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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... spirits , to encircle them with flames and horrors worthy of their crimes , to call forth from them shouts which ... Spirit ! COMUS . Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy ...
... spirits , to encircle them with flames and horrors worthy of their crimes , to call forth from them shouts which ... Spirit ! COMUS . Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment ? Sure something holy ...
Page xiv
... 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 nature , and be never more , Still ...
... 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 nature , and be never more , Still ...
Page xv
... spirit which it imprisons . The intensity of its fires reveals the intenser passions and more vehement will of Satan ; and the ruined Archangel gathers into himself the sublimity of the scene which surrounds him . This forms the ...
... spirit which it imprisons . The intensity of its fires reveals the intenser passions and more vehement will of Satan ; and the ruined Archangel gathers into himself the sublimity of the scene which surrounds him . This forms the ...
Page xvii
... spirit , op- press'd with pain , worn with toil , tired of tumult , sick at the sight of guilt , wounded in its love , baffled in its hope , and trembling in its faith , almost longs for the wings of a dove , that it might fly away ...
... spirit , op- press'd with pain , worn with toil , tired of tumult , sick at the sight of guilt , wounded in its love , baffled in its hope , and trembling in its faith , almost longs for the wings of a dove , that it might fly away ...
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... spirit - broken , His L'Allegro proves that he understood thoroughly the bright and joyous aspects of nature ; and in his Pensoroso , where he was tempted to accumulate images of gloom , we learn that the saddest views which he took of ...
... spirit - broken , His L'Allegro proves that he understood thoroughly the bright and joyous aspects of nature ; and in his Pensoroso , where he was tempted to accumulate images of gloom , we learn that the saddest views which he took of ...
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Adam agni amorous angels Antistrophe appear'd arm'd arms aught beast behold bliss bright call'd cherub cherubim Chor cloud Comus Dagon dark death deeds deep delight didst divine doth dread dwell earth eternal evil eyes fair Father Faunus fear fire fræna fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart heaven heavenly hell hill honour ipse Israel King lest light live Lord Lycidas malè Messiah mihi mind mortal night numina o'er Olympo pain Paradise pass'd peace Philistines praise PSALM quæ reign return'd round Satan seat seem'd serpent shade shalt sight Son of God song soon soul spake spirits stood strength sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tibi tree Tu quoque turn'd ulmo vex'd virtue voice whence wings wonder Zephyrus