The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1J. Forbes & Company no. 78 Gold street., 1815 |
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... divine work he was tempted to range Beyond the visible diurnal sphere . With so many accomplishments , not to have had some faults and misfortunes to be laid in the balance with the fame and felicity of writing Paradise Lost , would ...
... divine work he was tempted to range Beyond the visible diurnal sphere . With so many accomplishments , not to have had some faults and misfortunes to be laid in the balance with the fame and felicity of writing Paradise Lost , would ...
Page 68
... divine ; But cloud instead , and ever - during dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd and raz'd , And wisdom at ...
... divine ; But cloud instead , and ever - during dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with an universal blank Of nature's works to me expung'd and raz'd , And wisdom at ...
Page 71
... Divine compassion visibly appear'd , 140 Love without end , and without measure grace , Which uttering , thus he to his Father spake . " O Father , gracious was that word which clos'd Thy sov'reign sentence , that man should find grace ...
... Divine compassion visibly appear'd , 140 Love without end , and without measure grace , Which uttering , thus he to his Father spake . " O Father , gracious was that word which clos'd Thy sov'reign sentence , that man should find grace ...
Page 79
... divine ! Hail , Son of God , Saviour of men ! thy name , Shall be the copious matter of my song Henceforth , and never shall my harp thy praise Forget , nor from thy Father's praise disjoin . Thus they in Heav'n , above the starry ...
... divine ! Hail , Son of God , Saviour of men ! thy name , Shall be the copious matter of my song Henceforth , and never shall my harp thy praise Forget , nor from thy Father's praise disjoin . Thus they in Heav'n , above the starry ...
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... In naked majesty seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone , Vol . Ï . 10 285 290 Truth , wisdom , sanctitude severe and pure ( Severe BOOK IV . 702 PARADISE LOST .
... In naked majesty seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone , Vol . Ï . 10 285 290 Truth , wisdom , sanctitude severe and pure ( Severe BOOK IV . 702 PARADISE LOST .
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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...