Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Booksand sold at Paris by Theophilus Barrois, jr., 1816 - 348 pages |
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... stood 340 515 350 355 Their great commander : godlike shapes and forms Excelling human , princely Dignities , And Pow'rs that erst in Heaven sat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no 28 B. I. PARADISE LOST .
... stood 340 515 350 355 Their great commander : godlike shapes and forms Excelling human , princely Dignities , And Pow'rs that erst in Heaven sat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no 28 B. I. PARADISE LOST .
Page 30
... shape they choose , Dilated or condens'd , bright or obscure , Can execute their airy purposes , 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Israel oft forsook Their living strength , and unfrequented left Ilis ...
... shape they choose , Dilated or condens'd , bright or obscure , Can execute their airy purposes , 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Israel oft forsook Their living strength , and unfrequented left Ilis ...
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... shapes and sorceries abus'd Fanatic Egypt and her priests , to seek 480 Their wand'ring Gods , disguis'd in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel ' scape Th ' infection , when their borrow'd gold compos'd The calf in Oreb ...
... shapes and sorceries abus'd Fanatic Egypt and her priests , to seek 480 Their wand'ring Gods , disguis'd in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel ' scape Th ' infection , when their borrow'd gold compos'd The calf in Oreb ...
Page 35
... shape and gesture proudly eminent 585 590 Stood like a tow'r ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness , nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd , and th ' excess Of glory ' obscur'd ; as when the sun , new risen , Looks ...
... shape and gesture proudly eminent 585 590 Stood like a tow'r ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness , nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd , and th ' excess Of glory ' obscur'd ; as when the sun , new risen , Looks ...
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... shapes immense , and were at large , Though without number , still amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and secret ...
... shapes immense , and were at large , Though without number , still amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and secret ...
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Adam Almighty Angel answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms beast behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight divine dreadful dwell eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire fix'd fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah mix'd morn night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace plac'd pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spi'rits Spirits stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tow'ards tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings Zephon