Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books. The Author John Milton. From the Text of Thomas Newton D.D. |
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... side in the civil wars between the houses of York and Lan- caster . John Milton the poet's grand - father , was , ac- cording to Mr. Wood , an under - ranger or keeper of the foreft of Shotover , near Halton in Oxfordshire ; he was of ...
... side in the civil wars between the houses of York and Lan- caster . John Milton the poet's grand - father , was , ac- cording to Mr. Wood , an under - ranger or keeper of the foreft of Shotover , near Halton in Oxfordshire ; he was of ...
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... side under the lee , while night Invests the sea , and wished morn delays : 210 So stretch'd out , huge in length , the Arch - Fiend lay Chain'd on the burning lake ; nor ever thence Had ris'n or heav'd his head , but that the will And ...
... side under the lee , while night Invests the sea , and wished morn delays : 210 So stretch'd out , huge in length , the Arch - Fiend lay Chain'd on the burning lake ; nor ever thence Had ris'n or heav'd his head , but that the will And ...
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... side , Or fountain , fome belated peasant fees , Or dreams he sees ; while over - head the moon Sits arbitress , and nearer to the earth 785 Wheels her pale course , they , on their mirth and dance Intent , with jocond music charm his ...
... side , Or fountain , fome belated peasant fees , Or dreams he sees ; while over - head the moon Sits arbitress , and nearer to the earth 785 Wheels her pale course , they , on their mirth and dance Intent , with jocond music charm his ...
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... side up rofe Belial , in act more graceful and humane ; A fairer person loft not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd , and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt Manna , and could make the worse appear ...
... side up rofe Belial , in act more graceful and humane ; A fairer person loft not Heav'n ; he seem'd For dignity compos'd , and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropt Manna , and could make the worse appear ...
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... side , a formidable shape ; The one , seem'd woman to the waste , and fair , 650 But ended foul in many a scaly fold , Voluminous and vast ; a ferpent , arm'd With mortal fting : about her middle round A cry of Hell hounds , never ...
... side , a formidable shape ; The one , seem'd woman to the waste , and fair , 650 But ended foul in many a scaly fold , Voluminous and vast ; a ferpent , arm'd With mortal fting : about her middle round A cry of Hell hounds , never ...
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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...