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... sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid 21000 710 With golden architrave ; nor did there want 715 Cornice or frieze , with bossy sculptures grav'n : The roof was fretted gold . Not ...
... sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid 21000 710 With golden architrave ; nor did there want 715 Cornice or frieze , with bossy sculptures grav'n : The roof was fretted gold . Not ...
Page 37
... sweet Extend his evʼning beam , the fields revive , The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds Attest their joy , that hill and valley rings . O shame to men ! Devil with Devil damn'd Firm concord holds , men only disagree 490 495 ...
... sweet Extend his evʼning beam , the fields revive , The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds Attest their joy , that hill and valley rings . O shame to men ! Devil with Devil damn'd Firm concord holds , men only disagree 490 495 ...
Page 39
... sweet 555 ( For eloquence the soul , song charms the sense ) Others apart sat on a hill retired , In thoughts more elevate , and reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , Fix'd fate , free - will , foreknowledge ...
... sweet 555 ( For eloquence the soul , song charms the sense ) Others apart sat on a hill retired , In thoughts more elevate , and reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , Fix'd fate , free - will , foreknowledge ...
Page 40
... fro , their sorrow to augment , 605 And wish and struggle , as they pass , to reach The tempting stream , with one small drop to lose In sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink 40 PARADISE LOST .
... fro , their sorrow to augment , 605 And wish and struggle , as they pass , to reach The tempting stream , with one small drop to lose In sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink 40 PARADISE LOST .
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... sweet , now sad to mention , through dire change 820 Befall'n us unforeseen , unthought of ; know I come no enemy , but to set free From out this dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all the heav'nly host Of Spirits ...
... sweet , now sad to mention , through dire change 820 Befall'n us unforeseen , unthought of ; know I come no enemy , but to set free From out this dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all the heav'nly host Of Spirits ...
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