Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes. And Poems Upon Several Occasions. Compos'd at Several TimesJacob Tonson, 1707 - 457 pages |
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Page 103
... Dagon their Sea - Idol , and forbid Laborious works , unwillingly this rest Their Superftition yields me , hence with leave H 4 Retiring Retiring from the pop'lar noife , I feek This unfrequented [ 103 ] Samfon Agonistes. ...
... Dagon their Sea - Idol , and forbid Laborious works , unwillingly this rest Their Superftition yields me , hence with leave H 4 Retiring Retiring from the pop'lar noife , I feek This unfrequented [ 103 ] Samfon Agonistes. ...
Page 122
... Dagon , as their God who hath deliver'd Thee , Samfon , bound and blind into their hands , Them out of thine , who flew'ft them many a flain . So Dagon shall be magnify'd , and God , Besides whom is no God , compar'd with Idols ...
... Dagon , as their God who hath deliver'd Thee , Samfon , bound and blind into their hands , Them out of thine , who flew'ft them many a flain . So Dagon shall be magnify'd , and God , Besides whom is no God , compar'd with Idols ...
Page 123
... Dagon ; Dagon hath prefum'd , Me overthrown , to enter lifts with God , His Deity comparing and preferring Before the God of Abraham . He , be fure , Will not connive , or linger , thus provok'd , But will arife and his great name ...
... Dagon ; Dagon hath prefum'd , Me overthrown , to enter lifts with God , His Deity comparing and preferring Before the God of Abraham . He , be fure , Will not connive , or linger , thus provok'd , But will arife and his great name ...
Page 124
... Dagon . But for thee what fhall be done ? Thou must not in the mean while here forgot Lye in this miferable loathsome plight Neglected . I already have made way To fome Philiftian Lords , with whom to treat ' About thy ranfom : well ...
... Dagon . But for thee what fhall be done ? Thou must not in the mean while here forgot Lye in this miferable loathsome plight Neglected . I already have made way To fome Philiftian Lords , with whom to treat ' About thy ranfom : well ...
Page 140
... Preaching how meritorious with the Gods It would be to enfnare an irreligious Dishonourer of Dagon : what had I T'oppose against fuch pow'rful Arguments ? Only Only my love of thee held long debate ; And 140 SAMSON AGONISTES .
... Preaching how meritorious with the Gods It would be to enfnare an irreligious Dishonourer of Dagon : what had I T'oppose against fuch pow'rful Arguments ? Only Only my love of thee held long debate ; And 140 SAMSON AGONISTES .
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aftra againſt agni Amor anſwer Atque beft beſt caft call'd cauſe Chor Dagon darkneſs doft domino jam domum impaſti doth e'er Earth Elegia eyes faid fair fame fave fear Feaſt feek fhades fhall fhew fibi fide fing firſt foes folemn fome fonos foon fræna ftill fuch glory Hæc haſt hath Heav'n higheſt himſelf honour houſe Ifrael illa ille ipfe jam non vacat juſt King laſt leaſt lefs loft Lord Lycidas malè mihi moſt muſt night numina Nunc o'er Olympo Pfalm pleaſe pow'r praiſe preſent PSAL quæ quid quoque reaſon reply'd reſt Samf Samfon ſeek ſeems ſelf ſhall ſhame ſhe ſhould ſome Son of God Song ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſweet thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou art thought Throne thy felf tibi ulmo virtue weakneſs whofe whoſe wilt worſe
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Page 194 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade...
Page 195 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Page 189 - With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 176 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 196 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 156 - Is hate, not help to me, it may with mine Draw their own ruin who attempt the deed.
Page 259 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Page 105 - Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 48 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other...
Page 269 - The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes his wonted seat.