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... command , These fruits ripe all the year , All seasons , here , dance hand in hand To soothe thy heart and cheer ; I , too , ordain thec lord of all The creatures I have made ; Of all on earth both great and small , Of all in field or ...
... command , These fruits ripe all the year , All seasons , here , dance hand in hand To soothe thy heart and cheer ; I , too , ordain thec lord of all The creatures I have made ; Of all on earth both great and small , Of all in field or ...
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... 'erlaid with golden plate . Meanwhile the heralds by command Proclaim to cv'ry one A council to be held at hand At Pandemonium . * Satan's high capital . Their summons called and they anon Trooping by thousands came 21 17.
... 'erlaid with golden plate . Meanwhile the heralds by command Proclaim to cv'ry one A council to be held at hand At Pandemonium . * Satan's high capital . Their summons called and they anon Trooping by thousands came 21 17.
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... command of Heaven's king , When first we felt his ire , The key of this infernal place I keep hy due command , Forbidden to unlock the gates , Unmov'd but by my hand : Against all force Death ready stands His fatal dart to strike ; Nor ...
... command of Heaven's king , When first we felt his ire , The key of this infernal place I keep hy due command , Forbidden to unlock the gates , Unmov'd but by my hand : Against all force Death ready stands His fatal dart to strike ; Nor ...
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... command And fall , tainted with sin ; He and his faithless progeny : Whose fault ? Whose but his own ? What though I knew , not my decree ; As certain unforeknown : Ingrate , indeed , he had of me Each needed thing he could ; I made him ...
... command And fall , tainted with sin ; He and his faithless progeny : Whose fault ? Whose but his own ? What though I knew , not my decree ; As certain unforeknown : Ingrate , indeed , he had of me Each needed thing he could ; I made him ...
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... commands To Adam and his race : Our Maker bids us increase , then , And who dares did abstain Must be a foe to God and men And justly merits pain . Now had night in her sable garb , Completed half her reign , When all the bright ...
... commands To Adam and his race : Our Maker bids us increase , then , And who dares did abstain Must be a foe to God and men And justly merits pain . Now had night in her sable garb , Completed half her reign , When all the bright ...
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Man's First Estate and High Revolt: A Poem in Two Parts (1829) Zenas Campbell No preview available - 2009 |
Man's First Estate and High Revolt: A Poem, in Two Parts (Classic Reprint) Zenas Campbell No preview available - 2017 |
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Abdiel Adam angel angelic train arm'd arms art thou aught beasts Beelzebub began behold Belial blest bliss bold bound bow'r bright burning lake celestial cherubic creatures dark David Mack dear death deep delight divine dreadful driv'n e'er earth eternal ev'ry evil eyes fair Fair Angel fate fear fell fiend fill'd flames flowers foul fruit gates gaz'd giv'n grace hand happy hast hast thou hate hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell horrid Ithuriel King Lest light mind morn myrtle grove nam'd nigh night o'er once Orcus ordain'd pain pleas'd pow'rs praise rage rais'd rebel reign repli'd rose round Satan seem'd seraph seraphim serpent shade shalt sight sing sleep soon spake spirits stamp'd stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thought Thro throne thyself tree turn'd upright view'd wand'ring Whate'er wing wond'rous wrath Zephon
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Page 97 - Both turn'd, and under open sky ador'd The GOD that made both sky, air, earth, and heav'n Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole. Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day...
Page 94 - Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet. But wherefore all night long shine these ? For whom This glorious sight, when sleep hath shut all eyes?
Page 71 - And heavier fall: so should I purchase dear Short intermission bought with double smart. This knows my punisher; therefore as far From granting he, as I from begging peace: All hope excluded thus, behold instead Of us out-cast, exiled, his new delight, Mankind created, and for him this World.
Page 109 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 130 - Receive him coming to receive from us Knee-tribute yet unpaid, prostration vile, Too much to one, but double how endur'd. To one and to his image now proclaim'd?
Page 92 - Fair consort, th' hour Of night, and all things now retir'd to rest, Mind us of like repose; since God hath set Labour and rest, as day and night, to men Successive; and the timely dew of sleep, Now falling with soft slumb'rous weight, inclines Our eye-lids. Other creatures all day long Rove idle...
Page 158 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Page 36 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 99 - So saying, on he led his radiant files, Dazzling the moon; these to the bower direct In search of whom they sought : him there they found Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve, Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions as he list, phantasms and dreams...
Page 139 - On the proud crest of Satan, that no sight, Nor motion of swift thought, less could his shield Such ruin intercept: ten paces huge He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His massy spear...