The Poetical WorksMacmillan, 1954 - 625 pages |
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Page 201
... virtue - in thy sight 310 More wise , more watchful , stronger , if need were Of outward strength ; while shame , thou looking on , Shame to be overcome or overreached , Would utmost vigour raise , and raised unite . Why shouldst not ...
... virtue - in thy sight 310 More wise , more watchful , stronger , if need were Of outward strength ; while shame , thou looking on , Shame to be overcome or overreached , Would utmost vigour raise , and raised unite . Why shouldst not ...
Page 332
... virtue placed felicity , But virtue joined with riches and long life ; In corporal pleasure he , and careless ease ; The Stoic last in philosophic pride , By him called virtue , and his virtuous man , Wise , perfect in himself , and all ...
... virtue placed felicity , But virtue joined with riches and long life ; In corporal pleasure he , and careless ease ; The Stoic last in philosophic pride , By him called virtue , and his virtuous man , Wise , perfect in himself , and all ...
Page 522
... Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light , though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk . And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude , Where , with her best nurse , Contemplation , She plumes her ...
... Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light , though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk . And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude , Where , with her best nurse , Contemplation , She plumes her ...
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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