Paradise LostD. Appleton & Company, 1850 - 296 pages |
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Page 95
... sweet grove Of Daphne by Orontes , and th ' inspired Castalian spring , might with this Paradise Of Eden strive ; nor that Nyseian isle Girt with the river Triton , where old Cham , Whom Gentiles Ammon call and Lybian Jove , Hid ...
... sweet grove Of Daphne by Orontes , and th ' inspired Castalian spring , might with this Paradise Of Eden strive ; nor that Nyseian isle Girt with the river Triton , where old Cham , Whom Gentiles Ammon call and Lybian Jove , Hid ...
Page 96
... sweet attractive grace ; He for God only , she for God in him : 285 290 295 His fair large front and eye sublime , declared Absolute rule ; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung 300 Clust'ring , but not beneath ...
... sweet attractive grace ; He for God only , she for God in him : 285 290 295 His fair large front and eye sublime , declared Absolute rule ; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung 300 Clust'ring , but not beneath ...
Page 97
... sweet gard'ning labour than sufficed To recommend cool Zephyr , and made ease More easy , wholesome thirst and appetite More grateful , to their supper - fruits they fell , Nectarine fruits which the compliant boughs Yielded them , side ...
... sweet gard'ning labour than sufficed To recommend cool Zephyr , and made ease More easy , wholesome thirst and appetite More grateful , to their supper - fruits they fell , Nectarine fruits which the compliant boughs Yielded them , side ...
Page 99
... sweet . To whom thus Eve reply'd : O thou for whom 440 And from whom I was form'd flesh of thy flesh , And without whom am to no end , my guide And head , what thou hast said is just and right . For we to him indeed all praises owe ...
... sweet . To whom thus Eve reply'd : O thou for whom 440 And from whom I was form'd flesh of thy flesh , And without whom am to no end , my guide And head , what thou hast said is just and right . For we to him indeed all praises owe ...
Page 104
... Sweet is the breath of Morn , her rising sweet , 627. Walks in the first edition . 628. Manuring ; in the sense of the French manœuvre , to ma- nage or cultivate . 640. The seasons of the day , not of the year , are here meant . 645 650 ...
... Sweet is the breath of Morn , her rising sweet , 627. Walks in the first edition . 628. Manuring ; in the sense of the French manœuvre , to ma- nage or cultivate . 640. The seasons of the day , not of the year , are here meant . 645 650 ...
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Adam Alcinous Almighty Angel answer'd appear'd Argob arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold Belial bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth eternal ev'ning ev'ry evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear fierce fire fix'd flaming flow'rs fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hath heart Heav'n Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill Ithuriel join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah Milton Moloch morn night Nisroch o'er ordain'd pain Paradise pass'd peace pow'r Ramiel reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd serpent shalt sight soon spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tow'rds tree turn'd UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA vex'd Virgil voice wand'ring whence wings words Zephon
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Page 296 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 106 - Nor think, though men were none, That Heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the Earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold, Both day and night.
Page 119 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 33 - A shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd, and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable...
Page 26 - Of some great ammiral, were but a wand — He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like those steps On Heaven's azure; and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire.
Page 94 - Out of the fertile ground he caused to grow All trees of noblest kind for sight, smell, taste; And all amid them stood the Tree of Life, High eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold...
Page 69 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Page 251 - And straight conjunction with this sex : for either He never shall find out fit mate, but such As some misfortune brings him, or mistake ; Or whom he wishes most shall seldom gain Through her perverseness, but shall see her gain'd By a far worse ; or if she love, withheld By parents ; or his happiest choice too late Shall meet, already link'd and wedlock-bound To a fell adversary, his hate or shame ; Which infinite calamity shall cause To human life, and household peace confound.
Page 69 - Those other two, equalled with me in fate So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris, and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old. Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 120 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.