Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson to BeattieJohn Aikin |
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... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous cloud stood yet aloof . The chief were those , who , from the pit of Hell Warriors , the flower of Heaven , once yours , now Roaming to seek their prey on Earth , durst fix lost , If such ...
... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous cloud stood yet aloof . The chief were those , who , from the pit of Hell Warriors , the flower of Heaven , once yours , now Roaming to seek their prey on Earth , durst fix lost , If such ...
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... Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch - angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of ...
... Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than arch - angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscur'd : as when the Sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of ...
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... stood Unterrified , and like a comet burn'd , That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the arctic sky , and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war . Each at the head Levell'd his deadly aim ; their fatal hands No second stroke ...
... stood Unterrified , and like a comet burn'd , That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In the arctic sky , and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war . Each at the head Levell'd his deadly aim ; their fatal hands No second stroke ...
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... stood , and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame . Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark Illimitable ocean , without bound , Without dimension , where length , breadth ...
... stood , and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame . Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark Illimitable ocean , without bound , Without dimension , where length , breadth ...
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... stood Orcus and Ades , and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon ! Rumor next and Chance , And Tumult and Confusion all embroil'd , And Discord with a thousand various mouths . To whom Satan turning boldly , thus : Ye powers And spirits of ...
... stood Orcus and Ades , and the dreaded name Of Demogorgon ! Rumor next and Chance , And Tumult and Confusion all embroil'd , And Discord with a thousand various mouths . To whom Satan turning boldly , thus : Ye powers And spirits of ...
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