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... Spirits arm'd , 100 That durst dislike his reign , and me preferring His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heav'n , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; th ...
... Spirits arm'd , 100 That durst dislike his reign , and me preferring His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heav'n , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; th ...
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... spirit remains Invincible , and vigour soon returns , 140 Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our conqu'ror ( whom I now Of force believe almighty , since no less Than such ...
... spirit remains Invincible , and vigour soon returns , 140 Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our conqu'ror ( whom I now Of force believe almighty , since no less Than such ...
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... spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find 320 To slumber here , as in the vales of Heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn T'adore the conqueror ? who ...
... spirits ; or have ye chos'n this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find 320 To slumber here , as in the vales of Heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn T'adore the conqueror ? who ...
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... spirits , when they please , Can either sex assume , or both ; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure 425 Not tied nor manacled with joint or limb ; Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones , Like cumbrous flesh ; but , in ...
... spirits , when they please , Can either sex assume , or both ; so soft And uncompounded is their essence pure 425 Not tied nor manacled with joint or limb ; Nor founded on the brittle strength of bones , Like cumbrous flesh ; but , in ...
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... spirit more lewd Fell not from heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to whom no temple stood , Nor altar smoked ; yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist , as did Eli's sons , who ...
... spirit more lewd Fell not from heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to whom no temple stood , Nor altar smoked ; yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist , as did Eli's sons , who ...
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