The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2J. Forbes & Company no. 78 Gold street., 1815 |
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... Hill , dale , and shady woods , and sunny plains , And liquid lapse of murm'ring streams ; by these , Creatures that ... hills , and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains , And ye that live and move , fair creatures tell , 275 Tell , if ...
... Hill , dale , and shady woods , and sunny plains , And liquid lapse of murm'ring streams ; by these , Creatures that ... hills , and dales , ye rivers , woods , and plains , And ye that live and move , fair creatures tell , 275 Tell , if ...
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... hill ; Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods , and from their wings Flung rose , flung odours from the spicy shrub , Disporting , till the an.orous bird of night 515 Sung spousal , and bid haste the ...
... hill ; Joyous the birds ; fresh gales and gentle airs Whisper'd it to the woods , and from their wings Flung rose , flung odours from the spicy shrub , Disporting , till the an.orous bird of night 515 Sung spousal , and bid haste the ...
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... hill , and valley , rivers , woods , and plains , Now land , now sea , and shores with forest crown'd , Rocks , dens , and caves ! but I in none of these Find place or refuge ; and the more I see Pleasures about me , so much more I feel ...
... hill , and valley , rivers , woods , and plains , Now land , now sea , and shores with forest crown'd , Rocks , dens , and caves ! but I in none of these Find place or refuge ; and the more I see Pleasures about me , so much more I feel ...
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... denounces their departure . Eve's lamentation . Adam pleads , but submits : the angel leads up to a high hill ; sets before him in vision what shall happen till the flood . Jim f FORBES EDIT BOOK XI . PARADISE LOST . BOOK XI.
... denounces their departure . Eve's lamentation . Adam pleads , but submits : the angel leads up to a high hill ; sets before him in vision what shall happen till the flood . Jim f FORBES EDIT BOOK XI . PARADISE LOST . BOOK XI.
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... 180 185 Down from a hill the beast that reigns in woods , First hunter then , pursu'd a gentle brace , Goodliest of all the forest , hart and hind ; Direct to th ' eastern gate was bent their flight 312 BOOK XI . PARADISE LOST .
... 180 185 Down from a hill the beast that reigns in woods , First hunter then , pursu'd a gentle brace , Goodliest of all the forest , hart and hind ; Direct to th ' eastern gate was bent their flight 312 BOOK XI . PARADISE LOST .
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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.