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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... leaving him three daughters . This painful occurrence was soon succeeded by another , still more distressing - his own deprivation of sight . In these melancholy circumstances , he directed his attention to another subject , and was ...
... leaving him three daughters . This painful occurrence was soon succeeded by another , still more distressing - his own deprivation of sight . In these melancholy circumstances , he directed his attention to another subject , and was ...
Page xiv
... leaves and fuming rills , Aurora's fan , Lightly dispersed , and the shrill matin song Of birds on every bough , so much the more His wonder was to find unwaken'd Eve With tresses discomposed , and glowing cheek , As through unquiet ...
... leaves and fuming rills , Aurora's fan , Lightly dispersed , and the shrill matin song Of birds on every bough , so much the more His wonder was to find unwaken'd Eve With tresses discomposed , and glowing cheek , As through unquiet ...
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... leave i ' th ' midst a horrid vale . Ibid . 221-224 . We have more which we would gladly say of the delineation of Satan ; especially of the glimpses which are now and then given of his deep anguish and despair , and of the touches of ...
... leave i ' th ' midst a horrid vale . Ibid . 221-224 . We have more which we would gladly say of the delineation of Satan ; especially of the glimpses which are now and then given of his deep anguish and despair , and of the touches of ...
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... leave in the midst a horrid vale . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with ...
... leave in the midst a horrid vale . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with ...
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... leaves that strew the brooks In Vallambrosa , where the Etrurian shades , High over - arch'd , imbower ; or scatter'd sedge Afloat , when with fierce winds Orion arm'd Hath vex'd the Red - Sea coast , whose waves o'erthrew Busiris and ...
... leaves that strew the brooks In Vallambrosa , where the Etrurian shades , High over - arch'd , imbower ; or scatter'd sedge Afloat , when with fierce winds Orion arm'd Hath vex'd the Red - Sea coast , whose waves o'erthrew Busiris and ...
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