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... offend ; And while I mean to praife thee , must commend . Thy verfe created like thy theme sublime , In number , weight , and measure , needs not rhyme . ANDREW MARVEL . T THE VERS E. HE measure is English heroic verfe [ xvi ]
... offend ; And while I mean to praife thee , must commend . Thy verfe created like thy theme sublime , In number , weight , and measure , needs not rhyme . ANDREW MARVEL . T THE VERS E. HE measure is English heroic verfe [ xvi ]
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... that end , And out of good ftill to find means of evil ; Which oft - times may fucceed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb 160 165 His inmoft counfels from their deftin'd aim . But fee BOOK I. 23 PARADISE LOST .
... that end , And out of good ftill to find means of evil ; Which oft - times may fucceed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb 160 165 His inmoft counfels from their deftin'd aim . But fee BOOK I. 23 PARADISE LOST .
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... Mean - while the winged heralds by command Of foy'reign pow'r , with awful ceremony 750 And trumpets found , throughout the hot proclaim A folemn council forthwith to be held At Pandemonium , the high capital * Of Satan and his peers ...
... Mean - while the winged heralds by command Of foy'reign pow'r , with awful ceremony 750 And trumpets found , throughout the hot proclaim A folemn council forthwith to be held At Pandemonium , the high capital * Of Satan and his peers ...
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... Mean while war arose , And fields were fought in heav'n ; wherein remain'd ( For what could elfe ? ) to our Almighty Foe Clear victory ; to our part lofs and rout , 770 Through all the empyréan , down they fell , Driv'n G 2 Book II . 59 ...
... Mean while war arose , And fields were fought in heav'n ; wherein remain'd ( For what could elfe ? ) to our Almighty Foe Clear victory ; to our part lofs and rout , 770 Through all the empyréan , down they fell , Driv'n G 2 Book II . 59 ...
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... or if fome other place , From your dominion won , th ' ethereal King Poffeffes lately , thither to arrive I travel this profound ; direct my courfe : 980 Directed , no mean recompenfe it brings To your behoof 64 BOOK II . PARADISE LOST .
... or if fome other place , From your dominion won , th ' ethereal King Poffeffes lately , thither to arrive I travel this profound ; direct my courfe : 980 Directed , no mean recompenfe it brings To your behoof 64 BOOK II . PARADISE LOST .
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Adam afcend Againſt alfo Angel appear'd arm'd beft behold blifs call'd cloud darkneſs death deep defcending defire delight divine dwell earth elfe erft eternal ev'ning ev'ry evil eyes fafe faid fair fair angelic fall'n faying feat feek feem'd feems feen fenfe ferpent fhade fhall fhape fhould fide fight filent fince fire firft firſt fleep flow'rs fome foon foul fp'rits fpake fruit ftand ftate ftill ftood ftrength fuch fweet glory gods happy hath heav'n heav'nly hell himſelf juft laft laſt lefs light loft muft muſt night Paradife PARADISE LOST pleas'd pleaſure pow'r prefent rais'd reafon reft reply'd return'd rife rofe Satan ſhall ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſweet tafte taſte thee thefe thence theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thoughts throne thyfelf tree turn'd whofe whoſe wings worfe
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Page 233 - O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine ; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 159 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 26 - Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy mansion, or once more, With rallied arms, to try what may be yet Regained in Heaven, or what more lost in Hell?
Page 30 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 174 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent: Tell me how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Page 119 - O Adam, one Almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not depraved from good; created all Such to perfection, one first matter all...
Page 200 - Here grows the cure of all, this fruit divine, Fair to the eye, inviting to the taste, Of virtue to make wise: What hinders then To reach, and feed at once both body and mind ? So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat!
Page 200 - For good unknown sure is not had, or had And yet unknown is as not had at all. In plain then, what forbids He but to know, Forbids us good, forbids us to be wise? Such prohibitions bind not.
Page 101 - Yon flowery arbours, yonder alleys green, Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown, That mock our scant manuring, and require More hands than ours to lop their wanton growth: Those blossoms also and those dropping gums, That lie bestrewn unsightly and unsmooth, Ask riddance, if we mean to tread with ease: Meanwhile, as nature wills, night bids us rest.
Page 69 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.