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... And courage never to fubmit or yield , And what is elfe not to be overcome ; That glory never shall his wrath or might 110 Extort from me , To bow and sue for grace With fuppliant knee , and deify his power , Who PARADISE LOST . Book I ,
... And courage never to fubmit or yield , And what is elfe not to be overcome ; That glory never shall his wrath or might 110 Extort from me , To bow and sue for grace With fuppliant knee , and deify his power , Who PARADISE LOST . Book I ,
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... Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and difturb His inmoft counsels from their destin'd aim . But fee the angry victor hath recall'd His minifters of vengeance and pursuit Back to the gates of Heav'n : the fulphurous hail Shot after us ...
... Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and difturb His inmoft counsels from their destin'd aim . But fee the angry victor hath recall'd His minifters of vengeance and pursuit Back to the gates of Heav'n : the fulphurous hail Shot after us ...
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... shall be right : farthest from him is best . Whom reas'on hath equall'd , force hath made fupreme 245 Above his equals . Farewell happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors , hail 250 Infernal world , and thou profoundest ...
... shall be right : farthest from him is best . Whom reas'on hath equall'd , force hath made fupreme 245 Above his equals . Farewell happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells : Hail horrors , hail 250 Infernal world , and thou profoundest ...
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... shall be free ; th ' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . But ...
... shall be free ; th ' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . But ...
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... shall fail to re - afcend Self rais'd , and repossess their native feat ? For me be witness all the Host of Heaven , If counsels different , or danger shunn'd By me , have loft our hopes . But he who reigns Monarch in Heav'n till then ...
... shall fail to re - afcend Self rais'd , and repossess their native feat ? For me be witness all the Host of Heaven , If counsels different , or danger shunn'd By me , have loft our hopes . But he who reigns Monarch in Heav'n till then ...
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