The Complete Poetical Works of John MiltonScott, Webster and Geary, 1837 - 552 pages |
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... sweet madness robb'd it of itself ; But such a sacred and home - felt delight , Such sober certainty of waking bliss , I never heard till now . Lines 244-264 . SPIRIT . At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose like a steam of ...
... sweet madness robb'd it of itself ; But such a sacred and home - felt delight , Such sober certainty of waking bliss , I never heard till now . Lines 244-264 . SPIRIT . At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose like a steam of ...
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... sweet . Par . Lost , b . v . lines 1-25 . So cheer'd he his fair spouse , and she was cheer'd , But silently a gentle tear let fall From either eye , and wiped them with her hair ; Two other precious drops that ready stood , Each in ...
... sweet . Par . Lost , b . v . lines 1-25 . So cheer'd he his fair spouse , and she was cheer'd , But silently a gentle tear let fall From either eye , and wiped them with her hair ; Two other precious drops that ready stood , Each in ...
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... sweet ac- cordance , and together form a scene of tranquil bliss , which calms and soothes , whilst it delights , the imagination . Adam and Eve , just moulded by the hand , and quickened by the breath of God , reflect in their ...
... sweet ac- cordance , and together form a scene of tranquil bliss , which calms and soothes , whilst it delights , the imagination . Adam and Eve , just moulded by the hand , and quickened by the breath of God , reflect in their ...
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... what age or country has the pastoral reed breathed such sweet strains as are borne to us on the odoriferous wings of gentle gales ' from Milton's Paradise ? • We should not fulfil our duty , were we not 18 * DR . CHANNING'S ESSAY ON.
... what age or country has the pastoral reed breathed such sweet strains as are borne to us on the odoriferous wings of gentle gales ' from Milton's Paradise ? • We should not fulfil our duty , were we not 18 * DR . CHANNING'S ESSAY ON.
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... sweet and solemn sound are at his command . Words , harsh and discordant in the writings of less gifted men , flow through his poetry in a full stream of harmony . This power over language is not to be ascribed to Milton's musical ear ...
... sweet and solemn sound are at his command . Words , harsh and discordant in the writings of less gifted men , flow through his poetry in a full stream of harmony . This power over language is not to be ascribed to Milton's musical ear ...
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