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... sky , 40 45 With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition , there to dwell In adamantin chains and penal fire , Who durft defy th ' Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the fspace that measures day and night 50 To mortal ...
... sky , 40 45 With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition , there to dwell In adamantin chains and penal fire , Who durft defy th ' Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the fspace that measures day and night 50 To mortal ...
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... sky . The hafty multitude Admiring enter'd , and the work fome praise And fome the architect : his hand was known In Heav'n by many a towering structure high , Where fcepter'd Angels held their refidence , And fat as princes , whom the ...
... sky . The hafty multitude Admiring enter'd , and the work fome praise And fome the architect : his hand was known In Heav'n by many a towering structure high , Where fcepter'd Angels held their refidence , And fat as princes , whom the ...
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... sky , and armies rush To battel in the clouds , before each van 530 535 540 Prick forth the aery knights , and couch their spears Till thickeft legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of Heav'n the welkin burns . ( thers with ...
... sky , and armies rush To battel in the clouds , before each van 530 535 540 Prick forth the aery knights , and couch their spears Till thickeft legions close ; with feats of arms From either end of Heav'n the welkin burns . ( thers with ...
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... sky , and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war . Each at the head Level'd his deadly aim ; their fatal hands No second stroke intend , and fuch a frown Each caft at the other , as when two black clouds , With Heav'n's ...
... sky , and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war . Each at the head Level'd his deadly aim ; their fatal hands No second stroke intend , and fuch a frown Each caft at the other , as when two black clouds , With Heav'n's ...
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... sky appear , and from thee fend The fummoning Arch - Angels to proclame Thy dread tribunal ; forthwith from all winds 321 325 The living , and forthwith the cited dead Of all past ages , to the general doom Shall 66 PARADISE LOST . Book In.
... sky appear , and from thee fend The fummoning Arch - Angels to proclame Thy dread tribunal ; forthwith from all winds 321 325 The living , and forthwith the cited dead Of all past ages , to the general doom Shall 66 PARADISE LOST . Book In.
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Adam afcend alſo Angel appear'd arm'd battel behold beſt bliſs bright call'd cauſe Cherubim courſe dark death deep defire divine dwell earth eaſe elſe eternal evil eyes facred faid fair falſe feat feek feem'd feems ferpent fide fight fince fire firſt fome fong fons foon foul fruit fuch gate glory happy hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell highth hill itſelf juſt laſt leſs light loft moſt muſt night o'er pain Paradife paſs'd paſt pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent rais'd reaſon reply'd reſt return'd riſe roſe Satan ſay ſcarce ſeen ſenſe ſhade ſhall ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhould ſhow ſince ſky ſmall ſpake Spirits ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtrange ſtream ſtrength ſuch ſweet taſte thee thence theſe thine things thoſe thou thoughts throne tree turn'd univerſal vex'd whoſe wings worfe worſe