Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Booksand sold at Paris by Theophilus Barrois, jr., 1816 - 348 pages |
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... wing . Where couldst thou words of such a compass find ? Whence furnish such a vast expanse of mind ? Just Heav'n thee , like Tiresias , to requite , Rewards with prophecy thy loss of sight . Well might'st thou scorn thy readers to ...
... wing . Where couldst thou words of such a compass find ? Whence furnish such a vast expanse of mind ? Just Heav'n thee , like Tiresias , to requite , Rewards with prophecy thy loss of sight . Well might'st thou scorn thy readers to ...
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... wings outspread , Dove - like , sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument 20 I may assert eternal Providence ...
... wings outspread , Dove - like , sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument 20 I may assert eternal Providence ...
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... wings he steers his flight 225 Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And such appear'd in hue , as when ...
... wings he steers his flight 225 Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And such appear'd in hue , as when ...
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... wing , as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight 335 In which they were , or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their ...
... wing , as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight 335 In which they were , or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their ...
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... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he essay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , - 610 615 Tears , such as Angels weep , burst forth : B. I. 55 PARADISE LOST .
... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he essay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , - 610 615 Tears , such as Angels weep , burst forth : B. I. 55 PARADISE LOST .
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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