The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 1J. Forbes & Company no. 78 Gold street., 1815 |
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Page 38
... spake . " Either to disenthrone the king of Heaven We war , if war be best , or to regain Our own right lost : him to unthrone we then May hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield To fickle Chance , and Chaos judge the strife : The ...
... spake . " Either to disenthrone the king of Heaven We war , if war be best , or to regain Our own right lost : him to unthrone we then May hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield To fickle Chance , and Chaos judge the strife : The ...
Page 40
... spake . " Thrones and imperial pow'rs , offspring of Heaven , 310 Ethereal virtues ! or these titles now Must we renounce , and , changing style , be call'd Princes of Hell ? for so the popular vote Inclines , here to continue ' , and ...
... spake . " Thrones and imperial pow'rs , offspring of Heaven , 310 Ethereal virtues ! or these titles now Must we renounce , and , changing style , be call'd Princes of Hell ? for so the popular vote Inclines , here to continue ' , and ...
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... spake . " O progeny of Heav'n , empyreal thrones ! 430 With reason hath deep silence and deimur Seiz'd us , though undismay'd : long is the way , And hard , that out of Hell leads up to light ; Our prison strong ; this huge convex of ...
... spake . " O progeny of Heav'n , empyreal thrones ! 430 With reason hath deep silence and deimur Seiz'd us , though undismay'd : long is the way , And hard , that out of Hell leads up to light ; Our prison strong ; this huge convex of ...
Page 52
... spake the grisly terror , and in shape , So speaking and so threat'uing , grew ten - fold More dreadful and deform . On th ' other side , Incens'd with indignation , Satan stood Unterrify'd , and like a comet burn'd , That fires the ...
... spake the grisly terror , and in shape , So speaking and so threat'uing , grew ten - fold More dreadful and deform . On th ' other side , Incens'd with indignation , Satan stood Unterrify'd , and like a comet burn'd , That fires the ...
Page 53
... spake , and at her words the hellish pest Forebore : then these to her Satan returu'd . " So strange thy outery , and thy words so strange Thou interposest , that my sudden hand 730 Prevented , spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it ...
... spake , and at her words the hellish pest Forebore : then these to her Satan returu'd . " So strange thy outery , and thy words so strange Thou interposest , that my sudden hand 730 Prevented , spares to tell thee yet by deeds What it ...
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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...