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... Fiend replied . Fallen Cherub ! to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering : but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist ...
... Fiend replied . Fallen Cherub ! to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering : but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist ...
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... Fiend lay , Chain'd on the burning lake : nor ever thence Had risen , or heaved his head ; but that the will And high permission of all - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his own dark designs ; That with reiterated crimes he might ...
... Fiend lay , Chain'd on the burning lake : nor ever thence Had risen , or heaved his head ; but that the will And high permission of all - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his own dark designs ; That with reiterated crimes he might ...
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... Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield Etherial temper , massy , large , and round , Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon , whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views ...
... Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield Etherial temper , massy , large , and round , Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon , whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views ...
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... Fiend . At last appear Hell bounds , high reaching to the horrid roof , And thrice threefold the gates ; three folds were brass , Three iron , three of adamantine rock Impenetrable , impaled with circling fire , Yet unconsumed . Before ...
... Fiend . At last appear Hell bounds , high reaching to the horrid roof , And thrice threefold the gates ; three folds were brass , Three iron , three of adamantine rock Impenetrable , impaled with circling fire , Yet unconsumed . Before ...
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... Fiend what this might be admired ; Admired , not fear'd ; God and his Son except , Created thing nought valued he , nor shunn'd ; And with disdainful look thus first began : Whence and what art thou , execrable shape ! That darest ...
... Fiend what this might be admired ; Admired , not fear'd ; God and his Son except , Created thing nought valued he , nor shunn'd ; And with disdainful look thus first began : Whence and what art thou , execrable shape ! That darest ...
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Adam Almighty Angels answer'd appear'd arm'd arms aught beast Beelzebub behold bless'd bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell Earth eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear Fiend fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill JOHN MILTON JOHN SHARPE join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah mix'd morn night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace reign replied return'd RICHARD WESTALL round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph Serpent shalt sight soon spake Spirits stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd vex'd voice whence WILLIAM FINDEN wings wonder YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY