Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve BooksJ. Sharpe, 1827 |
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... aught good never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end ...
... aught good never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end ...
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... aught divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid . Soon had ...
... aught divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid . Soon had ...
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... aught avail'd him now To have built in Heaven high towers ; nor did he scape By all his engines , but was headlong sent With his industrious crew to build in Hell . Meanwhile the winged heralds , by command Of sovereign power , with ...
... aught avail'd him now To have built in Heaven high towers ; nor did he scape By all his engines , but was headlong sent With his industrious crew to build in Hell . Meanwhile the winged heralds , by command Of sovereign power , with ...
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... aught proposed And judged of public moment , in the shape . Of difficulty , or danger , could deter Me from attempting . Wherefore do I assume These royalties , and not refuse to reign , Refusing to accept as great a share Of hazard as ...
... aught proposed And judged of public moment , in the shape . Of difficulty , or danger , could deter Me from attempting . Wherefore do I assume These royalties , and not refuse to reign , Refusing to accept as great a share Of hazard as ...
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... aught disturb'd their noise , into her womb , And kennel there ; yet there still bark'd and howl'd , Within , unseen . Far less abhorr'd than these Vex'd Scylla , bathing in the sea that parts Calabria from the hoarse Trinacrian shore ...
... aught disturb'd their noise , into her womb , And kennel there ; yet there still bark'd and howl'd , Within , unseen . Far less abhorr'd than these Vex'd Scylla , bathing in the sea that parts Calabria from the hoarse Trinacrian shore ...
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Adam Almighty Angels answer'd appear'd arm'd arms aught beast Beelzebub behold bless'd bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial CHARLES ROLLS Cherub Cherubim Christ's College cloud created creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell Earth eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear fierce fill'd fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill John Milton JOHN SHARPE join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah mix'd morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace reign replied return'd RICHARD WESTALL round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph Serpent shalt sight soon spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd vex'd voice whence wings wonder