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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... defend , Encroacht on Aill through our inteftine broils Weakning the fceptre of old Night : first hell Your dungeon stretching far and wide beneath ; Now lately heav'n and earth , another world , Hung o're my realm , link'd in a golden ...
... defend , Encroacht on Aill through our inteftine broils Weakning the fceptre of old Night : first hell Your dungeon stretching far and wide beneath ; Now lately heav'n and earth , another world , Hung o're my realm , link'd in a golden ...
Page 181
... defend Her fon . So fail not thou , who thee implores : For thou art heav'nlie , she an empty dream . Say goddefs , what enfu'd when Raphael , The affable arch - angel , had forwarn'd Adam by dire example to beware Apoftafie , by what ...
... defend Her fon . So fail not thou , who thee implores : For thou art heav'nlie , she an empty dream . Say goddefs , what enfu'd when Raphael , The affable arch - angel , had forwarn'd Adam by dire example to beware Apoftafie , by what ...
Page 319
... defend With dart and jav'lin , stones and fulfurous fire ; On each hand flaughter and gigantic deeds . In other parts the scepter'd heralds call To council in the citie gates : anon Grey - headed men and grave , with warriours mixt ...
... defend With dart and jav'lin , stones and fulfurous fire ; On each hand flaughter and gigantic deeds . In other parts the scepter'd heralds call To council in the citie gates : anon Grey - headed men and grave , with warriours mixt ...
Page 334
... defends between till morning watch ; Then through the fiery pillar and the cloud God looking forth will trouble all his host And craze their chariot wheels : when by command Moses once more his potent rod extends Over the fea ; the sea ...
... defends between till morning watch ; Then through the fiery pillar and the cloud God looking forth will trouble all his host And craze their chariot wheels : when by command Moses once more his potent rod extends Over the fea ; the sea ...
Page 343
... defend ? will they not deal Worse with his followers then with him they dealt ? Be fure they will , said th'angel ; but from heav'n He to his own a comforter will send , The promise of the Father , who shall dwell His spirit within them ...
... defend ? will they not deal Worse with his followers then with him they dealt ? Be fure they will , said th'angel ; but from heav'n He to his own a comforter will send , The promise of the Father , who shall dwell His spirit within them ...
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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.