The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1J. Forbes & Company no. 78 Gold street., 1815 |
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... star , On Lemnos th ' Egean isle : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long before ; nor ought avail'd him now T ' have built in Heav'n high tow'rs ; nor did he ' scape 735 740 745 By all his engines , but ...
... star , On Lemnos th ' Egean isle : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long before ; nor ought avail'd him now T ' have built in Heav'n high tow'rs ; nor did he ' scape 735 740 745 By all his engines , but ...
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... star Of smallest magnitude close by the moon . Thither , full fraught with mischievous revenge , Accurs'd , and in a cursed hour he hies . 1055 END OF BOOK П. For VOL . I. THE THIRD BOOK OF PARADISE LOST BOOK II . 63 PARADISE LOST .
... star Of smallest magnitude close by the moon . Thither , full fraught with mischievous revenge , Accurs'd , and in a cursed hour he hies . 1055 END OF BOOK П. For VOL . I. THE THIRD BOOK OF PARADISE LOST BOOK II . 63 PARADISE LOST .
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... works and their works at once to view : About him all the sanctities of Heaven 60 Stood thick as stars , and from his sight receiv'd Beatitude past utterance ; on his right The radiant image 68 Book III . PARADISE LOST .
... works and their works at once to view : About him all the sanctities of Heaven 60 Stood thick as stars , and from his sight receiv'd Beatitude past utterance ; on his right The radiant image 68 Book III . PARADISE LOST .
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... star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas Beyond th ' horizon ; then from pole to pole He views in breadth , and ... Stars distant , but nigh hand seem'd , other worlds ; Or other worlds they seem'd or happy isles , Like those ...
... star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas Beyond th ' horizon ; then from pole to pole He views in breadth , and ... Stars distant , but nigh hand seem'd , other worlds ; Or other worlds they seem'd or happy isles , Like those ...
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... stars Numberless , as thou seest , and how they move ; Each had his place appointed , each his course ; The rest in circuit walls this universe . 690 605 Look downward on that globe , whose hither side With 83 BOOK III PARADISE LOST .
... stars Numberless , as thou seest , and how they move ; Each had his place appointed , each his course ; The rest in circuit walls this universe . 690 605 Look downward on that globe , whose hither side With 83 BOOK III 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...