Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton D.D. |
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... to the Lybian sands . Forthwith , from every squadron , and each band , The heads and leaders thither haste where stood C2 355 Their Their great commander ; Godlike shapes , and forms Excelling Book I. PARADISE LOST . 15.
... to the Lybian sands . Forthwith , from every squadron , and each band , The heads and leaders thither haste where stood C2 355 Their Their great commander ; Godlike shapes , and forms Excelling Book I. PARADISE LOST . 15.
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... shapes , and forms Excelling human ; princely Dignities , And Pow'rs that erst in Heaven fat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names , in heav'nly records , now Be no memorial ; blotted out , and ras'd , By their rebellion , from the ...
... shapes , and forms Excelling human ; princely Dignities , And Pow'rs that erst in Heaven fat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names , in heav'nly records , now Be no memorial ; blotted out , and ras'd , By their rebellion , from the ...
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... shape they choose Dilated or condens'd , bright or obfcure , Can execute their aery 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 ...
... shape they choose Dilated or condens'd , bright or obfcure , Can execute their aery 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 ...
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... shapes and forceries abus'd 475 Fanatic Egypt , and her priests , to feek 480 Their wand'ring Gods disguis'd in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Ifrael ' scape Th'infection , when their borrow'd gold compos'd The calf in Oreb ...
... shapes and forceries abus'd 475 Fanatic Egypt , and her priests , to feek 480 Their wand'ring Gods disguis'd in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Ifrael ' scape Th'infection , when their borrow'd gold compos'd The calf in Oreb ...
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... shapes and forceries abu Fanatic Egypt , and her priests , to feek Their wand'ring Gods disguis'd in bruti ! Rather than human . Nor did Ifrael ' fca Th'infection , when their borrow'd gold The calf in Oreb ; and the rebel king Doubled ...
... shapes and forceries abu Fanatic Egypt , and her priests , to feek Their wand'ring Gods disguis'd in bruti ! Rather than human . Nor did Ifrael ' fca Th'infection , when their borrow'd gold The calf in Oreb ; and the rebel king Doubled ...
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Adam againſt alſo Angels anſwer anſwer'd appear'd battel behold beſt bliſs call'd cauſe cloſe courſe curſe darkneſs death defcend defire deſign didſt divine earth eaſe elſe evil eyes faid fair faſt Father feat feem'd fight firſt fome fons foon foul fruit fuch glory hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell houſe itſelf juſt king laſt leſs loft Milton moſt muſt night Paradife PARADISE LOST paſs'd paſſage paſt pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed rais'd reaſon reply'd reſt return'd riſe roſe Satan ſays ſcarce ſcorn ſea ſecond ſeems ſeen ſenſe ſerve ſeveral ſhade ſhall ſhalt ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhould ſhow ſide ſince ſmall ſome ſpake Spirits ſpread ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtream ſtrength ſuch ſweet taſte Thammuz thee thence theſe thine things thoſe thou thought throne thyſelf tree univerſity uſe verſes vex'd waſte whoſe wings worſe
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Page vi - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once and smite no more.
Page 87 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Page 180 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 8 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables name of monstrous size, Titanian, or Earth-born, that warr'd on Jove ; Briareos or Typhon, whom the den By ancient Tarsus held ; or that seabeast Leviathan, which God of all his works Created hugest that swim the ocean stream...
Page 52 - Those other two equalled with me in fate, So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus, prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.
Page 113 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 87 - Which from his darksome passage now appears; And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account...
Page 91 - Unargued I obey, so GOD ordains; GOD is thy law, thou mine; to know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge and her praise.
Page 209 - Eve ; heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there ; be lowly wise : Think only what concerns thee and thy being ; Dream not of other worlds, what creatures there Live, in what state, condition, or degree, Contented that thus far hath been reveal'd Not of earth only, but of highest heaven...
Page 220 - She disappear'd, and left me dark: I wak'd To find her, or for ever to deplore Her loss, and other pleasures all abjure...