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... hill Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song , That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th ' Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted ...
... hill Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song , That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th ' Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted ...
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... hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thund'ring Etna , whose combustible And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublimed with min'ral fury , aid the winds , And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke ...
... hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thund'ring Etna , whose combustible And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublimed with min'ral fury , aid the winds , And leave a singed bottom all involved With stench and smoke ...
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... hills , to be the mast Of some great ammiral , were but a wand , He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle ; not like those steps On Heaven's azure , and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides , vaulted with fire ...
... hills , to be the mast Of some great ammiral , were but a wand , He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle ; not like those steps On Heaven's azure , and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides , vaulted with fire ...
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... hill ; and made his grove The pleasant vale of Hinnom , Tophet thence And black Gehenna call'd , the type of Hell . Next Chemos , th ' óbscene dread of Moab's sons , 400 405 From Aroar to Nebo , and the wild Of southmost Abarim ; in ...
... hill ; and made his grove The pleasant vale of Hinnom , Tophet thence And black Gehenna call'd , the type of Hell . Next Chemos , th ' óbscene dread of Moab's sons , 400 405 From Aroar to Nebo , and the wild Of southmost Abarim ; in ...
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... hill of scandal , by the grove Of Moloch homicide ; lust hard by hate ; Till good Josiah drove them thence to Hell . With these came they , who , from the bord'ring flood Of old Euphrates to the brook that parts 420 Egypt from Syrian ...
... hill of scandal , by the grove Of Moloch homicide ; lust hard by hate ; Till good Josiah drove them thence to Hell . With these came they , who , from the bord'ring flood Of old Euphrates to the brook that parts 420 Egypt from Syrian ...
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Adam Angel arms beast behold bliss bounds bright bring brought call'd cloud comes created dark death deep delight divine doubt dread dwell earth equal eternal evil eyes fair faith fall Father fear fell field fire fruit glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath head heard heart Heav'n heav'nly Hell hill hope human King land leave less light live look Lord lost mean mind morn move nature night once pain Paradise peace perhaps pow'r raised reason receive reign reply'd rest rise round Satan seat seek seem'd Serpent shape side sight sons soon spake Spirits stand stars stood sweet taste thee thence things thou thoughts throne till tree virtue voice wide winds wings