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... divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific . By him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth Let none admire For treasures better hid ...
... divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific . By him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother earth Let none admire For treasures better hid ...
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... divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our pow'r sufficient to disturb his Heav'n , And with perpetual inroads to alarm , Though inaccessible , his fatal throne : Which , if not ...
... divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our pow'r sufficient to disturb his Heav'n , And with perpetual inroads to alarm , Though inaccessible , his fatal throne : Which , if not ...
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... divine justice : Man hath offended the Majesty of God by aspiring to Godhead , and therefore , with all his progeny , devoted to death , must die , unless some one can be found sufficient to answer for his offence , and undergo his ...
... divine justice : Man hath offended the Majesty of God by aspiring to Godhead , and therefore , with all his progeny , devoted to death , must die , unless some one can be found sufficient to answer for his offence , and undergo his ...
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... bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human face divine ; But cloud instead , and ever - during dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men 35 40 45 Cut off , and for the Book of knowledge fair 54 PARADISE LOST .
... bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human face divine ; But cloud instead , and ever - during dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men 35 40 45 Cut off , and for the Book of knowledge fair 54 PARADISE LOST .
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... Divine compassion visibly appear'd , 140 Love without end , and without measure grace ; Which utt'ring , thus he to his Father spake : O Father , gracious was that word which closed Thy sov'reign sentence , that Man should find grace ...
... Divine compassion visibly appear'd , 140 Love without end , and without measure grace ; Which utt'ring , thus he to his Father spake : O Father , gracious was that word which closed Thy sov'reign sentence , that Man should find grace ...
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