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... hath been held so through all ages , for any who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king . " This strong and seasonable argument , from the most powerful pen then extant , led to important advan- tages . Grateful for ...
... hath been held so through all ages , for any who have the power to call to account a tyrant or wicked king . " This strong and seasonable argument , from the most powerful pen then extant , led to important advan- tages . Grateful for ...
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... hath recall'd His ministers of vengeance and pursuit Back to the gates of Heaven : the sulphurous hail , Shot after us in storm , o'erblown , hath laid The fiery surge , that from the precipice Of Heaven receiv'd us falling ; and the ...
... hath recall'd His ministers of vengeance and pursuit Back to the gates of Heaven : the sulphurous hail , Shot after us in storm , o'erblown , hath laid The fiery surge , that from the precipice Of Heaven receiv'd us falling ; and the ...
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... hath equall'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell , happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrours ! hail , Infernal world ! And thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessour ! -one who brings A mind ...
... hath equall'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell , happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrours ! hail , Infernal world ! And thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessour ! -one who brings A mind ...
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... over - arch'd , imbower ; or scatter'd sedge 6 280 290 300 Tuscan artist : ' Galileo . - 2 Vallombrosa : ' a beautiful wooded vale , eighteen miles from Florence . Afloat , when with fierce winds Orion1 arm'd 805 Hath PARADISE LOST . "
... over - arch'd , imbower ; or scatter'd sedge 6 280 290 300 Tuscan artist : ' Galileo . - 2 Vallombrosa : ' a beautiful wooded vale , eighteen miles from Florence . Afloat , when with fierce winds Orion1 arm'd 805 Hath PARADISE LOST . "
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... Hath vex'd the Red Sea coast , whose waves o'erthrew Busiris2 and his Memphian chivalry , While with perfidious hatred they pursued The sojourners of Goshen , who beheld From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot ...
... Hath vex'd the Red Sea coast , whose waves o'erthrew Busiris2 and his Memphian chivalry , While with perfidious hatred they pursued The sojourners of Goshen , who beheld From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot ...
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Adam agni Angels arm'd arms aught beast behold Belial bliss bright call'd Cherubim cloud Comus cùm Dagon dark death deep delight didst divine doth dread dwell earth eternal evil eyes fair Father fear flowers fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour ipse Israel King light live Lord lost Lycidas malè Messiah mihi Milton morn mortal night numina o'er Paradise Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd peace Philistines praise PSALM quæ rais'd reign replied return'd round Samson Agonistes Satan seat seem'd serpent shade shalt sight Son of God song soon soul spake Spirit St Paul's school stood strength sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tibi 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...