 Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit...  The British Essayists;: Spectator - Page 275by Alexander Chalmers - 1808Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 pages
...and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the sons of heaven : Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first...shall never hold Celestial spirits in bondage, nor the abyss Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts Full counsel must mature : peace is despaired... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 pages
...create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the sons of Heaven: Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first...shall never hold Celestial spirits in bondage, nor the abyss Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts Full counsel must mature: peace is despaired,... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 900 pages
...favour equal to the sons of heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps "* Our first eruption j thither or elsewhere ; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial spirits in bondage, nor the abyss Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts Full counsel must mature : peace is dcspair'd... | |
 | David Nevins Lord - English language - 1855 - 324 pages
...heath." Those opening with a trochee, and closing on the seventh syllable, have still greater beauty : " For this infer'nal pit — shall ne'ver hold — Celes'tial spir'its in bondage, — nor' the abyss — Long' under dark'ness cover." " He' above' the rest, — In shape' and gesture — proudly... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1856 - 704 pages
...and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the sons of Heav'n : Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first...Full counsel must mature : It is on this project that Belzebub grounds his proposal. What if we find Some easier enterprise? There is a place (If ancient... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 828 pages
...choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps 655 ; W ɻު d' ! f h nj w S! the Abyss Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts, Full counsel must mature. Peace is despaired,... | |
 | English poetry - 1916 - 792 pages
...choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps 655 ies, or the characters of our serious plays, with...will look upon theirs which have been written till the Abyss Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts, Full counsel must mature. Peace is despaired,... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 944 pages
...favor equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps 655 Our first eruption;3 thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor the Abyss Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts Full counsel must mature. Peace is despaired,... | |
 | Franklyn Bliss Snyder, Robert Grant Martin - English literature - 1916 - 964 pages
...thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor the it G 1 Peace is despaired, 660 For who can think submission? War, then, war, Open or understood,4 must be... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1916 - 806 pages
...thither or elsewhere ; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor the Abyss Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts, Full counsel must mature. Peace is despaired, For who can think submission? War, then, war 66 1 Open or understood,1 must be... | |
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