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... less Than such could have o'erpower'd such force as ours ) Have left us this our spirit and strength entire 146 Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service as his ...
... less Than such could have o'erpower'd such force as ours ) Have left us this our spirit and strength entire 146 Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service as his ...
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... less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; th ' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and in my choice To reign is worth ambition , though in ...
... less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; th ' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and in my choice To reign is worth ambition , though in ...
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... Less than archangel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon , In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half the ...
... Less than archangel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon , In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half the ...
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... less 640 645 At length from us may find , who overcomes -By force , hath overcome but half his foe . Space may produce new worlds ; whereof so rife 650 There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long Intended to create , and therein plant ...
... less 640 645 At length from us may find , who overcomes -By force , hath overcome but half his foe . Space may produce new worlds ; whereof so rife 650 There went a fame in Heav'n that he ere long Intended to create , and therein plant ...
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... less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room 780 Throng numberless , like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or fairy elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest - side Or fountain , some belated peasant sees , Or dreams he sees ...
... less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room 780 Throng numberless , like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or fairy elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest - side Or fountain , some belated peasant sees , Or dreams he sees ...
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Adam Angel answer'd appear'd arm'd arms aught beast behold Belial bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures dark death deep delight divine dread dwell Egypt eternal ev'ning evil eyes fair Fair Angel Father fear Fiend fire fix'd flow'rs fruit glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill honour JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live Lord lost mankind Messiah Milton's Poetical morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Parthian pass'd pow'r praise reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd Serpent shade shalt sight Son of God soon spake Spirits stood sweet taste Tempter thee thence thine things thither thou art thou hast thoughts throne thyself tow'rds tree turn'd vex'd virtue voice wand'ring whence wings