The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: With Life of the Author and Dr. Channing's Essay on the Poetical Genius of MiltonMilner & Sowerby, 1865 - 537 pages |
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... earth ; rebellion against the supreme King , raised by the highest order of created beings ; the overthrow of their host , and the punishment of their crime ; the creation of a new race of reasonable creatures ; their original happiness ...
... earth ; rebellion against the supreme King , raised by the highest order of created beings ; the overthrow of their host , and the punishment of their crime ; the creation of a new race of reasonable creatures ; their original happiness ...
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... earth - born prudence . But , pasing over this topic , we would observe , that the complaint against poetry as abounding in illusion and deception , is in the main groundless . In many poems there is more of truth than in many histories ...
... earth - born prudence . But , pasing over this topic , we would observe , that the complaint against poetry as abounding in illusion and deception , is in the main groundless . In many poems there is more of truth than in many histories ...
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... earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast , And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence ...
... earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy lodges in that breast , And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence : How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence ...
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... earth with orient pearl , When Adam waked , so ' custom'd , for his sleep Was aery - light , from pure digestion bred , And temp'rate vapours bland , which th ' only sound Of leaves and fuming rills , Aurora's fan , Lightly dispersed ...
... earth with orient pearl , When Adam waked , so ' custom'd , for his sleep Was aery - light , from pure digestion bred , And temp'rate vapours bland , which th ' only sound Of leaves and fuming rills , Aurora's fan , Lightly dispersed ...
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... Earth - born , that warr'd on Jove ; Briareos or Typhon , whom the den By ancient Tarsus held ; or that sea - beast Leviathan , which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him , haply , slumbering on the ...
... Earth - born , that warr'd on Jove ; Briareos or Typhon , whom the den By ancient Tarsus held ; or that sea - beast Leviathan , which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream : Him , haply , slumbering on the ...
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