Selections from Paradise Lost: Including Books I. and II. Entire, and Portions of Books III. IV., VI., VII., and X.D. C. Heath & Company, 1897 - 270 pages |
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... behold At my right hand ; your Head I him appoint ; And by myself have sworn to him shall bow All knees in Heav'n , and shall confess him Lord : Under his great vicegerent reign abide United as one individual soul For ever happy : him ...
... behold At my right hand ; your Head I him appoint ; And by myself have sworn to him shall bow All knees in Heav'n , and shall confess him Lord : Under his great vicegerent reign abide United as one individual soul For ever happy : him ...
Page 75
... behold a ladder set upon the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . And , behold , the Lord stood 83. Esau was afterwards appeased , and Jacob as- sumed SEVENTEENTH ...
... behold a ladder set upon the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . And , behold , the Lord stood 83. Esau was afterwards appeased , and Jacob as- sumed SEVENTEENTH ...
Page 83
... to a simple command of the Hebrew prophet ( 2 Kings v . ) : " And he said , Behold now I know that there is no God in all the earth , but in Israel . " Hell and lead men astray as we have seen that SEVENTEENTH - CENTURY IDEAS . 83.
... to a simple command of the Hebrew prophet ( 2 Kings v . ) : " And he said , Behold now I know that there is no God in all the earth , but in Israel . " Hell and lead men astray as we have seen that SEVENTEENTH - CENTURY IDEAS . 83.
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... behold The fellows of his crime , the followers rather ( Far other once beheld in bliss ) , condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain- Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven , and from eternal splendours flung For ...
... behold The fellows of his crime , the followers rather ( Far other once beheld in bliss ) , condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain- Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven , and from eternal splendours flung For ...
Page 124
... Behold a wonder ! They but now who seemed In bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless - like that pygmean race * Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves , 1 Whose midnight ...
... Behold a wonder ! They but now who seemed In bigness to surpass Earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless - like that pygmean race * Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves , 1 Whose midnight ...
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Page 165 - Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity — -dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?
Page 96 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
Page 105 - 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. His spear - to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Page 104 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.
Page 100 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
Page xvi - Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men. Oh! raise us up, return to us again; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 98 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Page 166 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note. 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...
Page xv - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Page 135 - 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...