The Poetical WorksBernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 358 pages |
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... shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities , And Pow'rs that erst in Heaven sat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heav'nly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and rased By their rebellion from the books of life ...
... shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities , And Pow'rs that erst in Heaven sat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heav'nly records now Be no memorial , blotted out and rased By their rebellion from the books of life ...
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... shape they choose Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure , Can execute their aëry purposes , 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Israel oft forsook 196 Their living Strength , and unfrequented left His ...
... shape they choose Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure , Can execute their aëry purposes , 430 And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Israel oft forsook 196 Their living Strength , and unfrequented left His ...
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... shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt and her priests , to seek 480 Their wandering gods disguised in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel ' scape Th ' infection , when their borrow'd gold composed The calf in Oreb ; and ...
... shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt and her priests , to seek 480 Their wandering gods disguised in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel ' scape Th ' infection , when their borrow'd gold composed The calf in Oreb ; and ...
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... shape and gesture proudly eminent , Stood like a tower ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness , nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun , new risen , Looks through ...
... shape and gesture proudly eminent , Stood like a tower ; his form had not yet lost All her original brightness , nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscured ; as when the sun , new risen , Looks through ...
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... shapes immense , and were at large , Though without number still , amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim , In close recess and ...
... shapes immense , and were at large , Though without number still , amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim , In close recess and ...
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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 Brontë 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