Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 45
Page 10
... voice , their liveliest pledge Of hope in fears and dangers , heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage and revive ...
... voice , their liveliest pledge Of hope in fears and dangers , heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage and revive ...
Page 12
... voice they soon obey'd ; Innumerable . As when the potent rod Of Amram's son , in Egypt's evil day , Waved round the coast , up call'd a pitchy cloud Of locusts , warping on the eastern wind , " That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh ...
... voice they soon obey'd ; Innumerable . As when the potent rod Of Amram's son , in Egypt's evil day , Waved round the coast , up call'd a pitchy cloud Of locusts , warping on the eastern wind , " That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh ...
Page 23
... voices sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want 715 Cornice or frieze , with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon ...
... voices sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want 715 Cornice or frieze , with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon ...
Page 30
... voice dissuades ; for what can force or guile With him , or who deceive his mind , whose eye 175 180 185 Views all things at one view ? He from Heaven's height All these our motions vain sees and derides ; 191 Not more almighty to ...
... voice dissuades ; for what can force or guile With him , or who deceive his mind , whose eye 175 180 185 Views all things at one view ? He from Heaven's height All these our motions vain sees and derides ; 191 Not more almighty to ...
Page 37
... voice Forbidding ; and at once with him they rose : Their rising all at once was as the sound 470 But they 475 Of thunder heard remote . Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone ; and as a God Extol 4 PARADISE LOST . 37 Wide ...
... voice Forbidding ; and at once with him they rose : Their rising all at once was as the sound 470 But they 475 Of thunder heard remote . Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone ; and as a God Extol 4 PARADISE LOST . 37 Wide ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abdiel Adam Almighty Angels answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell Earth eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live lost mankind Messiah Michaël mix'd morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST pass'd peace reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd Seraph Serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice whence wings wonder Zephon
Popular passages
Page 101 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 85 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 26 - A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic, though in ruin: sage he stood, "With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention still as night, Or summer's noontide air, while thus he spake: " Thrones, and imperial powers, offspring of heaven, Ethereal virtues!
Page 48 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 85 - With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven her starry train : But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 6 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior 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 views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 43 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 74 - Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears : And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...
Page 6 - Over the burning marie, not like those steps On heaven's azure ; and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire.