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Page vii
... fell He brought from thence his Israel . The ruddy waves he cleft in twain Of the Erythraean main : The flood stood still , like walls of glass , While the Hebrew bands did But full soon they did devour pass : The tawny king with all ...
... fell He brought from thence his Israel . The ruddy waves he cleft in twain Of the Erythraean main : The flood stood still , like walls of glass , While the Hebrew bands did But full soon they did devour pass : The tawny king with all ...
Page xviii
... fell on her knees , she bathed him with her tears , and he , overpowered by her solicitations , took her once more to his bosom . It was magnanimous conduct , although undoubtedly the scheme was pre - concerted on the part of her ...
... fell on her knees , she bathed him with her tears , and he , overpowered by her solicitations , took her once more to his bosom . It was magnanimous conduct , although undoubtedly the scheme was pre - concerted on the part of her ...
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... fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and ...
... fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and ...
Page 17
... fell To idols foul . Thammuz3 came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties , all a summer's day ; While smooth Adonis4 from his native rock Ran purple to the sea ...
... fell To idols foul . Thammuz3 came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties , all a summer's day ; While smooth Adonis4 from his native rock Ran purple to the sea ...
Page 18
... Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself to him no temple stood Or altar smok'd ; yet who more oft than he 463 470 486 490 1 Rimmon : ' god of Syrians . - Orus : ' son of Osiris and Isis . It was fabled that when the ...
... Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself to him no temple stood Or altar smok'd ; yet who more oft than he 463 470 486 490 1 Rimmon : ' god of Syrians . - Orus : ' son of Osiris and Isis . It was fabled that when the ...
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Adam Angels appear arms behold bright bring brought cloud comes dark death deep delight divine dread dwell earth eternal evil eyes fair faith fall Father fear fell fire fruit give glory gods grace hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart Heaven Hell hill honour hope King land leave less light live look Lord lost mean Milton mind morn Nature never night once pain Paradise peace perhaps praise replied rest rise round Satan seat seek seems shade side sight sons soon soul sound spake Spirit stand stars stood strength sweet taste thee thence things thou thought throne till tree true virtue voice wide 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...