Le paradis perdu, Volume 1Pourrat frères, 1837 - 495 pages |
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... thus mild was heard : - Servant of God , well done ; well hast thou fought The better fight , who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth , in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of ...
... thus mild was heard : - Servant of God , well done ; well hast thou fought The better fight , who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth , in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of ...
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... thus his own undaunted heart explores : - O heaven ! that such resemblance of the Highest Should yet remain , where faith and realty : Remain not wherefore should not strength and might There fail where virtue fails ? or weakest prove ...
... thus his own undaunted heart explores : - O heaven ! that such resemblance of the Highest Should yet remain , where faith and realty : Remain not wherefore should not strength and might There fail where virtue fails ? or weakest prove ...
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... thus securely him defied : - Proud , art thou met ? thy hope was to have reach'd The highth of thy aspiring unopposed : The throne of God unguarded , and his side Abandon'd , at the terrour of thy power Or potent tongue fool ! not to ...
... thus securely him defied : - Proud , art thou met ? thy hope was to have reach'd The highth of thy aspiring unopposed : The throne of God unguarded , and his side Abandon'd , at the terrour of thy power Or potent tongue fool ! not to ...
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... thus Abdiel stern replied : Apostate , still thou err'st , nor end wilt find Of erring , from the path of truth remote : Unjustly thou depravest it with the name Of servitude , to serve whom God ordains , Or Nature : God and Nature bid ...
... thus Abdiel stern replied : Apostate , still thou err'st , nor end wilt find Of erring , from the path of truth remote : Unjustly thou depravest it with the name Of servitude , to serve whom God ordains , Or Nature : God and Nature bid ...
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... Thus foil'd their mightiest ; ours joy fill'd , and shout , Presage of victory , and fierce desire Of battel whereat Michael bid sound The archangel trumpet ; through the vast of heaven , It sounded , and the faithful armies rung ...
... Thus foil'd their mightiest ; ours joy fill'd , and shout , Presage of victory , and fierce desire Of battel whereat Michael bid sound The archangel trumpet ; through the vast of heaven , It sounded , and the faithful armies rung ...
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Adam amid angel anges another world appear'd archangel arms beast began behold best bright bring call'd choses ciel cloud créatures darkness death deep delight DIEU divine doom dwell earth ÈVE evil eyes faith Father fear find firmament first forth found fruit glory godlike good grace great ground hand hath head heard heart heaven heavenly high hill his punishment hope know knowledge l'homme last leave left less life light live lost love made make mankind Michel mind mort night offspring Paradise peace péché perhaps power race reason receive replied return return'd Satan scarce seat seed seek seem'd seest serpent show sight soon spake stars stood stroke sweet taste terre their thence thine things thou thou hast though thought Thrice throne tree tree Of knowledge turn'd virtue wide wings words work world
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Page 222 - Adjoin'd, from each thing met, conceives delight— The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 300 - Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Page 414 - if thou well observe The rule of 'Not too much,' by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight ; Till many years over thy head return, So may'st thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature : This is old age...
Page 146 - Eve; heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise: Think only what concerns thee, and thy being; Dream not of other worlds; what creatures there Live in what state, condition, or degree ; Contented that thus far hath been reveal'd Not of earth only, but of highest heaven.
Page 266 - Carnal desire inflaming; he on Eve Began to cast lascivious eyes, she him As wantonly repaid; in lust they burn; Till Adam thus 'gan Eve to dalliance move: "Eve, now I see thou art exact of taste, And elegant, of sapience no small part...
Page 398 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
Page 112 - Their downy breast; the swan with arched neck, Between her white wings, mantling proudly, rows Her state with oary feet...
Page 80 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 394 - With what to sight or smell was sweet ! from thee How shall I part, and whither wander down Into a lower world ; to this obscure And wild ? how shall we breathe in other air Less pure, accustomed to immortal fruits ? Whom thus the Angel interrupted mild.
Page 354 - And straight conjunction with this sex. For either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake ; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain, Through her perverseness, but shall see her gain'd By a far worse, or, if she love, withheld By parents ; or his happiest choice too late Shall meet, already link'd and wedlock-bound To a fell adversary, his hate or shame: Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life, and household peace confound.