Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. According to the Author's Last Edition, in the Year 1674W. and W. Smith, P. Wilson, and T. Ewing, 1767 - 348 pages |
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... Say first , for heav'n hides nothing from thy view , A Nor the deep tract of hell , say first what PARADISE LOST . Ο ...
... Say first , for heav'n hides nothing from thy view , A Nor the deep tract of hell , say first what PARADISE LOST . Ο ...
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... say first what cause Mov'd our grand parents in that happy state , Favour'd of heav'n so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduc'd them to that ...
... say first what cause Mov'd our grand parents in that happy state , Favour'd of heav'n so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduc'd them to that ...
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... Say , muse , their names then known , who first , who last , Rouz'd from the slumber , on that fiery couch , At their great emperor's call , as next in worth , Came singly where he stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous croud ...
... Say , muse , their names then known , who first , who last , Rouz'd from the slumber , on that fiery couch , At their great emperor's call , as next in worth , Came singly where he stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous croud ...
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... Say they who counsel war , we are decreed , Reserv'd and destin'd to eternal woe ; Whatever doing , what can we fuffer more , What can we fuffer worse ? is this then worst , Thus fitting , thus confulting , thus in arms ? What when we ...
... Say they who counsel war , we are decreed , Reserv'd and destin'd to eternal woe ; Whatever doing , what can we fuffer more , What can we fuffer worse ? is this then worst , Thus fitting , thus confulting , thus in arms ? What when we ...
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... saying rose The monarch , and prevented all reply , Prudent , left from his resolution rais'd Others among the chief might offer now ( Certain to be refus'd ) what erst they fear'd ; And so refus'd might in opinion stand His rivals ...
... saying rose The monarch , and prevented all reply , Prudent , left from his resolution rais'd Others among the chief might offer now ( Certain to be refus'd ) what erst they fear'd ; And so refus'd might in opinion stand His rivals ...
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Adam alſo angels anſwer'd behold beſt bliſs bright call'd cauſe cloſe cloud courſe darkneſs death deep defire deſcend didſt earth eaſe elſe evil eyes fair faſt feat ferpent fide fight fince fire firſt foon foul fruit fuch gate giv'n glory haſt hath heav'n heav'nly hell highth himſelf juſt laſt leaſt leſs light loft loſe moſt muſt night o're Paradiſe paſs paſs'd paſt pleaſant pleaſure praiſe preſent rais'd reaſon repli'd reſt return'd riſe roſe Satan ſaw ſay ſcarce ſcorn ſea ſecond ſee ſeek ſeem'd ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſerve ſet ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhew ſhine ſhould ſince ſmall ſome ſon ſpake ſpeed ſpirits ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſuch ſweet taſte thee themſelves thence theſe things thoſe thou thoughts throne thyſelf tree turn'd univerſal vaſt waſte whoſe wings worſe
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Page 124 - 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 88 - Ah, wherefore! he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none; nor was his service hard.
Page 121 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 251 - Matter of scorn, not to be given the foe. However, I with thee have fix'd my lot, Certain to undergo like doom; if death Consort with thee, death is to me as life; So forcible within my heart I feel The bond of nature draw me to my own, My own in thee, for what thou art is mine; Our state cannot be sever'd, we are one, One flesh; to lose thee were to lose myself.
Page 44 - Typhoean rage more fell, Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind ; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Page 7 - Thus Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides, Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 32 - Devoid of sense and motion? And who knows, Let this be good, whether our angry foe Can give it, or will ever? How he can Is doubtful; that he never will is sure.
Page 147 - Abdiel, faithful found, Among the faithless faithful only he; Among innumerable false unmoved, Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 208 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent: Tell me how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Page 25 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.