The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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Page 115
... round ; ) and durst abide Jehovah thundering out of Sion , throned Between the Cherubim : yea , often placed Within his sanctuary ' itself their shrines , Abominations ; and with cursed things His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned ...
... round ; ) and durst abide Jehovah thundering out of Sion , throned Between the Cherubim : yea , often placed Within his sanctuary ' itself their shrines , Abominations ; and with cursed things His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned ...
Page 122
... round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he essay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as angels weep , burst forth : at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out their way . " O Myriads of immortal ...
... round With all his peers : attention held them mute . Thrice he essay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as angels weep , burst forth : at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out their way . " O Myriads of immortal ...
Page 123
... round illumined Hell : highly they raged Against the Highest , and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their sounding shields the din of war , Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven . There stood a hill not far , whose grisly top ...
... round illumined Hell : highly they raged Against the Highest , and fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their sounding shields the din of war , Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven . There stood a hill not far , whose grisly top ...
Page 125
... round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave : nor did there want Cornice or frieze , with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon , Nor great Alcairo , such magnificence Equall'd in all ...
... round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave : nor did there want Cornice or frieze , with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon , Nor great Alcairo , such magnificence Equall'd in all ...
Page 136
... round Covers his throne ; from whence deep thunders roar Mustering their rage , and Heaven resembles Hell ? As he our darkness , cannot we his light Imitate when we please ? This desert soil Wants not her hidden lustre , gems and gold ...
... round Covers his throne ; from whence deep thunders roar Mustering their rage , and Heaven resembles Hell ? As he our darkness , cannot we his light Imitate when we please ? This desert soil Wants not her hidden lustre , gems and gold ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty angels appear'd arm'd arms battle Beelzebub behold blank verse bliss burning lake call'd celestial Cherub Cherubim clouds Comus dark daughter death deep delight divine dread earth eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel fall Father fear fell fire flames friends Gabriel glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heaven heavenly Hell highth hill hope host infernal Ithuriel John Milton join'd King Latin less light Lycidas mankind Messiah Milton mind Moloch nature never night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pass'd perhaps poem poet poetry praise rage reason reign revenge rhyme round Satan seem'd seems Seraph Seraphim shade sight soon spake Spirits stood sweet Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself turn'd Uriel verse vex'd whence winds wings wonder Zephon
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Page 100 - This neglect of rime is so little to be taken for a defect, though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers, that it is rather to be esteemed an example, the first in English, of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming.