Paradisus amissus: Poema Joannis Miltoni. Latine redditum a Guilielmo Dobson ...e theatro Sheldoniano, 1750 - 304 pages |
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... Thoughts were low ; To Vice induftrious , but to nobler deeds Timorous and flothful : yet he pleas'd the Ear , And with perfuafive accent thus began : I should be much for open War , O Peers , As not behind in hate , if what was urg'd ...
... Thoughts were low ; To Vice induftrious , but to nobler deeds Timorous and flothful : yet he pleas'd the Ear , And with perfuafive accent thus began : I should be much for open War , O Peers , As not behind in hate , if what was urg'd ...
Page 53
... thoughts , that wander through Eternity ; To perish rather , fwallow'd up and loft In the wide womb of uncreated night , Devoid of fenfe and motion ? And who knows , ( Let this be good ) whether our angry Fee Can give it , or will ever ...
... thoughts , that wander through Eternity ; To perish rather , fwallow'd up and loft In the wide womb of uncreated night , Devoid of fenfe and motion ? And who knows , ( Let this be good ) whether our angry Fee Can give it , or will ever ...
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... thoughts of war . Ye have what I advise . He scarce had finish'd , when fuch murmur fill'd Th ' affembly , as when hollow Rocks retain The found of bluft'ring winds , which all night long Had rous'd the Sea , now with hoarfe cadence ...
... thoughts of war . Ye have what I advise . He scarce had finish'd , when fuch murmur fill'd Th ' affembly , as when hollow Rocks retain The found of bluft'ring winds , which all night long Had rous'd the Sea , now with hoarfe cadence ...
Page 63
... Pronounc'd among the Gods , and by an Oath , That fhook Heav'n's whole circumference , confirm'd . Thither let us bend all our thoughts , to learn ' An An tentare dolis . Quanquam ingens ætheris Aula Clauditur , LIBER SECUNDUS . 63.
... Pronounc'd among the Gods , and by an Oath , That fhook Heav'n's whole circumference , confirm'd . Thither let us bend all our thoughts , to learn ' An An tentare dolis . Quanquam ingens ætheris Aula Clauditur , LIBER SECUNDUS . 63.
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... thoughts ; and each In others count'nance read his own dismay , Aftonish'd : None , among the choice and prime Of those Heav'n - warring Champions , could be found So hardy , as to proffer , or accept Alone , the dreadful voyage : till ...
... thoughts ; and each In others count'nance read his own dismay , Aftonish'd : None , among the choice and prime Of those Heav'n - warring Champions , could be found So hardy , as to proffer , or accept Alone , the dreadful voyage : till ...
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Page 211 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 68 - O Progeny of Heaven, Empyreal Thrones, With reason hath deep silence and demur Seized us, though undismayed : long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light...
Page 76 - Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail, which on firm land Thaws not; but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile: all else deep snow and ice...
Page 202 - Awake : The morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 251 - Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified, His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal ; Nor number nor example with him wrought To swerve from truth, or change his constant mind, Though single.
Page 83 - Each cast at the' other, as when two black clouds, With Heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian, then stand front to front, Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air : So frown'd the mighty combatants, that Hell Grew darker at their frown...
Page 5 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 148 - Short intermission bought with double smart. This knows my Punisher ; therefore as far From granting he, as I from begging, peace. All hope excluded thus, behold...
Page 11 - And, reassembling our afflicted Powers, Consult how we may henceforth most offend Our Enemy ; our own loss how repair ; How overcome this dire calamity ; What reinforcement we may gain from hope ; If not, what resolution from despair.
Page 300 - And full of wrath bent on his enemies. At once the four spread out their starry wings, With dreadful shade contiguous, and the orbs Of his fierce chariot roll'd, as with the sound Of torrent floods, or of a numerous host. He on his impious foes right onward drove, Gloomy as night ; under his burning wheels The steadfast empyrean shook throughout, All but the throne itself of God.