The Poetical WorksBernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 358 pages |
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Page 13
... fair idolatresses , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , 0 Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day ; While smooth Adonis from his native rock 445 450 ...
... fair idolatresses , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , 0 Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day ; While smooth Adonis from his native rock 445 450 ...
Page 14
... fair Damascus , on the fertile banks Of Abbana and Pharphar , lucid streams . He also ' gainst the house of God was bold : A leper once he lost , and gain'd a king ; Ahaz his sottish conqu'ror , whom he drew God's altar to disparage and ...
... fair Damascus , on the fertile banks Of Abbana and Pharphar , lucid streams . He also ' gainst the house of God was bold : A leper once he lost , and gain'd a king ; Ahaz his sottish conqu'ror , whom he drew God's altar to disparage and ...
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... fair light Secure , and at the bright'ning orient beam Purge off this gloom : the soft delicious air , 400 To heal the scar of these corrosive fires , Shall breathe her balm . But first , whom shall we send In search of this new world ...
... fair light Secure , and at the bright'ning orient beam Purge off this gloom : the soft delicious air , 400 To heal the scar of these corrosive fires , Shall breathe her balm . But first , whom shall we send In search of this new world ...
Page 42
... fair , But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast , a serpent arm'd 650 With mortal sting : about her middle round A cry of Hell - hounds never ceasing , bark'd With wide Cerberean mouths full loud , and rung A hideous peal ...
... fair , But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast , a serpent arm'd 650 With mortal sting : about her middle round A cry of Hell - hounds never ceasing , bark'd With wide Cerberean mouths full loud , and rung A hideous peal ...
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... fair In Heav'n , when at th ' assembly , and in sight Of all the Seraphim with thee combined In bold conspiracy against Heav'n's King , All on a sudden miserable pain 750 Surprised thee , dim thine eyes , and dizzy swum In darkness ...
... fair In Heav'n , when at th ' assembly , and in sight Of all the Seraphim with thee combined In bold conspiracy against Heav'n's King , All on a sudden miserable pain 750 Surprised thee , dim thine eyes , and dizzy swum In darkness ...
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Adam Angel answer'd appear'd arm'd arms aught beast behold Belial bliss burning lake call'd celestial Charles Lee Lewes Charlotte Brontė Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures dark death deep delight divine dread dwell eternal ev'ning evil eyes fair Fair Angel Father fear Fiend fire fix'd flow'rs fruit glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart heav'nly Heir of Redclyffe Hell hill honour join'd King lest light live Lord lost mankind Messiah Milton's Poetical nigh night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Parthian pass'd Paul Heyse pow'r praise reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd Serpent shade shalt sight Son of God soon spake Spirits stood sweet taste Tempter thee thence thine things thither thou art thou hast thoughts throne thyself tow'rds tree turn'd vex'd virtue voice wand'ring whence wings