Oeuvres complètes de M. le vicomte de Chateaubriand,...Pourrat frères, 1840 |
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Page 18
... fiend replied : - " Fallen cherub , to be weak is miserable , Doing or suffering : but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight ; As being the contrary to his high will , Whom we ...
... fiend replied : - " Fallen cherub , to be weak is miserable , Doing or suffering : but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight ; As being the contrary to his high will , Whom we ...
Page 22
... fiend lay , Chain'd on the burning lake ; nor ever thence Had risen or heaved his head , but that the will And high permission of alle - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his own dark designs ; That with reiterated crimes he might Heap ...
... fiend lay , Chain'd on the burning lake ; nor ever thence Had risen or heaved his head , but that the will And high permission of alle - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his own dark designs ; That with reiterated crimes he might Heap ...
Page 28
... fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield Ethereal temper , massy , large , and round , Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders , like the moon , whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist ...
... fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield Ethereal temper , massy , large , and round , Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders , like the moon , whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist ...
Page 124
... fiend . At last appear Heil bounds , high reaching to the horrid roof , And thrice threefold the gates ; three folds were brass , Three iron , three of adamantine rock , Impenetrable , impaled with circling fire , Yet unconsumed ...
... fiend . At last appear Heil bounds , high reaching to the horrid roof , And thrice threefold the gates ; three folds were brass , Three iron , three of adamantine rock , Impenetrable , impaled with circling fire , Yet unconsumed ...
Page 126
... fiend what this might be admired ; Admired , not fear'd : God and his Son except , Created thing naught valued he , nor shunn'd ; And with disdainful look thus first began : - " Whence and what art thou , execrable shape , That darest ...
... fiend what this might be admired ; Admired , not fear'd : God and his Son except , Created thing naught valued he , nor shunn'd ; And with disdainful look thus first began : - " Whence and what art thou , execrable shape , That darest ...
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Adam Almighty angel anges another world arms behold bliss bounds bright bring call'd Chaos ciel created créatures dark darkness death deep delight Dieu divine earth envy equal Esprits eternal ethereal Ève evil extol Father fear fiend find fire first forth found free full gates glory gods gold good grace great hand happy hast hath head heaven heavenly hell high hill his enemy his punishment hope infernal King know l'Enfer l'homme less light look lost love made mankind Milton mind Moloch night nuit o'er offspring once Paradise pass'd perhaps power powers praise reign round Satan scorn seat seem'd seest shade shape shone side sight soon spake spirits stand state stood sweet taste terre their thence things thither thou though thoughts Thrice throne thus thyself Tree of Knowledge trône turn'd Uriel whence whom wide winds wings words works world worse