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... once , as far as angels ' ken , he views The dismal situation waste and wild : 60 A dungeon horrible on all sides round , As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover ...
... once , as far as angels ' ken , he views The dismal situation waste and wild : 60 A dungeon horrible on all sides round , As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover ...
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... once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou seest From what height fall'n , so much the stronger proved He with his thunder : and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? yet not for those Nor what the ...
... once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou seest From what height fall'n , so much the stronger proved He with his thunder : and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? yet not for those Nor what the ...
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... once more With rallied arms to try what may be yet Regain'd in heav'n , or what more lost in Hell ? So Satan spake ; and him Beelzebub Thus answer'd : Leader of those armies bright , Which but th ' Omnipotent none could have foil'd , If ...
... once more With rallied arms to try what may be yet Regain'd in heav'n , or what more lost in Hell ? So Satan spake ; and him Beelzebub Thus answer'd : Leader of those armies bright , Which but th ' Omnipotent none could have foil'd , If ...
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... once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal 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 ...
... once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal 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 ...
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... once he lost , and gain'd a king ; Ahaz his sottish conqu'ror , whom he drew God's altar to disparage and displace For one of Syrian mode , whereon to burn 465 470 His odious offerings , and adore the gods 475 Whom he had vanquish'd ...
... once he lost , and gain'd a king ; Ahaz his sottish conqu'ror , whom he drew God's altar to disparage and displace For one of Syrian mode , whereon to burn 465 470 His odious offerings , and adore the gods 475 Whom he had vanquish'd ...
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