The Poetical WorksMacmillan, 1954 - 625 pages |
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... highth and depth of thy eternal ways All human thoughts come short , Supreme of Things ! Thou in thyself art perfect , and in thee Is no deficience found . Not so is Man , But in degree - the cause of his desire By conversation with his ...
... highth and depth of thy eternal ways All human thoughts come short , Supreme of Things ! Thou in thyself art perfect , and in thee Is no deficience found . Not so is Man , But in degree - the cause of his desire By conversation with his ...
Page 236
... highth Of happiness ! Yet well , if here would end The misery ! I deserved it , and would bear My own deservings . But this will not serve : All that I eat or drink , or shall beget , Is propagated curse . O voice , once heard ...
... highth Of happiness ! Yet well , if here would end The misery ! I deserved it , and would bear My own deservings . But this will not serve : All that I eat or drink , or shall beget , Is propagated curse . O voice , once heard ...
Page 298
... highth sacred virtue and true worth Can raise them , though above example high ; By matchless deeds express thy matchless Sire . For know , thou art no son of mortal man ; Though men esteem thee low of parentage , Thy Father is the ...
... highth sacred virtue and true worth Can raise them , though above example high ; By matchless deeds express thy matchless Sire . For know , thou art no son of mortal man ; Though men esteem thee low of parentage , Thy Father is the ...
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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