Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Booksand sold at Paris by Theophilus Barrois, jr., 1816 - 348 pages |
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... sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or freze , with bossy sculptures graven ; 715 The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon , Nor ...
... sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or freze , with bossy sculptures graven ; 715 The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon , Nor ...
Page 56
... sweet Extend his evening beam , the fields revive , The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds Attest their joy , that hill and valley rings . O shame to men ! Devil with Devil damn'd Firm concord holds ; men only disagree Of ...
... sweet Extend his evening beam , the fields revive , The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds Attest their joy , that hill and valley rings . O shame to men ! Devil with Devil damn'd Firm concord holds ; men only disagree Of ...
Page 58
... sweet , ( For eloquence the soul , song charms the sense , ) Others apart sit on a hill retir'd , 555 In thoughts more elevate ; and reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , Fix'd fate free will , foreknowledge ...
... sweet , ( For eloquence the soul , song charms the sense , ) Others apart sit on a hill retir'd , 555 In thoughts more elevate ; and reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , Fix'd fate free will , foreknowledge ...
Page 59
... sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink ; But fate withstands , and to oppose th ' attempt Medusa with Gorgonian terror guards 610 The ford , and of itself the water flies All taste of living ...
... sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink ; But fate withstands , and to oppose th ' attempt Medusa with Gorgonian terror guards 610 The ford , and of itself the water flies All taste of living ...
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... sweet , now sad to mention , thro ' dire change Befall'n us unforeseen , unthought of ; know 820 I come no enemy , but to set free From out this dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all the heavenly host Of Spirits ...
... sweet , now sad to mention , thro ' dire change Befall'n us unforeseen , unthought of ; know 820 I come no enemy , but to set free From out this dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all the heavenly host Of Spirits ...
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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