The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2J. Forbes & Company no. 78 Gold street., 1815 |
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... fair tendence , gladlier grew . Yet went she not , as not with such discourse Delighted , or not capable her ear Of what was high : such pleasure she reserv'd , Adam relating , she sole auditress ; Her husband the relator she preferr'd ...
... fair tendence , gladlier grew . Yet went she not , as not with such discourse Delighted , or not capable her ear Of what was high : such pleasure she reserv'd , Adam relating , she sole auditress ; Her husband the relator she preferr'd ...
Page 214
... fair Eve ; Heav'n is for thee too high To know what passes there ; he lowly wise : Think only what concerns thee and thy being Dream not of other worlds , what creatures there Live , in what state , condition , or degree ; Contented ...
... fair Eve ; Heav'n is for thee too high To know what passes there ; he lowly wise : Think only what concerns thee and thy being Dream not of other worlds , what creatures there Live , in what state , condition , or degree ; Contented ...
Page 215
... fair : 220 Speaking , or mute , all comeliness and grace Attends thee ; and each word , each motion , forms ; Nor less think we in Heav'n of thee on Earth Than of our fellow - servant , and inquire 225 Gladly into the ways of God with ...
... fair : 220 Speaking , or mute , all comeliness and grace Attends thee ; and each word , each motion , forms ; Nor less think we in Heav'n of thee on Earth Than of our fellow - servant , and inquire 225 Gladly into the ways of God with ...
Page 217
... fair light , And thou enlightened Earth , so fresh and gay , Ye hills , and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains , And ye that live and move , fair creatures tell , 275 Tell , if ye saw , how came I thus , how here ? Not of myself ...
... fair light , And thou enlightened Earth , so fresh and gay , Ye hills , and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains , And ye that live and move , fair creatures tell , 275 Tell , if ye saw , how came I thus , how here ? Not of myself ...
Page 219
... fair bounds , but all the earth To thee and to thy race I give ; as lords Possess it , and all things that therein live , Or live in sea , or air , beast , fish , and fowl . In sign whereof each bird and beast behold After their kinds ...
... fair bounds , but all the earth To thee and to thy race I give ; as lords Possess it , and all things that therein live , Or live in sea , or air , beast , fish , and fowl . In sign whereof each bird and beast behold After their kinds ...
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Adam angel answer'd beast behold bliss call'd Canaan canst cherubim Cities of men cloud creatures Ctesiphon dark death delight descended didst divine dwell Egypt Euphrates evil eyes fair faith Father fear fix'd foretold fruit giv'n glory gods grace hand happy hast thou hath heard heart heav'nly Hell hill honour human voice Israel join'd judg'd king kingdom lest live Lord mankind may'st Messiah mov'd nigh night numbers PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAINED Parthian pass'd peace plac'd pleas'd pow'r promis'd rais'd receiv'd reign renew'd reply'd return'd round sapience Satan Saviour seat seed seek seem'd serpent shame sight Son of God soon spake spirit stood sweet taste tempter thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thou saw'st thou shalt thoughts throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd virtue voice wand'ring whence wise
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Page 224 - Thy words, Creator bounteous and benign Giver of all things fair, but fairest this Of all thy gifts, nor enviest. I now see Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, myself Before me.
Page 225 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Page 211 - Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 252 - Deterr'd not from achieving what might lead To happier life, knowledge of good and evil ? Of good, how just? of evil, if what is evil Be real...
Page 256 - Without copartner ? so to add what wants In female sex, the more to draw his love, And render me more equal ; and perhaps, A thing not undesirable, sometime Superior : for, inferior, who is free ? This may be well.
Page 391 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise, His lot who dares be singularly good?
Page 223 - I wak'd To find her, or for ever to deplore Her loss, and other pleasures all abjure...
Page 225 - 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 356 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.
Page 256 - This may be well. But what if God have seen, And death ensue ? then I shall be no more ! And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct : A death to think ! Confirm'd then I resolve, Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe.