The Poetical WorksBernhard Tauchnitz, 1850 - 358 pages |
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Page 21
... sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want 715 Cornice or frieze , with bossy sculptures grav'n : The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon , Nor ...
... sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want 715 Cornice or frieze , with bossy sculptures grav'n : The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon , Nor ...
Page 37
... sweet Extend his ev'ning beam , the fields revive , The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds Attest their joy , that hill and valley rings . O shame to men ! Devil with Devil damn'd Firm concord holds , men only disagree 490 495 ...
... sweet Extend his ev'ning beam , the fields revive , The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds Attest their joy , that hill and valley rings . O shame to men ! Devil with Devil damn'd Firm concord holds , men only disagree 490 495 ...
Page 39
... sweet 555 ( For eloquence the soul , song charms the sense ) Others apart sat on a hill retired , In thoughts more elevate , and reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , Fix'd fate , free - will , foreknowledge ...
... sweet 555 ( For eloquence the soul , song charms the sense ) Others apart sat on a hill retired , In thoughts more elevate , and reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate , Fix'd fate , free - will , foreknowledge ...
Page 40
... fro , their sorrow to augment , 605 And wish and struggle , as they pass , to reach The tempting stream , with one small drop to lose In sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink 40 PARADISE LOST .
... fro , their sorrow to augment , 605 And wish and struggle , as they pass , to reach The tempting stream , with one small drop to lose In sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink 40 PARADISE LOST .
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... sweet , now sad to mention , through dire change 820 Befall'n us unforeseen , unthought of ; know I come no enemy , but to set free From out this dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all the heav'nly host Of Spirits ...
... sweet , now sad to mention , through dire change 820 Befall'n us unforeseen , unthought of ; know I come no enemy , but to set free From out this dark and dismal house of pain Both him and thee , and all the heav'nly host Of Spirits ...
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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