The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1J. Forbes & Company no. 78 Gold street., 1815 |
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... almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th ' ethereal sky , With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition , there to dwell 30 333 35 40 45 In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durst defy th ' Omnipotent to ...
... almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from th ' ethereal sky , With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition , there to dwell 30 333 35 40 45 In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durst defy th ' Omnipotent to ...
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... almighty , since no less Than such could have o'erpow'r'd such force as ours ) 145 Have left us this our spirit and strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier ...
... almighty , since no less Than such could have o'erpow'r'd such force as ours ) 145 Have left us this our spirit and strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier ...
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... Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heav'n ! But wherefore let we then our ...
... Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heav'n ! But wherefore let we then our ...
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... Almighty ! and that strife Was not inglorious , though th ' event was dire , As this place testifies , and this dire change , Hateful to utter : but what pow'r of mind , Foreseeing or presaging , from the depth Of knowledge past or ...
... Almighty ! and that strife Was not inglorious , though th ' event was dire , As this place testifies , and this dire change , Hateful to utter : but what pow'r of mind , Foreseeing or presaging , from the depth Of knowledge past or ...
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... almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder , and for lightning see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his angels , and his throne itself Mixed with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His own invented torments . But ...
... almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder , and for lightning see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his angels , and his throne itself Mixed with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His own invented torments . But ...
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Abdiel Adam advanc'd Almighty angels appear'd arm'd arms Beelzebub behold Belial bliss bright burning lake call'd celestial chariot cherub cherubim cloud created creatures dark deeds deep delight divine dread dwell eternal evil eyes fair Fair angel fall'n Father fell fiend fierce fiery fill'd fire flaming flow'rs form'd fruit gates glory Gods gold golden grace hand happy hast hath Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill honour host infernal Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King know'st legions less light Messiah Moloch morn night o'er Omnipotent ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd plac'd pleas'd pow'r praise quires rage rais'd reign reply'd return'd round Satan seat seem'd seraph seraphim shade sight soon spake spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice wand'ring whence winds wings Zephon
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Page 18 - With lust and violence the house of God ? In courts and palaces he also reigns And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of ri'ot ascends above their loftiest towers, And...
Page 95 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Page 67 - Or hear'st thou rather, pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 96 - So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse ! all good to me is lost ; Evil, be thou my good : by thee at least Divided empire with heaven's King I hold, By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign, As man ere long, and this new world shall know.
Page 50 - Puts on swift wings, and towards the gates of hell Explores his solitary flight : sometimes He scours the right hand coast, sometimes the left ; Now shaves with level wing the deep, then soars Up to the fiery concave towering high. As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala...
Page 25 - Sheer o'er the crystal battlements: from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith, like a falling star, On Lemnos, the Aegean isle.
Page 99 - Thence up he flew, and on the tree of life, The middle tree and highest there that grew, Sat like a cormorant...
Page 205 - Last Rose, as in dance, the stately trees, and spread Their branches hung with copious fruit, or...