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Page xix
... falling axe , and to cry aloud , " It is the judgment of God . " He published a treatise entitled the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates , in which he elabo- rately shews " that it is lawful , and hath been held so through all ages , for ...
... falling axe , and to cry aloud , " It is the judgment of God . " He published a treatise entitled the Tenure of Kings and Magistrates , in which he elabo- rately shews " that it is lawful , and hath been held so through all ages , for ...
Page xxxvii
... fall down before Jehovah ; he has preserved in his poetry as in a vast museum , not a temple , the images of the fallen deities with the word " idols " labelled on them , -objects not of belief or reverence , but of curiosity or poetic ...
... fall down before Jehovah ; he has preserved in his poetry as in a vast museum , not a temple , the images of the fallen deities with the word " idols " labelled on them , -objects not of belief or reverence , but of curiosity or poetic ...
Page xxxix
... fall back into the arms of resolute despair ; pride and ambi- tion pointing upwards to the throne of the universe as their goal and prize ; fidelity to his followers , and capacity of endur- ing personal suffering , equalled only by ...
... fall back into the arms of resolute despair ; pride and ambi- tion pointing upwards to the throne of the universe as their goal and prize ; fidelity to his followers , and capacity of endur- ing personal suffering , equalled only by ...
Page xl
... fall commenced ; for in the train of ambition came pride , hatred , envy , rebellion , and such car- nal passion as ... falls upon his character , and from the Foe of God and the rebel chief of Angels he sinks into the Temp- ter of Man ...
... fall commenced ; for in the train of ambition came pride , hatred , envy , rebellion , and such car- nal passion as ... falls upon his character , and from the Foe of God and the rebel chief of Angels he sinks into the Temp- ter of Man ...
Page xli
... Fall of Man . But it is vain ; the current sweeps him . on to a mean triumph , and to that mighty degradation which follows it , and comes to a climax ( so far as the Paradise Lost is concerned ) in the " dismal universal hiss " he ...
... Fall of Man . But it is vain ; the current sweeps him . on to a mean triumph , and to that mighty degradation which follows it , and comes to a climax ( so far as the Paradise Lost is concerned ) in the " dismal universal hiss " he ...
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Adam Angels Arethuse arm'd arms aught beast behold Belial bliss bright call'd Cherubim cloud Comus Countess of Derby Dagon dark death deeds deep delight didst divine dread dwell earth enemies eternal evil eyes fair faith Father fear fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour Israel King lest light live Lord LORD BRACKLEY lost Lycidas Messiah Milton mind morn mortal night o'er Paradise Paradise Lost Paradise Regained Parthian peace Philistines praise rais'd reign replied return'd round Samson Samson Agonistes sapience Satan seat seem'd serpent shade shalt sight Son of God song soon soul spake Spirit stars stood strength sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd virtue voice whence winds wings wonder
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Page 123 - 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 506 - Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies. For, so to interpose a little ease, Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise; Ay me ! whilst thee the shores and sounding seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are hurl'd, Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps, under the whelming tide, Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world...
Page 509 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise ; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-briar, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Page 513 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 502 - And all their echoes, mourn. The Willows, and the Hazel Copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous Leaves to thy soft lays.
Page 106 - With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the sun When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew ; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train : But neither breath of morn, when she ascends...
Page 507 - And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 26 - From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star, On Lemnos the /Egean isle : thus they relate, Erring...
Page 505 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! 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...
Page 22 - Above them all the archangel : but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek, but under brows Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge ; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain...