Paradise Lost: Book I [-II]E. Maynard, 1889 - 96 pages |
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... strength and made all earthly actions and passions seem to him but trifles of an hour , these , it doubtless was which led him to the choice of a theme as far above the exploits of Achilles and Æneas , of Geoffrey , Tancred , or King ...
... strength and made all earthly actions and passions seem to him but trifles of an hour , these , it doubtless was which led him to the choice of a theme as far above the exploits of Achilles and Æneas , of Geoffrey , Tancred , or King ...
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... strength , he dares to doubt the ultimate result of the struggle . By guile if not by force he hopes to regain the realms of bliss ; or if that be impossible he may yet make renewed attacks upon his hated foe . Of sub- mission alone he ...
... strength , he dares to doubt the ultimate result of the struggle . By guile if not by force he hopes to regain the realms of bliss ; or if that be impossible he may yet make renewed attacks upon his hated foe . Of sub- mission alone he ...
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... strength of gods And this empyreal substance cannot fail ; Since , through experience of this great event , In arms not worse , in foresight much advanced , We may with more successful hope resolve 120 To wage by force or guile eternal ...
... strength of gods And this empyreal substance cannot fail ; Since , through experience of this great event , In arms not worse , in foresight much advanced , We may with more successful hope resolve 120 To wage by force or guile eternal ...
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... strength , or chance , or fate : Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow and foul defeat Hath lost us heaven , and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low ; As far as gods and heavenly essences ...
... strength , or chance , or fate : Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow and foul defeat Hath lost us heaven , and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low ; As far as gods and heavenly essences ...
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... Strength undiminish'd , or eternal being , To undergo eternal punishment ? " Whereto with speedy words the arch - fiend replied : - " Fall'n cherub , to be weak is miserable , 150 155 149. Thralls . - A . S. thræl , Dan . træl , a slave ...
... Strength undiminish'd , or eternal being , To undergo eternal punishment ? " Whereto with speedy words the arch - fiend replied : - " Fall'n cherub , to be weak is miserable , 150 155 149. Thralls . - A . S. thræl , Dan . træl , a slave ...
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Page 54 - Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 37 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 28 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 36 - Heaven, with all his host Of rebel angels, by whose aid, aspiring To set himself in glory...
Page 52 - Hail horrors, hail Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Page 11 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that eternal spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 50 - Created hugest that swim the ocean stream: Him, haply, slumbering on the Norway foam, The pilot of some small night-founder'd skiff Deeming some island, oft, as seamen tell, With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee, while night Invests the sea, and wished morn delays...
Page 56 - The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee. Like the leaves of the forest when summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 36 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God ; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north : I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High.
Page 32 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...