The Poetical WorksMacmillan, 1954 - 625 pages |
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Page 96
... happy isles , Like those Hesperian Gardens famed of old , Fortunate fields , and groves , and flowery vales ; Thrice happy isles ! But who dwelt happy there He staid not to inquire : above them all The golden Sun , in splendour likest ...
... happy isles , Like those Hesperian Gardens famed of old , Fortunate fields , and groves , and flowery vales ; Thrice happy isles ! But who dwelt happy there He staid not to inquire : above them all The golden Sun , in splendour likest ...
Page 135
... happy state Can comprehend , incapable of more . " 500 To whom the Patriarch of Mankind replied : - " O favourable Spirit , propitious guest , Well hast thou taught the way that might direct Our knowledge , and the scale of Nature set ...
... happy state Can comprehend , incapable of more . " 500 To whom the Patriarch of Mankind replied : - " O favourable Spirit , propitious guest , Well hast thou taught the way that might direct Our knowledge , and the scale of Nature set ...
Page 201
... happy , still in fear of harm ? But harm precedes not sin : only our foe Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem Of our integrity : his foul esteem Sticks no dishonour on our front , but turns 330 Foul on himself ; then wherefore ...
... happy , still in fear of harm ? But harm precedes not sin : only our foe Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem Of our integrity : his foul esteem Sticks no dishonour on our front , but turns 330 Foul on himself ; then wherefore ...
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Adam Aldersgate Street Almighty Angels Archangel arms aught beast Beelzebub behold bliss BOOK called celestial Chaos Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures dark death deep delight divine dread dwell Earth Empyrean eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear Fiend fire fruit glory gods grace hand happy Harefield hast hath heard heart Heaven Heavenly Hell highth hill honour John Milton King labour less lest light live Lord mankind Messiah Milton mind night o'er pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained peace poem praise Primum Mobile Ptolemaic system reign replied round Samson Samson Agonistes sapience Satan seat seemed Serpent shalt sight soon spake Sphere Spirits starry stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither Thomas Ellwood thou hast thought throne thyself tree virtue voice whence wings wonder words World