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... Thou , O Sp'rit , that dost prefer Before all temples th ' upright heart and pure , 10 15 Instruct me , for Thou know'st : Thou from the first Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread Dove - like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss ...
... Thou , O Sp'rit , that dost prefer Before all temples th ' upright heart and pure , 10 15 Instruct me , for Thou know'st : Thou from the first Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread Dove - like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss ...
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... thou beest he ; but O how fallen ! how changed From him who , in the happy realms of light Cloth'd with transcendent brightness didst outshine Myriads though bright ! If he whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels , equal hope ...
... thou beest he ; but O how fallen ! how changed From him who , in the happy realms of light Cloth'd with transcendent brightness didst outshine Myriads though bright ! If he whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels , equal hope ...
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... thou that traitor Angel , art thou He , Who first broke peace in Heav'n and faith , till then Unbroken , and in proud rebellious arms Drew after him the third part of Heav'n's sons , Conjúred against the High'st , for which both thou ...
... thou that traitor Angel , art thou He , Who first broke peace in Heav'n and faith , till then Unbroken , and in proud rebellious arms Drew after him the third part of Heav'n's sons , Conjúred against the High'st , for which both thou ...
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... Thou interposest , that my sudden hand Prevented , spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it intends , till first I know of thee , 740 What thing thou art , thus double - form'd , and why In this infernal vale first met thou call'st Me ...
... Thou interposest , that my sudden hand Prevented , spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it intends , till first I know of thee , 740 What thing thou art , thus double - form'd , and why In this infernal vale first met thou call'st Me ...
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... thou saw'st , hourly conceived And hourly born , with sorrow infinite To me ; for when they list , into the womb That bred them they return , and howl and gnaw My bowels , their repast ; then bursting forth Afresh with conscious terrors ...
... thou saw'st , hourly conceived And hourly born , with sorrow infinite To me ; for when they list , into the womb That bred them they return , and howl and gnaw My bowels , their repast ; then bursting forth Afresh with conscious terrors ...
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