Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve BooksL. Coffin, 1831 |
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Page 41
... nature breeds , Perverse , all monstrous , all prodigious things , Abominable , inutterable , and worse Than fables yet have feign'd , or fear conceive Gorgons , and Hydras , and Chimeras dire . Meanwhile the adversary of God and Man ...
... nature breeds , Perverse , all monstrous , all prodigious things , Abominable , inutterable , and worse Than fables yet have feign'd , or fear conceive Gorgons , and Hydras , and Chimeras dire . Meanwhile the adversary of God and Man ...
Page 48
... Without dimension ; where length , breadth , and height , And time , and place are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos , ancestors of Nature , hold 895 Eternal anarchy , amidst the noise Of endless wars , 48 PARADISE LOST . B. II.
... Without dimension ; where length , breadth , and height , And time , and place are lost ; where eldest Night And Chaos , ancestors of Nature , hold 895 Eternal anarchy , amidst the noise Of endless wars , 48 PARADISE LOST . B. II.
Page 49
... Nature and perhaps her grave , Of neither sea , nor shore , nor air , nor fire , But all these in their pregnant causes mix'd Confusedly , and which thus must ever fight , Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials to ...
... Nature and perhaps her grave , Of neither sea , nor shore , nor air , nor fire , But all these in their pregnant causes mix'd Confusedly , and which thus must ever fight , Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials to ...
Page 52
... Nature first begins Her furthest verge , and Chaos to retire As from her outmost works a broken foe With tumult less , and with less hostile din ; That Satan with less toil , and now with ease , Wafts on the calmer wave by dubious light ...
... Nature first begins Her furthest verge , and Chaos to retire As from her outmost works a broken foe With tumult less , and with less hostile din ; That Satan with less toil , and now with ease , Wafts on the calmer wave by dubious light ...
Page 55
... fair Presented with a universal blank 15 20 13 25 30 35 35 45 Of natures works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out . 50 So much the rather thou , celestial Light , Shine PARADISE LOST . 55.
... fair Presented with a universal blank 15 20 13 25 30 35 35 45 Of natures works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out . 50 So much the rather thou , celestial Light , Shine PARADISE LOST . 55.
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angels answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms aught beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell Earth eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill Ithuriel join'd King lest light live lost mankind Messiah Michaƫl mix'd night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise PARADISE LOST pass'd peace reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd Seraph Serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice whence wings wonder Zephon