Paradise Lost: With Variorum Notes ... and a Memoir of the Life of Milton ... by James Prendeville |
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Nor had they yet among the sons of Eve 365 Got them new names ; till wand'ring o'er the earth , Through God's high suff'rance for the trial of man , By falsities and lies , the greatest part Of mankind they corrupted to forsake God ...
Nor had they yet among the sons of Eve 365 Got them new names ; till wand'ring o'er the earth , Through God's high suff'rance for the trial of man , By falsities and lies , the greatest part Of mankind they corrupted to forsake God ...
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710 Anon , out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation , with the sound Of dulcet symphonies , and voices sweet ; Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars , overlaid 715 With golden architrave ...
710 Anon , out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation , with the sound Of dulcet symphonies , and voices sweet ; Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars , overlaid 715 With golden architrave ...
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They but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room 780 Throng numberless , like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves , Whose midnight revels , by a ...
They but now who seem'd In bigness to surpass earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room 780 Throng numberless , like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount ; or faery elves , Whose midnight revels , by a ...
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... for the general safety he despis'd His own : for neither do the spirits damn'd Lose all their virtue ; lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds on earth , which glory excites , 485 Or close ambition varnish'd o'er with zeal .
... for the general safety he despis'd His own : for neither do the spirits damn'd Lose all their virtue ; lest bad men should boast Their specious deeds on earth , which glory excites , 485 Or close ambition varnish'd o'er with zeal .
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“ O thou , in heaven and earth the only peace 275 “ Found out for mankind under wrath ! O thou , “ My sole complacence ! well thou knowest how dear “ To me are all my works , nor man the least , Though last created ; that for him I ...
“ O thou , in heaven and earth the only peace 275 “ Found out for mankind under wrath ! O thou , “ My sole complacence ! well thou knowest how dear “ To me are all my works , nor man the least , Though last created ; that for him I ...
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Էջ xi - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Էջ 50 - And Wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial light, Shine inward, and the mind, through all her powers, Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Էջ 352 - Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
Էջ lvii - Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning, how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
Էջ 348 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Էջ 91 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Էջ 106 - Join voices, all ye living Souls : Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven-gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. Ye that in waters glide, and ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep ; Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and taught his praise. Hail, universal Lord, be bounteous still To give us only good ; and if the night Have gather'd aught of evil, or conceal'd, Disperse it, as now light...
Էջ 73 - Me miserable! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep, Still threatening to devour me, opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Էջ lx - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power, Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire; that were low indeed, That were an ignominy, and shame beneath This downfall...
Էջ 50 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...