 | Charlotte Maria Tucker - 1871 - 314 pages
...feel and know, E'en in this hour of dread, that dear to Thee Is the confiding spirit ! '* E. TAYLOR. " Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love...sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deemed weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | John Milton - 1872 - 452 pages
...have my fill Of knowledge, what this vessel can contain ; Beyond which was my folly to aspire. 560 Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love...presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole dependj Merciful over all his works, with good 565 Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 pages
...Shakesptart, OBEDIENCE. A harsh father is like the law — though severe, must be obeyed. Shelley. Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love...sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | Anne Ferry - Poetry - 1983 - 207 pages
...which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learne, that to obey is best, And love with feare the onely God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deemd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...learns at the very close: Henceforth I learne, that to obey is best, And love with feare the onely God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend . . . [12.561-64] The contrast, then, between the final books of these two poems has a powerful function.... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - English literature - 1989 - 370 pages
...the poem, among them Adam's sweeping confession that God is Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing...Subverting worldly strong, and worldly wise By simply meek, (XII.565-69) which in retrospect lends coherence to the entire epic as the divers activities of God,... | |
 | John S. Tanner - Anxiety in literature - 1992 - 226 pages
...thought, and have my fill Of knowledge, what this Vessel can contain; Beyond which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...thought, and have my fill Of knowledge, what this vessel can contain, Beyond which was my folly to aspire. The beauty would be the same. BoNaP; GN; GoJo; PoEL-5 AWP; (Bk. XII, 1. 552-563) 106 Only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith; Add virtue, patience,... | |
 | Brian Caraher - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 226 pages
...understands from Michael's vision of history: Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, . . . with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing...Subverting worldly strong, and worldly wise By simply meek. (XII.561-69) The contradiction in Eve and the contradiction in God which it inversely mirrors come... | |
 | David Rosen - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 260 pages
...able to resist Satan's assaults. (XII.487-9i) This is echoed by what Adam himself learns at the end: Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly... | |
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Henceforth, I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend... 
