The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 3William Pickering, 1832 |
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... tears . O impotence of mind in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? vast , unwieldy , burthensome , Proudly secure , yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties , not made to rule , But to subserve where ...
... tears . O impotence of mind in body strong ! But what is strength without a double share Of wisdom ? vast , unwieldy , burthensome , Proudly secure , yet liable to fall By weakest subtleties , not made to rule , But to subserve where ...
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... tears the kid , Ran on imbattled armies clad in iron , And , weaponless himself , Made arms ridiculous , useless the forgery 130 Of brazen shield and spear , the hammer'd cuirass , Chalybean temper'd steel , and frock of mail Adamantean ...
... tears the kid , Ran on imbattled armies clad in iron , And , weaponless himself , Made arms ridiculous , useless the forgery 130 Of brazen shield and spear , the hammer'd cuirass , Chalybean temper'd steel , and frock of mail Adamantean ...
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... tear , Fool , have divulged the secret gift of God To a deceitful woman ? tell me , friends , Am I not sung and proverb'd for a fool In every street ? do they not say , how well Are come upon him his deserts ? yet why ? Immeasurable ...
... tear , Fool , have divulged the secret gift of God To a deceitful woman ? tell me , friends , Am I not sung and proverb'd for a fool In every street ? do they not say , how well Are come upon him his deserts ? yet why ? Immeasurable ...
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... tears dissolv'd , Wetting the borders of her silken veil : But now again she makes address to speak .. 730 DAL . With doubtful feet and wavering resolution I came , still dreading thy displeasure , Samson , Which to have merited ...
... tears dissolv'd , Wetting the borders of her silken veil : But now again she makes address to speak .. 730 DAL . With doubtful feet and wavering resolution I came , still dreading thy displeasure , Samson , Which to have merited ...
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... tear thee joint by joint . At distance I forgive thee , go with that , Bewail thy falsehood , and the pious works It hath brought forth to make thee memorable Among illustrious women , faithful wives : Cherish thy hasten'd widowhood ...
... tear thee joint by joint . At distance I forgive thee , go with that , Bewail thy falsehood , and the pious works It hath brought forth to make thee memorable Among illustrious women , faithful wives : Cherish thy hasten'd widowhood ...
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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.