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... mind , And high disdain from sense of injured merit , That with the Mightiest raised me to contend , And to the fierce contention brought along Innumerable force of Spirits arm'd , 95 100 ' That durst dislike his reign , and , me ...
... mind , And high disdain from sense of injured merit , That with the Mightiest raised me to contend , And to the fierce contention brought along Innumerable force of Spirits arm'd , 95 100 ' That durst dislike his reign , and , me ...
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... mind and spirit remains Invincible , and vigour soon returns , 140 Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , since no less ...
... mind and spirit remains Invincible , and vigour soon returns , 140 Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , since no less ...
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... mind not to be changed by place or time : The mind is its own place , and in itself Can inake a Heaven of Hell , a Hell of Heaven . What matter where , if I be still the same , And what I should be ; all but less than he Whom thunder ...
... mind not to be changed by place or time : The mind is its own place , and in itself Can inake a Heaven of Hell , a Hell of Heaven . What matter where , if I be still the same , And what I should be ; all but less than he Whom thunder ...
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... minds . Thus they , Breathing united force , with fixed thought , Moved on in silence to soft pipes , that charm'd Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil : and now Advanced in view they stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and ...
... minds . Thus they , Breathing united force , with fixed thought , Moved on in silence to soft pipes , that charm'd Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil : and now Advanced in view they stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and ...
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... mind , Foreseeing or presaging , from the depth Of knowledge past or present , could have fear'd , How such united force of Gods , how such As stood like these , could ever know repulse ? For who can yet believe , though after loss ...
... mind , Foreseeing or presaging , from the depth Of knowledge past or present , could have fear'd , How such united force of Gods , how such As stood like these , could ever know repulse ? For who can yet believe , though after loss ...
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Adam Almighty Angels answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell Earth eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live lost mankind Messiah Michaël mix'd nigh night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST pass'd peace reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd Seraph Serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice whence wings wonder Zephon
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Page 56 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 210 - So saying, her rash hand, in evil hour, Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe That all was lost.
Page 76 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 213 - Should God create another Eve, and I Another rib afford, yet loss of thee Would never from my heart : no, no ! I feel The link of Nature draw me : flesh of flesh, Bone of my bone thou art, and from thy state Mine never shall be parted, bliss or woe.
Page 107 - Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in Heaven, On earth join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. 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 3 - OF Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Page 81 - But rather to tell how, — if art could tell,— How from that sapphire fount the crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold, With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy...
Page 50 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 11 - Over the burning marie, not like those steps On heaven's azure ; and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire.
Page 85 - Ah, gentle pair, ye little think how nigh Your change approaches, when all these delights Will vanish and deliver ye to woe, More woe, the more your taste is now of joy...