Paradise regain'd, a poem. To which is added Samson agonistes1713 |
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... first against mankind fo well had thriv'd In Adam's overthrow , and led their march From Hell's deep - vaulted Den to dwell in light , Regents and Potentates , and Kings , yea Gods Of many a pleafant Realm and Province wide . So to the ...
... first against mankind fo well had thriv'd In Adam's overthrow , and led their march From Hell's deep - vaulted Den to dwell in light , Regents and Potentates , and Kings , yea Gods Of many a pleafant Realm and Province wide . So to the ...
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... first man loft By fallacy furpriz'd . But first I mean To exercise him in the Wilderness , There he shall firt lay down the rudiments Of his great warfare , ere I fend him forth 150 155 To conquer Sin and Death the two grand foes ...
... first man loft By fallacy furpriz'd . But first I mean To exercise him in the Wilderness , There he shall firt lay down the rudiments Of his great warfare , ere I fend him forth 150 155 To conquer Sin and Death the two grand foes ...
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... first Publish his God - like Office now mature , One day forth walk'd alone , the Spirit leading ; And his deep thoughts , the better to converse 190 With folitude , till far from track of men , Thought following though :, and ftep by ...
... first Publish his God - like Office now mature , One day forth walk'd alone , the Spirit leading ; And his deep thoughts , the better to converse 190 With folitude , till far from track of men , Thought following though :, and ftep by ...
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... first By winning words to conquer willing hearts , And make perfwafion do the work of fears At least to try , and teach the erring Soul Not wilfully mif - doing , but unaware Mif - led ; the ftubborn only to destroy . 235 220 225 These ...
... first By winning words to conquer willing hearts , And make perfwafion do the work of fears At least to try , and teach the erring Soul Not wilfully mif - doing , but unaware Mif - led ; the ftubborn only to destroy . 235 220 225 These ...
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... first Refus'd on me his Baptifm to confer , 280 As much his greater , and was hardly won : But as I rofe out of the laving ftream , Heav'n open'd her eternal doors , from whence The Spirit defcended on me like a Dove , And last the fum ...
... first Refus'd on me his Baptifm to confer , 280 As much his greater , and was hardly won : But as I rofe out of the laving ftream , Heav'n open'd her eternal doors , from whence The Spirit defcended on me like a Dove , And last the fum ...
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Ægypt againſt Angels Arethuse beft beſt caft call'd canft cauſe Chor Comus Dagon darkneſs Defart doft doth Earth elſe erft eyes fafe faid fair fame Father fave fear feat fecret feek fent ferve fhades fhall fhew fhould fide fight fing firſt flain foes folemn fome foon foul ftand ftill ftreams ftrength fuch fure giv'n glory hafte hand hath hear Heav'n higheſt himſelf honour houſe Ifrael juft King laft leaſt lefs light loft Lord Lycidas moft mortal moſt muſt night Nymphs o'er paſs Pfalm Philiftian pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent PSAL publick reft reply'd rife Samf Samfon Saviour ſhall Shepherd ſome Son of God Song SONNET ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet thee thefe themſelves thence theſe things thofe thoſe thou art thought thouſand Throne thy felf uſe Virgin weakneſs Weft whofe whoſe Wilderneſs wilt wiſdom
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Էջ 142 - Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Էջ 28 - 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...
Էջ 322 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Էջ 142 - Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan...
Էջ 157 - With their grave saws in slumber lie We, that are of purer fire, Imitate the starry quire; Who, in their nightly watchful spheres, Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And, on the tawny sands and shelves, Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
Էջ 126 - For we were nursed upon the self-same hill, Fed the same flock by fountain, shade, and rill. Together both, ere the high lawns appear'd Under the opening eye-lids of the morn, We drove a-field, and both together heard What time the gray-fly winds her sultry horn...
Էջ 23 - Is yet more kingly ? this attracts the soul, Governs the inner man, the nobler part; That other o'er the body only reigns, And oft by force, which, to a generous mind, So reigning, can be no sincere delight.
Էջ 127 - Ay me ! I fondly dream ! Had ye been there, for what could that have done? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament...
Էջ 2 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Էջ 128 - ... reeds, That strain I heard was of a higher mood : But now my oat proceeds. And listens to the herald of the sea That came in Neptune's plea, He asked the waves, and asked the felon winds, What hard mishap hath doomed this gentle swain?