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... sound of his footsteps was all the tidings he gave of himself . Of Milton what we know is only sufficient to make us regret that we know no more — a regret increased by the reflection , that his life was as lofty as his genius , and ...
... sound of his footsteps was all the tidings he gave of himself . Of Milton what we know is only sufficient to make us regret that we know no more — a regret increased by the reflection , that his life was as lofty as his genius , and ...
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... sound - many to scream out contradiction and rage - many to shed bitter tears , and many to express a faint and faltering approbation . Milton belonged to none of these classes , but dared to echo the falling axe , and to cry aloud ...
... sound - many to scream out contradiction and rage - many to shed bitter tears , and many to express a faint and faltering approbation . Milton belonged to none of these classes , but dared to echo the falling axe , and to cry aloud ...
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... sound . The Grotesque he has too frequently interwoven with the Grand . Under this head we rank the Limbo of vanity - the speeches of the fallen angels on the second day of the war in Heaven - perhaps also the transformation of Satan ...
... sound . The Grotesque he has too frequently interwoven with the Grand . Under this head we rank the Limbo of vanity - the speeches of the fallen angels on the second day of the war in Heaven - perhaps also the transformation of Satan ...
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... sound of like endings , a fault avoided by the learned ancients both in poetry and all good oratory . This neglect , then , of rhyme so little is to be taken for a defect , though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers , that it is ...
... sound of like endings , a fault avoided by the learned ancients both in poetry and all good oratory . This neglect , then , of rhyme so little is to be taken for a defect , though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers , that it is ...
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... sound Of trumpets loud , and clarions be uprear'd His mighty standard : that proud honour claim'd Azazel as his ... sounds : At which the universal host upsent A shout , that tore Hell's concave , and , beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos ...
... sound Of trumpets loud , and clarions be uprear'd His mighty standard : that proud honour claim'd Azazel as his ... sounds : At which the universal host upsent A shout , that tore Hell's concave , and , beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos ...
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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...