Paradise Lost: In Twelve PartsPhillips, Sampson, & Company, 1849 - 582 pages |
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... of our evil seck to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which ofttimes may succeed so as perhaps 165 170 Shall grieve him , if I fail not , PARADISE LOST 7.
... of our evil seck to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which ofttimes may succeed so as perhaps 165 170 Shall grieve him , if I fail not , PARADISE LOST 7.
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... Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our Foe . Seest thou yon dreary plain , forlorn and wild , The ...
... Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our Foe . Seest thou yon dreary plain , forlorn and wild , The ...
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... perhaps Our first eruption ; thither or elsewhere : For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestia . Spirits in bondage , nor the abyss Long under darkness cover . But these thoughts Full counsel must mature Peace is despair'd ; 655 ...
... perhaps Our first eruption ; thither or elsewhere : For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestia . Spirits in bondage , nor the abyss Long under darkness cover . But these thoughts Full counsel must mature Peace is despair'd ; 655 ...
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... perhaps The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe . Let such bethink them , if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still , That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat ...
... perhaps The way seems difficult and steep to scale With upright wing against a higher foe . Let such bethink them , if the sleepy drench Of that forgetful lake benumb not still , That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat ...
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... perhaps Designing or exhorting glorious war , Caught in a fiery tempest , shall be hurl'd Each on his rock transfix'd , the sport and prey Of wracking whirlwinds ; or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean , wrapp'd in chains ; There to ...
... perhaps Designing or exhorting glorious war , Caught in a fiery tempest , shall be hurl'd Each on his rock transfix'd , the sport and prey Of wracking whirlwinds ; or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean , wrapp'd in chains ; There to ...
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Adam adore Almighty ambrosial Angels Archangel art thou Beelzebub behold Belial bless'd bliss breast burning lake call'd celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud dark days of Heaven death deep Deity delight divine dread dust dwell earth eternal ethereal evil fair fate Father fear fire flame fruit glorious glory Godhead Gods guilt happy hast hath heart Heaven heavenly Hell hope hour human immortal King light live Lorenzo lost man's mankind mind mortal Nature Nature's night nought numbers o'er Omnipotence ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST pass'd peace pleasure praise pride proud Reason reign rise round sapience Satan scape scene seem'd Seraph shade sight skies smile song soon soul spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thou thought throne thunder thyself truth turn'd vex'd virtue whence wing wisdom wise wonder
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Page 17 - Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 9 - Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Page 31 - A pillar of state ; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat and public care ; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin. Sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air...
Page 10 - Princes, potentates, Warriors, the flower of heaven, once yours, now lost, If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal spirits; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue, for the ease you find To slumber here, as in the vales of heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn To...
Page 48 - 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 38 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain, Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field, and where the unpierced shade 245 Imbrown'd the noontide bowers : Thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view ; Groves whose rich trees wept odorous gums and balm.
Page 174 - But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between...
Page 248 - Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 10 - Waved round the coast, up call'da pitchy cloud Of locusts, warping on the eastern wind, That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Paradise Lost: In Twelve Parts |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | May 25, 2007 |
| Length | 582 pages |
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