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... hast thou fought The better fight , who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth , in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach , far worse to bear Than ...
... hast thou fought The better fight , who single hast maintain'd Against revolted multitudes the cause Of truth , in word mightier than they in arms ; And for the testimony of truth hast borne Universal reproach , far worse to bear Than ...
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... hast thou arm'd , the minstrelsy of heaven , Servility with freedom to contend , As both their deeds compared this day shall prove . To whom in brief thus Abdiel stern replied : -- Apostate , still thou err'st , nor end wilt find Of ...
... hast thou arm'd , the minstrelsy of heaven , Servility with freedom to contend , As both their deeds compared this day shall prove . To whom in brief thus Abdiel stern replied : -- Apostate , still thou err'st , nor end wilt find Of ...
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... hast thou disturb'd Heaven's blessed peace , and into nature brought Misery , uncreated till the crime Of thy rebellion ! how hast thou instill'd Thy malice into thousands , once upright And faithful , now proved false ! But think not ...
... hast thou disturb'd Heaven's blessed peace , and into nature brought Misery , uncreated till the crime Of thy rebellion ! how hast thou instill'd Thy malice into thousands , once upright And faithful , now proved false ! But think not ...
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... Hast thou turn'd the least of these To flight ? or if to fall , but that they rise Uvanquinsh'd , easier to transact with me That thou shouldst hope , imperious , and with threats To chase me hence ? err not , that so shall end The ...
... Hast thou turn'd the least of these To flight ? or if to fall , but that they rise Uvanquinsh'd , easier to transact with me That thou shouldst hope , imperious , and with threats To chase me hence ? err not , that so shall end The ...
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... and full of wonder in our ears , Far differing from this world , thou hast reveal'd . Divine interpreter ! by favour sent Down from the empyrean , to forewarn saient ce seul commandement si facile à observer , au 82 BOOK VII .
... and full of wonder in our ears , Far differing from this world , thou hast reveal'd . Divine interpreter ! by favour sent Down from the empyrean , to forewarn saient ce seul commandement si facile à observer , au 82 BOOK VII .
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Adam ainsi angel anges après lui arbre armée autre avait avant bêtes bien bientôt c'est ce jour-là ce que céleste chemin cher chérubins choses ciel cœur colère contre côté crainte créatures d'abord d'eux d'une dans le death demeure deux devant Dieu Dieux divine doit doux droit earth élevé elle encore enfin ennemi espérance esprit été être fair fait femme fils fois fruit gloire grand guerre hast hath haut heaven hommes humaine j'ai jamais joie jour jusqu'à l'air l'ange l'autre l'enfer l'homme le ciel le monde loin long-temps lumière maintenant monde mort n'est nuit par la Paradise pareil péché peine pensées perdu Père peut peut-être plein pouvoir premier présent puissance qu'elle qu'il qu'un que le race région Satan seem'd sera serpent seul soleil sortit sous souvent temps terre tête thee thou tout trône trouvé vertu voir vois voix volonté yeux
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Page 174 - All higher Knowledge in her presence falls Degraded ; Wisdom in discourse with her Loses discountenanced, and like Folly shows ; Authority and Reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally ; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 244 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat! Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat, Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 430 - With all his verdure spoil'd, and trees adrift, Down the great river to the opening gulf, And there take root, an island salt and bare, The haunt of seals, and ores, and sea-mews...
Page 220 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight, The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 406 - if thou well observe The rule of 'Not too much,' by temperance taught, In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight ; Till many years over thy head return, So may'st thou live, till, like ripe fruit, thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gather'd, not harshly pluck'd, for death mature : This is old age...
Page 144 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle ; but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Page 224 - With burnish'd neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant...
Page 78 - Standing on Earth, not rapt above the pole, More safe I sing with mortal voice, unchanged To hoarse or mute, though fallen on evil days, On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues.
Page 390 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers In yonder nether world where shall I seek His bright appearances, or footstep trace?
Page 348 - She ended weeping, and her lowly plight, Immovable till peace obtained from fault Acknowledged and deplored, in Adam wrought Commiseration; soon his heart relented Towards her, his life so late and sole delight, Now at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking, His counsel whom she had displeased, his aid; As one disarmed, his anger all he lost...