Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie |
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... happy state , Favor'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seluced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose ...
... happy state , Favor'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seluced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose ...
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... happy isles ; but who dwelt happy there He staid not to inquire above them all The golden Sun , in splendor likest Heaven , Allur'd his eye ; thither his course he bends Through the calm firmament , ( but up or down , By centre or ...
... happy isles ; but who dwelt happy there He staid not to inquire above them all The golden Sun , in splendor likest Heaven , Allur'd his eye ; thither his course he bends Through the calm firmament , ( but up or down , By centre or ...
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... happy ; no unbounded hope had rais'd Ambition . Yet why not ? some other power As great might have aspir'd , and me , though mean , Drawn to his part ; but other powers as great Fell not , but stand unshaken , from within Or from ...
... happy ; no unbounded hope had rais'd Ambition . Yet why not ? some other power As great might have aspir'd , and me , though mean , Drawn to his part ; but other powers as great Fell not , but stand unshaken , from within Or from ...
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... Happy , but for so happy ill secur'd Long to continue , and this high seat your Heaven , Ill fenc'd for Heaven to keep out such a foe As now is enter'd ; yet no purpos'd foe To you , whom I could pity thus forlorn Though I unpitied ...
... Happy , but for so happy ill secur'd Long to continue , and this high seat your Heaven , Ill fenc'd for Heaven to keep out such a foe As now is enter'd ; yet no purpos'd foe To you , whom I could pity thus forlorn Though I unpitied ...
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In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie John Aikin. Here , happy creature , fair angelic Eve ! Partake thou also ; happy though thou art , Happier thou may'st be , worthier canst not be : Taste this , and be henceforth among ...
In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to Beattie John Aikin. Here , happy creature , fair angelic Eve ! Partake thou also ; happy though thou art , Happier thou may'st be , worthier canst not be : Taste this , and be henceforth among ...
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Page 21 - Through the dear might of Him that walk'd the waves; Where, other groves and other streams along, With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the Saints above, In solemn troops and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 20 - How well could I have spared for thee, young swain, Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths!
Page 238 - The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care : His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 29 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 30 - 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 44 - 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 ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 19 - Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 20 - Lycid lies. For so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise. Ay me! Whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurl'd, Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world...
Page 17 - And if I give thee honor due Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee In unreproved pleasures free; To hear the lark begin his flight And singing startle the dull night From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good-morrow Through the sweetbriar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Page 54 - 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 mild ; then silent night, 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...