Poetical WorksUnited States Book Company, 1891 |
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Page 11
... stands pre - eminent in sublimity . Hell and hell's king have a terrible harmony , and dilate into new grandeur and awfulness the longer we contemplate them . From one element , " solid and liquid fire , " the poet has framed a world of ...
... stands pre - eminent in sublimity . Hell and hell's king have a terrible harmony , and dilate into new grandeur and awfulness the longer we contemplate them . From one element , " solid and liquid fire , " the poet has framed a world of ...
Page 29
... stand , a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with ordered spear and shield , Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose . He through the arméd files Darts his experienced eye , and ...
... stand , a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old with ordered spear and shield , Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose . He through the arméd files Darts his experienced eye , and ...
Page 31
... Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he essayed , and thrice , in spite of ...
... Stands on the blasted heath . He now prepared To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he essayed , and thrice , in spite of ...
Page 37
... stand against the Thunderer's aim Your bulwark , and condemns to greatest share Of endless pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in Hell Precedence ...
... stand against the Thunderer's aim Your bulwark , and condemns to greatest share Of endless pain ? Where there is then no good For which to strive , no strife can grow up there From faction ; for none sure will claim in Hell Precedence ...
Page 42
... Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forced hallelujahs ; while he lordly sits Our envied sovereign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial ...
... Stand in his presence humble , and receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forced hallelujahs ; while he lordly sits Our envied sovereign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial ...
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Adam agni amorous angels ANTISTROPHE arms aught beast behold bliss bright cherub cherubim CHORUS cloud COMUS Dagon dark death deeds deep delight didst divine doth dread dwell earth eternal evil eyes fair faith Father fear flowers fræna fruit glorious glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill honour ipse Israel John Ruskin King lest light live Lord Lycidas MANOAH Messiah mihi mind morn mortal night numina o'er Olympo pain Paradise peace Philistines praise quæ reign replied round SAMSON Satan seat serpent shade shalt sight Son of God song soon soul spake spirits stood strength sweet taste thee thence thine things thither Thomas Carlyle thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tibi tree Tu quoque ulmo virtue voice whence wings wonder