The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton, Volume 2W. Baxter, 1824 |
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... morning shine . Thus Adam his illustrious guest besought : And thus the Godlike Angel answer'd mild . This also thy request with caution ask'd Obtain though to recount almighty works What words or tongue of Seraph can suffice , Or heart ...
... morning shine . Thus Adam his illustrious guest besought : And thus the Godlike Angel answer'd mild . This also thy request with caution ask'd Obtain though to recount almighty works What words or tongue of Seraph can suffice , Or heart ...
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... morning were the first day . Gen. i . 4 , 5 . 253. Nor past uncelebrated , & c . ] The beauties of description lie so very thick , that it is almost impossible to enumerate them . The poet has employed on them the whole energy of our ...
... morning were the first day . Gen. i . 4 , 5 . 253. Nor past uncelebrated , & c . ] The beauties of description lie so very thick , that it is almost impossible to enumerate them . The poet has employed on them the whole energy of our ...
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... morning chorus sung the second day . The earth was form'd , but in the womb as yet Of waters , embryon immature involv'd , Appear'd not over all the face of earth Main ocean flow'd , not idle , but with warm beams of his chambers in the ...
... morning chorus sung the second day . The earth was form'd , but in the womb as yet Of waters , embryon immature involv'd , Appear'd not over all the face of earth Main ocean flow'd , not idle , but with warm beams of his chambers in the ...
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... morning chorus , ( ver . 335 340 275. ) with evening harps and matin , ( ver . 450. ) What is done by the voices and instruments is poetically ascribed to the time in which they were employed . Richardson . 339. Again th ' Almighty ...
... morning chorus , ( ver . 335 340 275. ) with evening harps and matin , ( ver . 450. ) What is done by the voices and instruments is poetically ascribed to the time in which they were employed . Richardson . 339. Again th ' Almighty ...
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... morning planets , as appears by mention- planet Venus , And hence the morning planet gilds her horns ; In the first edition it was his horns , but the author in the second edition softened it into her horns , which is certainly properer ...
... morning planets , as appears by mention- planet Venus , And hence the morning planet gilds her horns ; In the first edition it was his horns , but the author in the second edition softened it into her horns , which is certainly properer ...
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Page 163 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 271 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 59 - He telleth the number of the stars ; he calleth them all by their names.
Page 378 - I fell asleep: but now lead on; In me is no delay; with thee to go Is to stay here; without thee here to stay Is to go hence unwilling; thou to me Art all things under heav'n, all places thou, Who for my wilful crime art banished hence.
Page 62 - To ask or search, I blame thee not; for heaven Is as the book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Page 106 - I now must change Those notes to tragic ; foul distrust, and breach Disloyal on the part of man, revolt, And disobedience : on the part of Heaven, Now alienated, distance and distaste, Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given ; That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and misery Death's harbinger.
Page 296 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 178 - And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Page 396 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 111 - Nor skill'd nor studious, higher argument "Remains ; sufficient of itself to raise That name, unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years damp my intended wing Depress'd ; and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers, who brings it nightly to my ear.