Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve BooksA. Donalson, and fold at his shop, 1772 - 323 pages |
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... sky , 40 45 With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition , there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durft defy th ' Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night so To mortal ...
... sky , 40 45 With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition , there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durft defy th ' Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night so To mortal ...
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... sky . The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd ; and the work fome praise , And fome the architect : his hand was known In heav'n by many a tow'red structure high , Where scepter'd angels held their refidence , And fat as princes ; whom the ...
... sky . The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd ; and the work fome praise , And fome the architect : his hand was known In heav'n by many a tow'red structure high , Where scepter'd angels held their refidence , And fat as princes ; whom the ...
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... sky , and armies ruth To battle in the clouds , before each van 530 535 Prick forth the aery knights , and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of heav'n the welkin burns . Others , with ...
... sky , and armies ruth To battle in the clouds , before each van 530 535 Prick forth the aery knights , and couch their spears Till thickest legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of heav'n the welkin burns . Others , with ...
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... sky , and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war . Each at the head Levell'd his deadly aim ; their fatal hands 706 710 No second stroke intend ; and fuch a frown Each caft at th ' other , as when two black clouds , With heav ...
... sky , and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war . Each at the head Levell'd his deadly aim ; their fatal hands 706 710 No second stroke intend ; and fuch a frown Each caft at th ' other , as when two black clouds , With heav ...
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... sky appear , and from thee fend The fummoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal ; forthwith from all winds , The living , and forthwith the cited dead Of all past ages , to the general doom 325 Shall hasten ; such a peal shall ...
... sky appear , and from thee fend The fummoning archangels to proclaim Thy dread tribunal ; forthwith from all winds , The living , and forthwith the cited dead Of all past ages , to the general doom 325 Shall hasten ; such a peal shall ...
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Adam alſo angel appear'd behold beſt bliſs call'd cauſe cloſe courſe dark death defire delight deſign divine earth eaſe elſe eternal evil eyes faid fair faſt Father feat ferpent fide fight fince fire firſt fome fons foon foul fruit fuch glory happy haſte hath heav'n heav'nly hell houſe juſt King laſt leſs leſt light live loft loſs loſt Milton moſt muſt night o'er Paradiſe PARADISE LOST paſs paſs'd paſt pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed rais'd reaſon reply'd reſt return'd rifing roſe Satan ſay ſcarce ſcorn ſecond ſeek ſeem'd ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhould ſhow ſky ſome ſpake ſpirits ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſuch ſweet taſte thee thence theſe things thoſe thou thought thro throne tree turn'd univerſal uſe verſes whoſe wings worſe