Paradise lost, a poem in twelve booksJames Knox, 1765 - 318 pages |
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... wings outspread Dove - like fat ft brooding on the vast abyss , And mad'ft it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumin , what is low raife and fupport ; That to the highth of this great argument I may affert eternal Providence , S 10 15 20 ...
... wings outspread Dove - like fat ft brooding on the vast abyss , And mad'ft it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumin , what is low raife and fupport ; That to the highth of this great argument I may affert eternal Providence , S 10 15 20 ...
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... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , 175 Perhaps hath spent his fhafts , and ceafes now To bellow through the vaft and boundless deep . Let us flip th ' occafion , whether scorn , Or fatiate fury yield it from our foe . Seeft ...
... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , 175 Perhaps hath spent his fhafts , and ceafes now To bellow through the vaft and boundless deep . Let us flip th ' occafion , whether scorn , Or fatiate fury yield it from our foe . Seeft ...
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... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air 225 That felt unufual weight , till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With folid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And fuch appear'd in hue , as when ...
... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air 225 That felt unufual weight , till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With folid , as the lake with liquid fire ; And fuch appear'd in hue , as when ...
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... wing , as when Men wont to watch On duty , fleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and beftir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were , or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their ...
... wing , as when Men wont to watch On duty , fleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and beftir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were , or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their ...
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... wing to wing , and half inclofe him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he affay'd , and thrice in fpite of fcorn Tears , fuch as Angels weep , burst forth : at last 620 Words interwove with fighs found out ...
... wing to wing , and half inclofe him round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he affay'd , and thrice in fpite of fcorn Tears , fuch as Angels weep , burst forth : at last 620 Words interwove with fighs found out ...
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Adam afcend Againſt alfo Angel appear'd battel beaft beaſt beft behold beſt blifs bright call'd Cherubim darkneſs death deep defcend defire divine dwell earth elfe erft eternal evil eyes facred fafe faid fair feat feek feem'd feems fenfe ferpent ferve fhade fhall fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt fleep fome fong fons foon foul fpake fruit ftill ftood ftrength fuch fweet gate glory haft hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell highth hill himſelf hoft juft laft laſt lefs light loft moſt muſt night o'er pafs'd Paradife pleaſure pow'r praiſe rais'd reafon reft reply'd reſt return'd rife rofe Satan ſhall ſhape Spirits ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood tafte taſte thee thefe themſelves thence theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thoughts throne tree turn'd utmoſt vex'd whofe whoſe wings worfe