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... peace . At the intercession of his friends , who were present , after a short reluctance , he generously sacrificed all his resentment to her tears : -Soon his heart relented Towards her , his life so late , and sole delight , Now at ...
... peace . At the intercession of his friends , who were present , after a short reluctance , he generously sacrificed all his resentment to her tears : -Soon his heart relented Towards her , his life so late , and sole delight , Now at ...
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... peace And rest can never dwell , hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal justice had prepar'd For those rebellious ...
... peace And rest can never dwell , hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsum'd : Such place eternal justice had prepar'd For those rebellious ...
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... peace is despair'd , For who can think submission ? War then , war Open or understood , must be resolv'd . He spake : and to confirm his words , out flew Millions of flaming swords , drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden ...
... peace is despair'd , For who can think submission ? War then , war Open or understood , must be resolv'd . He spake : and to confirm his words , out flew Millions of flaming swords , drawn from the thighs Of mighty Cherubim ; the sudden ...
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... peaceful sloth ; Not peace ; and after him thus Mammon spake : Either to disinthrone the King of heaven We war , if war be best , or to regain Our own right lost ; him to unthrone we then May hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield To ...
... peaceful sloth ; Not peace ; and after him thus Mammon spake : Either to disinthrone the King of heaven We war , if war be best , or to regain Our own right lost ; him to unthrone we then May hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield To ...
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... . All things invite To peaceful counsels , and the settled state Of order , how in safety best we may Compose our present evils , with regard Of what we are , and where ; dismissing quite 38 Book II . PARADISE LOST .
... . All things invite To peaceful counsels , and the settled state Of order , how in safety best we may Compose our present evils , with regard Of what we are , and where ; dismissing quite 38 Book II . PARADISE LOST .
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angel answer'd appear'd arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell eternal ev'ning evil eyes fair Fair angel faith fall'n Father fear fiend fierce fire fix'd flow'rs fruit gates glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart heav'n and earth heav'nly hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King know'st lest light live lost mankind night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Paradise Lost pass'd peace pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph serpent shade shalt sight soon sp'rits spake spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tow'rds tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings Zephon
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Page 242 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 45 - Their song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when spirits immortal sing?) Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience.
Page 61 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou celestial Light Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate, there plant eyes, all 'mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 255 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Page 204 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Page 60 - 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 187 - I now must change Those notes to tragic ; foul distrust, and breach Disloyal on the part of Man, revolt And disobedience : on the part of Heaven Now alienated, distance and distaste, Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given, That brought into this world a world of woe.
Page 284 - New Heavens, new Earth, ages of endless date, Founded in righteousness, and peace, and love; To bring forth fruits, joy and eternal bliss.
Page 111 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise.
Page 215 - The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...