Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. With the Life of the Author, Volume 2J. Locken, 1828 |
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... hast reveal'd , Divine interpreter ! by favour sent Down from the empyrean , to forwarn Us timely of what might else have been our loss , Unknown , which human knowledge could not reach ; For which to the infinitely good we owe Immortal ...
... hast reveal'd , Divine interpreter ! by favour sent Down from the empyrean , to forwarn Us timely of what might else have been our loss , Unknown , which human knowledge could not reach ; For which to the infinitely good we owe Immortal ...
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... , or ridge direct , For haste ; such flight the great command im- press'd On the swift floods ! as armies at the call Of trumpet ( for of armies thou hast heard ) Troop to their standard ; so the watery throng , 12 PARADISE LOST .
... , or ridge direct , For haste ; such flight the great command im- press'd On the swift floods ! as armies at the call Of trumpet ( for of armies thou hast heard ) Troop to their standard ; so the watery throng , 12 PARADISE LOST .
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... hast repelled ; while impiously they thought Thee to diminish , and from thee withdraw The number of thy worshippers . Who seeks To lessen thee , against his purpose serves To manifest the more thy might his evil : Thou usest , and from ...
... hast repelled ; while impiously they thought Thee to diminish , and from thee withdraw The number of thy worshippers . Who seeks To lessen thee , against his purpose serves To manifest the more thy might his evil : Thou usest , and from ...
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... hast allay'd The thirst I had of knowledge , and vouchsafed This friendly condescension to relate Things , else by me unsearchable ; now heard With wonder , but delight , and , as is due , With glory attributed to the high Creator ...
... hast allay'd The thirst I had of knowledge , and vouchsafed This friendly condescension to relate Things , else by me unsearchable ; now heard With wonder , but delight , and , as is due , With glory attributed to the high Creator ...
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... hast thy dwelling here on earth . God , to remove his ways from human sense , Placed heaven from earth so far , that earthly sight If it presume , might err in things too high , And no advantage gain . What if the sun Be centre to the ...
... hast thy dwelling here on earth . God , to remove his ways from human sense , Placed heaven from earth so far , that earthly sight If it presume , might err in things too high , And no advantage gain . What if the sun Be centre to the ...
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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