Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve BooksL. Coffin, 1831 |
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... wings outspread 20 . Dovelike sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And madest it pregnant : What in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And ...
... wings outspread 20 . Dovelike sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And madest it pregnant : What in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And ...
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... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our Foe . Seest ...
... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our Foe . Seest ...
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... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid fire : And such appear'd in hue , as when the ...
... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air , That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid fire : And such appear'd in hue , as when the ...
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... wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were , nor the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their ...
... wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were , nor the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their ...
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... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : Attention held them mute . Thrice he essay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as Angels weep , burst forth : at last 620 Words , interwove with sighs , found ...
... wing to wing , and half enclose him round With all his peers : Attention held them mute . Thrice he essay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as Angels weep , burst forth : at last 620 Words , interwove with sighs , found ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angels answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms aught beast behold Belial bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight didst divine dread 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 Michaël 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