The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1J. Forbes & Company no. 78 Gold street., 1815 |
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... When thou , attended gloriously from Heaven , Shalt in the sky appear , and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim 320 325 Thy dread tribunal , forthwith from all winds The living 76 BOOK III . PARADISE LOST .
... When thou , attended gloriously from Heaven , Shalt in the sky appear , and from thee send Thy summoning archangels to proclaim 320 325 Thy dread tribunal , forthwith from all winds The living 76 BOOK III . PARADISE LOST .
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John Milton. Thy dread tribunal , forthwith from all winds The living , and forthwith the cited dead Of all past ages , to the general doom Shall hasten ; such a peal shall rouse their sleep . Then , all thy saints assembled , thou shalt ...
John Milton. Thy dread tribunal , forthwith from all winds The living , and forthwith the cited dead Of all past ages , to the general doom Shall hasten ; such a peal shall rouse their sleep . Then , all thy saints assembled , thou shalt ...
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... living creatures , new to sight , and strange . Two of far nobler shape , erect and tall , Godlike erect , with native honour clad , In naked majesty seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their ...
... living creatures , new to sight , and strange . Two of far nobler shape , erect and tall , Godlike erect , with native honour clad , In naked majesty seem'd lords of all ; And worthy seem'd ; for in their looks divine The image of their ...
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... living sapphires ; Hesperus , that led The starry host , rode brightest , till the moon , Rising in clouded majesty , at length 595 600 605 Apparent queen , unveil'd her peerless light , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw . When ...
... living sapphires ; Hesperus , that led The starry host , rode brightest , till the moon , Rising in clouded majesty , at length 595 600 605 Apparent queen , unveil'd her peerless light , And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw . When ...
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... living souls ; ye birds , Then singing up to Heaven gate ascend , Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise . Ye that in waters glide , and ye that walk The earth , and stately tread , or lowly creep , 200 Witness if I be silent ...
... living souls ; ye birds , Then singing up to Heaven gate ascend , Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise . Ye that in waters glide , and ye that walk The earth , and stately tread , or lowly creep , 200 Witness if I be silent ...
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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...