The Poetical Works of John Milton: With a Memoir, and Critical Remarks on His Genius and Writings, Volume 2S. Andrus & Son, 1848 |
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... seats Without new trouble ; ) such an enemy Is risen to invade us , who no less Threatens than our expulsion down to hell ; I , as I undertook , and with the vote Consenting in full frequence , was empower'd , Have found him , view'd ...
... seats Without new trouble ; ) such an enemy Is risen to invade us , who no less Threatens than our expulsion down to hell ; I , as I undertook , and with the vote Consenting in full frequence , was empower'd , Have found him , view'd ...
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... seat , and reign in Israel without end . Among the Heathen ( for throughout the world To me is not unknown what hath been done Worthy of memorial , ) canst thou not remember Quintius , Fabricius , Curius , Regulus ? For I esteem those ...
... seat , and reign in Israel without end . Among the Heathen ( for throughout the world To me is not unknown what hath been done Worthy of memorial , ) canst thou not remember Quintius , Fabricius , Curius , Regulus ? For I esteem those ...
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... glebe , of oil , and wine ; With herds the pasture throng'd , with flocks the hills ; Huge cities and high tower'd , that well might seem The seats of mightiest monarchs ; and so large The PARADISE REGAINED - BOOK III . 57.
... glebe , of oil , and wine ; With herds the pasture throng'd , with flocks the hills ; Huge cities and high tower'd , that well might seem The seats of mightiest monarchs ; and so large The PARADISE REGAINED - BOOK III . 57.
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... seats of mightiest monarchs ; and so large The prospect was , that here and there was room For barren desert , fountainless ... seat of Salmanassar , whose success Israel in long captivity still mourns ; There Babylon , the wonder of all ...
... seats of mightiest monarchs ; and so large The prospect was , that here and there was room For barren desert , fountainless ... seat of Salmanassar , whose success Israel in long captivity still mourns ; There Babylon , the wonder of all ...
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... seat , his true successor , Deliverance of thy brethren , those ten tribes , Whose offspring in his territory yet serve , In Habor , and among the Medes , dispersed : Ten sons of Jacob , two of Joseph , lost Thus long from Israel ...
... seat , his true successor , Deliverance of thy brethren , those ten tribes , Whose offspring in his territory yet serve , In Habor , and among the Medes , dispersed : Ten sons of Jacob , two of Joseph , lost Thus long from Israel ...
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aëre agni Amor angels ANTISTROPHE Atque aught behold canst captive choro cœli cœlo Comus Dagon dark death deeds Deûm divine domino jam domum impasti dost doth dread earth enemies etiam eyes fair fame father fear feast foes fræna glorious glory gods habet Hæc hand hath hear heard heaven holy honour igne illa ille ipse Israel jam non vacat Jesus Jove kings Lady Lord lumina Lycidas malè Manoah mihi mortal night numbers numina Nunc nymphs o'er Olympo PARADISE REGAINED peace Philistines praise PSALM Quà quæ quid quoque reign round sæpe Sams Samson Satan Saviour shades shalt shame shepherd sing Son of God song soul spirits strength sweet tempter thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought throne thyself tibi truth Tu quoque ulmo urbe virgin virtue voice wilt
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Page 211 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy...
Page 216 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys ! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 150 - All is best, though we oft doubt What the unsearchable dispose Of Highest Wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close. Oft he seems to hide his face, But unexpectedly returns, And to his faithful champion hath in place Bore witness gloriously...
Page 220 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, no Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 240 - And though the shady gloom Had given day her room, The sun himself withheld his wonted speed, And hid his head for shame, As his inferior flame The new-enlighten'd world no more should need; He saw a greater Sun appear Than his bright throne, or burning axletree, could bear.
Page 155 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth...
Page 206 - Built in the eclipse, and rigg'd with curses dark, That sunk so low that sacred head of thine. Next, Camus, reverend sire, went footing slow, His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge, Inwrought with figures dim, and on the edge Like to that sanguine flower inscribed with woe.
Page 208 - Through the dear might of Him that walk'd the waves, Where, other groves and other streams along, 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.
Page 171 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 227 - To that same lot, however mean or high, Toward which Time leads me, and the will of Heaven ; All is, if I have grace to use it so, As ever in my great Task-Master's eye.