Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books, Volume 1R. Bladon, T. Lawes, S. Crowder, C. Ware, and T. Payne, 1784 - 463 pages |
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... bright ! if he whom mutual league , United thoughts and counfels , equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprize , Join'd with me once , now mifery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou feeft From what height fall'n , fo ...
... bright ! if he whom mutual league , United thoughts and counfels , equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprize , Join'd with me once , now mifery hath join'd In equal ruin : into what pit thou feeft From what height fall'n , fo ...
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... bright , Which but th ' Omnipotent none could have foil'd , If once they hear that voice , their livelieft pledge Of hope in fears and dangers , heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it rag'd , in all ...
... bright , Which but th ' Omnipotent none could have foil'd , If once they hear that voice , their livelieft pledge Of hope in fears and dangers , heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it rag'd , in all ...
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... bright or obfcure , Can execute their airy purposes , 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Ifrael oft forfook Their living ftrength , and unfrequented left His righteous altar , bowing lowly down 1 To beftial ...
... bright or obfcure , Can execute their airy purposes , 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Ifrael oft forfook Their living ftrength , and unfrequented left His righteous altar , bowing lowly down 1 To beftial ...
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... bright image nightly by the moon Sidonian virgins paid their vows and fongs ; In Sion alfo not unfung , where flood 440 Her temple on th ' offenfive mountain , built By that uxorious king , whofe heart , though large , Beguil'd by fair ...
... bright image nightly by the moon Sidonian virgins paid their vows and fongs ; In Sion alfo not unfung , where flood 440 Her temple on th ' offenfive mountain , built By that uxorious king , whofe heart , though large , Beguil'd by fair ...
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... bright . Nor was his name unheard or unador'd In ancient Greece ; and in Aufonian land 725 730 735 L. 721. Assyria . ] Heb . i . e . blessed ; from Assur the son of Sem , Gen. x . II , 12. A large and fertile country in Afia , joining ...
... bright . Nor was his name unheard or unador'd In ancient Greece ; and in Aufonian land 725 730 735 L. 721. Assyria . ] Heb . i . e . blessed ; from Assur the son of Sem , Gen. x . II , 12. A large and fertile country in Afia , joining ...
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Adam afcend againſt alfo ancient angels appear'd arm'd arms becauſe Beelzebub Beotia blifs caft call'd called Canaan Chaldea courfe dark darkneſs deep divine earth Egypt eternal evil eyes facred faid fame Father feat feem'd feems feven fhade fhall fhape fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fome foon foul fpake fpi'rits fpirits ftand ftars ftate ftill ftood ftrength fuch fweet glory gods hath heav'n heav'nly hell himſelf hoft holy Horonaim Ibid Imaus Ithuriel itſelf Joktan juft Jupiter king laft lefs light loft Mizraim moft Moloch moſt mount mountain Mozambic night o'er Padan-aram pafs'd pain Paradife pleaſant poets pow'r praiſe prefent reft reign rifing river round Satan ſhall ſhape Sihon ſtood Thammuz thee thefe themſelves thence theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand throne weft whofe whoſe wings worfe worſe Zephon
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Page 124 - The birds their quire apply ; airs, vernal airs, Breathing the smell of field and grove, attune The trembling leaves, while universal Pan, Knit with the Graces and the Hours in dance, Led on the eternal Spring.
Page 4 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 11 - Here we may reign secure ; and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven.
Page 83 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Page 10 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights — if it were land that ever...
Page 141 - So saying, on he led his radiant files, Dazzling the moon: these to the bower direct In search of whom they sought: him there they found Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve, Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions as he list, phantasms and dreams...
Page 130 - Not distant far from thence a murmuring sound Of waters issued from a cave and spread Into a liquid plain then stood unmoved Pure as the expanse of heaven I thither went With unexperienced thought and laid me down On the green bank to look into the clear Smooth lake that to me seemed another sky.
Page 29 - Obscure some glimpse of joy, to have found their chief Not in despair, to have found themselves not lost In loss itself: which on his countenance cast Like doubtful hue : but he, his wonted pride Soon recollecting, with high words, that bore Semblance of worth, not substance, gently raised Their fainting courage, and dispell'd their fears.
Page 6 - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power, Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire; that were low indeed, That were an ignominy...
Page 17 - With gay religions, full of pomp and gold, And devils to adore for deities : Then were they known to men by various names, And various idols through the heathen world.