The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3William Pickering, 1832 |
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... didst plead Divine impulsion prompting how thou might'st Find some occasion to infest our foes . 425 I state not that ; this I am sure , our foes Found soon occasion thereby to make thee Their captive and their triumph ; thou the sooner ...
... didst plead Divine impulsion prompting how thou might'st Find some occasion to infest our foes . 425 I state not that ; this I am sure , our foes Found soon occasion thereby to make thee Their captive and their triumph ; thou the sooner ...
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... didst exalt them high , Unseemly falls in human eye , Too grievous for the trespass or omission ; 690 Oft leav'st them to the hostile sword Of heathen and profane , their carcasses 694 To dogs and fowls a prey , or else captķv'd ; Or to ...
... didst exalt them high , Unseemly falls in human eye , Too grievous for the trespass or omission ; 690 Oft leav'st them to the hostile sword Of heathen and profane , their carcasses 694 To dogs and fowls a prey , or else captķv'd ; Or to ...
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... Didst thou at first receive me for thy husband , Then , as since then , thy country's foe profess'd ? Being once a wife , for me thou wast to leave 885 Parents and country ; nor was I their subject , Nor under their protection but my ...
... Didst thou at first receive me for thy husband , Then , as since then , thy country's foe profess'd ? Being once a wife , for me thou wast to leave 885 Parents and country ; nor was I their subject , Nor under their protection but my ...
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... didst it ; gods unable To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes But by ungodly deeds , the contradiction Of their own deity , gods cannot be ; Less therefore to be pleas'd , obey'd , or fear'd . 900 These false pretexts and varnish ...
... didst it ; gods unable To acquit themselves and prosecute their foes But by ungodly deeds , the contradiction Of their own deity , gods cannot be ; Less therefore to be pleas'd , obey'd , or fear'd . 900 These false pretexts and varnish ...
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... didst take thy VII . 40 45 Wert thou some star which from the ruin'd roof Of shak'd Olympus by mischance didst fall ; Which careful Jove in nature's true behoof Took up , and in fit place did reinstall ? Or did of late earth's sons ...
... didst take thy VII . 40 45 Wert thou some star which from the ruin'd roof Of shak'd Olympus by mischance didst fall ; Which careful Jove in nature's true behoof Took up , and in fit place did reinstall ? Or did of late earth's sons ...
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Page 146 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp and feast and revelry, With mask and antique pageantry, Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream. 130 Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.
Page 126 - Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair...
Page 169 - Nature, that heard such sound Beneath the hollow round Of Cynthia's seat the airy region thrilling, Now was almost won To think her part was done, And that her reign had here its last fulfilling: She knew such harmony alone Could hold all heaven and earth in happier union.
Page 132 - Where the great Vision of the guarded Mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold; Look homeward Angel now, and melt with ruth : And, O ye Dolphins, waft the hapless youth.
Page 147 - And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 214 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Page 139 - And when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown that Sylvan loves Of Pine, or monumental Oak, Where the rude Axe with heaved stroke, Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Page 246 - LET us, with a gladsome mind, Praise the Lord, for he is kind ; For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
Page 215 - The conscience, friend, to have lost them overplied In Liberty's defence, my noble task, Of which all Europe rings from side to side. This thought might lead me through the world's vain mask Content, though blind, had I no better guide.
Page 137 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.