 | English literature - 1822 - 696 pages
...with hope farewell fear, Fztrewell remorse : all good to me is lost; Evil, be thou my good. iv. And To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, iv." But Lucifer does all this, and more than this ; he is transformed into the semblance of an Angel... | |
 | British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven. Miltoiis Paradise Lost, b. 1. But of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever...sole delight, As being the contrary to His high will, Whom we resist. Ibid. The happier state In Heav'n, which follows dignity, might draw Envy from each... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...arch-fiend reply'd: Fall'n Cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering : but of this be sure, urn old Fled over Adria to th' Hesperian fields, And contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...pleasure to do ill excites.] So in PL i. 159. Satan says to his infernal compeer, —of this be sure To do aught good never will be our task ; But ever to do ill our sole delight. Dunster. 426. With all inflictions ? but his patience won.] So Mr. Fenton points this passage in his... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...: ' "Fallen Cherub ! to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffbring : but of this be sure. To do ought good never will be our task ; But ever to do ill our sole delight : 160 AB being the contrary to hie high will Whom we resist. It then his providence Out of our evil... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 646 pages
...replied. Fall'n Cherub, to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering: but of this be sure, To do ought good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, 160 As be'ing the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...areh-fiend reply'd : Fall'n Cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering : but of this be sure, an form. Till, more unsteady than the southern gale, Co Ш our sole delight, As being eontrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providenee Out... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1826 - 318 pages
...Archfiend replied. Kallen cherub ! to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering : but of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, ICO As being the contrary to his high will >• Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil... | |
 | 1827 - 600 pages
...destroy it, to involve all in the same wretchedness with himself, "But of this be sure, To do ought good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being contrary to his high will Whom we resist." Such is our formidable foe, and well may we ask how are... | |
 | Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 824 pages
...hare English pale, in which the Irish have not the greatest fooling. Spenfcr on Ireland. To do ought good never will be our task ; But ever to do ill our sole delight. Milton. Universal Lord ! be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gathered ought... | |
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Fallen cherub, to be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering; but of this be sure, To do aught good never will be our task, But ever to do ill our sole delight, As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. 
