The Poetical WorksMacmillan, 1954 - 625 pages |
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... stars . These eight Spheres or Heavens had sufficed till Aristotle's time , and beyond it , for all the purposes of astronomical explanation . The outermost or Eighth Sphere was supposed to wheel diurnally , or in twenty - four hours ...
... stars . These eight Spheres or Heavens had sufficed till Aristotle's time , and beyond it , for all the purposes of astronomical explanation . The outermost or Eighth Sphere was supposed to wheel diurnally , or in twenty - four hours ...
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... Stars , And sowed with stars the heaven thick as a field . Of light by far the greater part he took , Transplanted from her cloudy shrine , and placed In the Sun's orb , made porous to receive And drink the liquid light , firm to retain ...
... Stars , And sowed with stars the heaven thick as a field . Of light by far the greater part he took , Transplanted from her cloudy shrine , and placed In the Sun's orb , made porous to receive And drink the liquid light , firm to retain ...
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... stars , as stars to thee appear Seen in the Galaxy , that milky way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars . And now on Earth the seventh 580 Evening arose in Eden - for the sun Was set , and twilight from the ...
... stars , as stars to thee appear Seen in the Galaxy , that milky way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars . And now on Earth the seventh 580 Evening arose in Eden - for the sun Was set , and twilight from 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