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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... shalt behold , Thou and all angels conversant on earth With man or men's affairs , how I begin To verify that solemn message , late On which I sent thee to the virgin pure In Galilee , that she should bear a son , Great in renown , and ...
... shalt behold , Thou and all angels conversant on earth With man or men's affairs , how I begin To verify that solemn message , late On which I sent thee to the virgin pure In Galilee , that she should bear a son , Great in renown , and ...
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... shalt thou save thyself , and us relieve With food , wherereof we wretched seldom taste . " He ended , and the Son of God replied : " Think'st thou such force in bread ? Is it not written ( For I discern thee other than thou seem'st ...
... shalt thou save thyself , and us relieve With food , wherereof we wretched seldom taste . " He ended , and the Son of God replied : " Think'st thou such force in bread ? Is it not written ( For I discern thee other than thou seem'st ...
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... shalt say To thy adorers ? Thou , with trembling fear , Or like a fawning parasite , obey'st : Then to thyself ascribest the truth foretold . But this thy glory shall be soon retrench'd ; No PARADISE REGAINED - BOOK I. 23.
... shalt say To thy adorers ? Thou , with trembling fear , Or like a fawning parasite , obey'st : Then to thyself ascribest the truth foretold . But this thy glory shall be soon retrench'd ; No PARADISE REGAINED - BOOK I. 23.
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... shalt thou , by oracling , abuse The Gentiles ; henceforth oracles are ceased , And thou no more , with pomp and sacrifice , Shalt be inquired at Delphos , or elsewhere ; At least in vain , for they shall find thee mute . God hath now ...
... shalt thou , by oracling , abuse The Gentiles ; henceforth oracles are ceased , And thou no more , with pomp and sacrifice , Shalt be inquired at Delphos , or elsewhere ; At least in vain , for they shall find thee mute . God hath now ...
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... shalt thou best fulfil , best verify The prophets old , who sung thy endless reign ; The happier reign , the sooner it begins : Reign then ; what canst thou better do the while ? " To whom our Saviour answer thus return'd : " All things ...
... shalt thou best fulfil , best verify The prophets old , who sung thy endless reign ; The happier reign , the sooner it begins : Reign then ; what canst thou better do the while ? " To whom our Saviour answer thus return'd : " All things ...
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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.