Who aspires must down as low As high he soar'd ; obnoxious , first or last , To basest things . Revenge , at first though sweet , Bitter ere long , back on himself recoils : Let it ; I reck not , so it light well aim'd ...
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Adam Adam and Eve angel answer'd appear'd archangel aught beast behold bless'd bliss bright bring bruise call'd Canaan celestial Cherubim cloud created creatures curse dark death delight descend didst diurnal divine doom dwell earth empyrean eternal evil eyes fair faith fear firmament of heaven fix'd fruit glory Godhead gods grace ground hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hath heard heart heaven heavenly hell herb hill human voice join'd judge know'st labour lest light live Lord lost mankind Michael mix'd nigh night ordain'd Paradise PARADISE LOST pass'd peace perhaps race Raphael renew'd replied return'd sapience Satan seat seed seem'd serpent shalt shame sight soon sov'reign spake spirit stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tree trom turn'd virtue voice whence wings wonder