Paradise Lost |
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They soar into the air , they pass through fire , they penetrate dungeons , and are impervious to matter . Their homes , too , like themselves , must be impalpable to sense . How , then , describe the one or the other ?
They soar into the air , they pass through fire , they penetrate dungeons , and are impervious to matter . Their homes , too , like themselves , must be impalpable to sense . How , then , describe the one or the other ?
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Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky , With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms .
Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky , With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms .
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There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelmed 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 named ...
There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelmed 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 named ...
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... Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice His vengeful ire , Or do Him mightier service as His thralls By right of war , whate'er His business be , Here in the heart of hell to work in fire , Or to His ...
... Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice His vengeful ire , Or do Him mightier service as His thralls By right of war , whate'er His business be , Here in the heart of hell to work in fire , Or to His ...
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Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight , till on dry land He lights — if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with liquid , fire : And such appeared ...
Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight , till on dry land He lights — if it were land that ever burned With solid , as the lake with liquid , fire : And such appeared ...
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Adam angels appeared arms beast behold bliss Book bounds bright bring called cloud created creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth equal eternal evil eyes fair faith fall Father fear fell field fire force formed fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath head heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill hope human King land leave less light lines live look lost mind morn move nature never night once pain Paradise passed peace perhaps raised reason receive reign replied rest rise round Satan seat seemed serpent shape side sight soon spake spirits stand stars stood sweet taste thee thence things thou thoughts throne till tree turned voice wide winds wings wonder
Bibliographic information
| Title | Paradise Lost |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | Thompson and Thomas, 1901 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Sep 16, 2019 |
| Length | 311 pages |
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