Paradise Regain'd: A Poem, in Four Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes: and Poems Upon Several Occasions |
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... night , And told them the Meffiah now was born Where they might fee him , and to thee they came , Directed to the manger where thou lay'st , For in the inn was left no better room : A star , not seen before , in Heav'n appearing Guided ...
... night , And told them the Meffiah now was born Where they might fee him , and to thee they came , Directed to the manger where thou lay'st , For in the inn was left no better room : A star , not seen before , in Heav'n appearing Guided ...
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... night Under the covert of some ancient oak , Or cedar , to defend him from the dew , 395 Or harbour'd in one cave , is not reveal'd ; Nor tafted human food , nor hunger felt Till those days ended , hunger'd then at last Among wild ...
... night Under the covert of some ancient oak , Or cedar , to defend him from the dew , 395 Or harbour'd in one cave , is not reveal'd ; Nor tafted human food , nor hunger felt Till those days ended , hunger'd then at last Among wild ...
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... Night with her fullen wings to double - shade 500 The defert ; fowls in their clay nefts were couch'd ; And now wild beafts came forth the woods to roam . The end of the First Book . THE SECOND BOOK O F PARADISE REGAI N'D . D Book I ...
... Night with her fullen wings to double - shade 500 The defert ; fowls in their clay nefts were couch'd ; And now wild beafts came forth the woods to roam . The end of the First Book . THE SECOND BOOK O F PARADISE REGAI N'D . D Book I ...
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... night , when thus the Son 260 Commun'd in filent walk , then laid him down Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven ; there he slept , And dream'd , as appetite is wont to dream , Of meats and drinks , nature's ...
... night , when thus the Son 260 Commun'd in filent walk , then laid him down Under the hospitable covert nigh Of trees thick interwoven ; there he slept , And dream'd , as appetite is wont to dream , Of meats and drinks , nature's ...
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... night , and now the herald lark Left his ground - neft , high tow'ring to defcry 280 The morn's approach , and greet her with his fong : As lightly from his graffy couch up rose Our Saviour , and found all was but a dream , Fasting he ...
... night , and now the herald lark Left his ground - neft , high tow'ring to defcry 280 The morn's approach , and greet her with his fong : As lightly from his graffy couch up rose Our Saviour , and found all was but a dream , Fasting he ...
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aftra againſt agni Amor anſwer Atque beſt call'd cauſe Chor Dagon darkneſs defert doft domino jam domum doth earth elſe eyes fair falſe fame fave feaſt feek fhades fhall fibi fing firſt foes folemn fome fong foon foul fræna ftill ftream ftrength fuch glory Hæc hath Heav'n himſelf honor houſe Ifrael ipfe jam non vacat juſt king Lady laſt leaſt lefs leſs loft Lord Lycidas malè mihi moſt Muſe muſt night numina Nunc o'er Olympo paſs pleaſe pow'r praiſe preſent PSAL quæ quid quoque raiſe reply'd reſt Samf Samfon ſee ſeek ſeems ſeen ſerve ſet ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſome Son of God ſpeed ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves theſe thoſe thou art throne thyſelf tibi ulmo uſe verſe virtue weakneſs whoſe wilderneſs wilt worſe
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Page 200 - As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 166 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn Wherein the Son of Heaven's Eternal King Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 173 - The Babe lies yet in smiling infancy, That on the bitter cross Must redeem our loss; So both Himself and us to glorify...
Page 264 - Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow, It shall be still in strictest measure even To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.
Page 192 - Sometimes, with secure delight, The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequered shade; And young and old come forth to play On a sunshine holiday, Till the livelong daylight fail...
Page 253 - The air was calm, and on the level brine Sleek Panope with all her sisters played. It was that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the eclipse, and rigged with curses dark, That sunk so low that sacred head of thine.
Page 250 - Bitter constraint, and sad occasion dear, Compels me to disturb your season due : For Lycidas* is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer : Who would not sing for Lycidas ? He knew Himself to sing, and build the lofty rhyme.
Page 196 - But, first and chiefest, with thee bring Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of Night, While Cynthia checks her dragon yoke Gently o'er the accustomed oak.
Page 193 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold In weeds of peace high triumphs hold With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 250 - Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude, Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year.