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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... upon the wings Of silence , through the empty - vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven - down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three , Amidst the. THE POETICAL GENIUS OF MILTON . xiii.
... upon the wings Of silence , through the empty - vaulted night , At every fall smoothing the raven - down Of darkness till it smiled ! I have oft heard My mother Circe with the Sirens three , Amidst the. THE POETICAL GENIUS OF MILTON . xiii.
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... fall From either eye , and wiped them with her hair ; Two other precious drops that ready stood , Each in their crystal sluice , he ere they fell Kiss'd , as the gracious sign of sweet remorse And pious awe , that fear'd to have ...
... fall From either eye , and wiped them with her hair ; Two other precious drops that ready stood , Each in their crystal sluice , he ere they fell Kiss'd , as the gracious sign of sweet remorse And pious awe , that fear'd to have ...
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... fall , the serpent or rather Satan in the ser- pent ; who , revolting from God , and drawing to his side many legions of angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which ...
... fall , the serpent or rather Satan in the ser- pent ; who , revolting from God , and drawing to his side many legions of angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which ...
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... fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides , Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose guile Stirr'd up with envy and revenge ...
... fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides , Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose guile Stirr'd up with envy and revenge ...
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... fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and named Beelzebub . To whom the arch ...
... fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and named Beelzebub . To whom the arch ...
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