Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. 1Steudel and Keil, 1805 - 332 pages |
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... stood Their great commander ; God - like shapes and forms Excelling human , princely Dignities , And Pow'rs , that earft in heaven fat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heav'nly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and ras'd ...
... stood Their great commander ; God - like shapes and forms Excelling human , princely Dignities , And Pow'rs , that earft in heaven fat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heav'nly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and ras'd ...
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... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous croud stood yet aloof . 380 The chief were those , who from the pit of Hell Roaming to seek their prey on earth , durft fix Their feats long after next the seat of God , Their altars by ...
... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous croud stood yet aloof . 380 The chief were those , who from the pit of Hell Roaming to seek their prey on earth , durft fix Their feats long after next the seat of God , Their altars by ...
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... stood 1 Her temple on th ' offenfive mountain , built By that uxorious King , whose heart tho ' large , Beguil'd by fair idolatreffes , fell 445 To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian ...
... stood 1 Her temple on th ' offenfive mountain , built By that uxorious King , whose heart tho ' large , Beguil'd by fair idolatreffes , fell 445 To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian ...
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... stood Or altar fmoak'd ; yet who more of than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheift , as did Eli's fons , who fill'd 495 With luft and violence the houfe of God ? In courts and polaces he also reigns And in ...
... stood Or altar fmoak'd ; yet who more of than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheift , as did Eli's fons , who fill'd 495 With luft and violence the houfe of God ? In courts and polaces he also reigns And in ...
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... Stood like a tow'r : his form had yet not loft All her original brightness , nor appear'd Lefs than Arch - Angel ruin'd , and th ' excefs Of glory obfcur'd : as when the Sun new- ris'n Looks thro ' the horizontal mifty air , 595 Shorn ...
... Stood like a tow'r : his form had yet not loft All her original brightness , nor appear'd Lefs than Arch - Angel ruin'd , and th ' excefs Of glory obfcur'd : as when the Sun new- ris'n Looks thro ' the horizontal mifty air , 595 Shorn ...
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Adam Againſt Angel appear'd arm'd battel beaſt beft behold beſt blifs bright call'd creatures darkneſs deep defire delight divine earth eaſe elfe erft eternal ev'n evil eyes facred fafe faid fair Fair Angel feat feem'd feems fhade fhall fhould fide fight filent fince fire firft firſt fleep flow'rs fome fons foon foul fpake fruit ftill ftood fuch fweet glory Gods happineſs hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell higheſt himſelf hoft laft laſt lefs leſs light loft moſt muſt night o'er pain Paradife paſs'd pleas'd pleaſant pleaſure pow'r praiſe rais'd reafon reft reply'd reſt return'd rife rofe round Satan ſeem ſhall ſhape ſhe ſpirits ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtream ſuch ſweet taſte thee thefe themſelves thence theſe things thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand throne thyfelf tree turn'd vex'd whofe whoſe wings worfe worſe