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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... heard till now . Lincs 2411-264 . SPIRIT . At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose like a stream of rich distill'd perfumes , And stole upon the air , that even Silence Was took ere she was ware , and wish'd she might Deny her ...
... heard till now . Lincs 2411-264 . SPIRIT . At last a soft and solemn - breathing sound Rose like a stream of rich distill'd perfumes , And stole upon the air , that even Silence Was took ere she was ware , and wish'd she might Deny her ...
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... heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage and revive ; though now they lie Grovelling and prostrate on yon lake of fire ...
... heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage and revive ; though now they lie Grovelling and prostrate on yon lake of fire ...
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... the bottom of this gulf . Awake , arise , or be for ever fall'n ! ' They heard , and were abash'd , and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found by whom they dread ,. PARADISE LOST . 9.
... the bottom of this gulf . Awake , arise , or be for ever fall'n ! ' They heard , and were abash'd , and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found by whom they dread ,. PARADISE LOST . 9.
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... heard As Mammon ended , and his sentence pleased , Advising peace : for such another field They dreaded worse than hell : so much the fear Of thunder and the sword of Michael Wrought still within them , and no less desire To found this ...
... heard As Mammon ended , and his sentence pleased , Advising peace : for such another field They dreaded worse than hell : so much the fear Of thunder and the sword of Michael Wrought still within them , and no less desire To found this ...
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