The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2Hilliard, Gray, 1834 |
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... toward mankind , let him live Before thee reconcil'd , at least his days 15 envious ] Ov . Met . x . 642 . ' Detulit aura preces ad me non invida blandas . ' 35 Number'd , though sad , till death his doom , 4 PARADISE LOST .
... toward mankind , let him live Before thee reconcil'd , at least his days 15 envious ] Ov . Met . x . 642 . ' Detulit aura preces ad me non invida blandas . ' 35 Number'd , though sad , till death his doom , 4 PARADISE LOST .
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... live for ever , dream at least to live For ever , to remove him I decree , And send him from the garden forth to till The ground whence he was taken , fitter soil . 95 Michael , this my behest have thou in charge ; 6 PARADISE LOST .
... live for ever , dream at least to live For ever , to remove him I decree , And send him from the garden forth to till The ground whence he was taken , fitter soil . 95 Michael , this my behest have thou in charge ; 6 PARADISE LOST .
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... live . Whence hail to thee , Eve rightly call'd , mother of all mankind , Mother of all things living , since by thee Man is to live , and all things live for man . To whom thus Eve with sad demeanour meek . Ill worthy I such title ...
... live . Whence hail to thee , Eve rightly call'd , mother of all mankind , Mother of all things living , since by thee Man is to live , and all things live for man . To whom thus Eve with sad demeanour meek . Ill worthy I such title ...
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... live , though in fall'n state , content . 180 185 So spake , so wish'd much - humbled Eve ; but fate Subscrib'd not ; nature first gave signs , impress'd On bird , beast , air , air suddenly eclips'd After short blush of morn : nigh in ...
... live , though in fall'n state , content . 180 185 So spake , so wish'd much - humbled Eve ; but fate Subscrib'd not ; nature first gave signs , impress'd On bird , beast , air , air suddenly eclips'd After short blush of morn : nigh in ...
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... lives , Fomented by his virtual power and warm'd : All th ' earth he gave thee to possess and rule , No despicable gift ; surmise not then His presence to these narrow bounds confin'd Of paradise or Eden : this had been Perhaps thy ...
... lives , Fomented by his virtual power and warm'd : All th ' earth he gave thee to possess and rule , No despicable gift ; surmise not then His presence to these narrow bounds confin'd Of paradise or Eden : this had been Perhaps thy ...
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Page 288 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings And the night-raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low-brow'd rocks As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 292 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade, And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday...
Page 278 - Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use, Of shades and wanton winds, and gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, Throw hither all your quaint...
Page 281 - But, hail ! thou Goddess sage and holy ! Hail, divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue ; Black, but such as in esteem Prince Memnon's sister might beseem, Or that starred Ethiop queen that strove To set her beauty's praise above 20 The Sea-Nymphs, and their powers offended.
Page 277 - Herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel Pipes of wretched straw, The hungry Sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind, and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim Wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door, Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 278 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freak'd with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears : Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Page 292 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath thresh'd the corn That ten day-labourers could not end; Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretch'd out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 160 - To daily fraud, contempt, abuse and wrong, Within doors, or without, still as a fool, In power of others, never in my own ; Scarce half I seem to live, dead more than half. O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverably dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! O first created beam, and thou great Word, Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree?
Page 360 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 246 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.