Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here ! Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent. Tell... Milton's Paradise lost, a poem. With prefatory characters of the several ... - Page 195by John Milton - 1767Full view - About this book
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...some great Maker then, In goodness and in power prae-eminent. Tell me. how may I know him, how adore. From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know ! ' While thus I called, and strayed I knew not whither, From where I first drew air, and first beheld This happy light,... | |
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