Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. With the Life of the Author, Volume 2J. Locken, 1828 |
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... heaven . 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 ...
... heaven . 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 ...
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... heaven To those apostates : lest the like befal In Paradise to Adam or his race , Charged not to touch the interdicted tree , If they transgress , and slight that sole command , So easily obeyed amid the choice Of all tastes else to ...
... heaven To those apostates : lest the like befal In Paradise to Adam or his race , Charged not to touch the interdicted tree , If they transgress , and slight that sole command , So easily obeyed amid the choice Of all tastes else to ...
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... heaven , } And war so near the peace of God in bliss , With such confusion : but the evil , soon Driven back , redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprang ; impossible to mix With blessedness . Whence Adam soon repeal'd The doubts ...
... heaven , } And war so near the peace of God in bliss , With such confusion : but the evil , soon Driven back , redounded as a flood on those From whom it sprang ; impossible to mix With blessedness . Whence Adam soon repeal'd The doubts ...
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... heaven which we behold Distant so high , with moving fires adorn'd Innumerable ; and this which yields or fills All space , the ambient are wide interfused Embracing round this florid earth ; what cause Moved the Creator , in his holy ...
... heaven which we behold Distant so high , with moving fires adorn'd Innumerable ; and this which yields or fills All space , the ambient are wide interfused Embracing round this florid earth ; what cause Moved the Creator , in his holy ...
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... heaven : Enough is left besides to search and know . But knowledge is as food , and needs no less Her temperance over appetite , to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit , and soon turns Wisdom to ...
... heaven : Enough is left besides to search and know . But knowledge is as food , and needs no less Her temperance over appetite , to know In measure what the mind may well contain ; Oppresses else with surfeit , and soon turns Wisdom to ...
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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