Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve BooksJames Kay, jun. & brother, 1836 - 312 էջ |
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... beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or if Sion hill Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence 5 10 Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song , That with PARADISE LOST. ...
... beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or if Sion hill Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence 5 10 Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song , That with PARADISE LOST. ...
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... delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labor must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which ofttimes may ...
... delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labor must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which ofttimes may ...
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... delightful seat Was fair Damascus , on the fertile banks Of Abbana and Pharphar , lucid streams . He also against the house of God was bold : A leper once he lost , and gain'd a king ; Ahaz , his sottish conqueror , whom he drew God's ...
... delightful seat Was fair Damascus , on the fertile banks Of Abbana and Pharphar , lucid streams . He also against the house of God was bold : A leper once he lost , and gain'd a king ; Ahaz , his sottish conqueror , whom he drew God's ...
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... delight ; how wearisomo Eternity so spent , in worship paid To whom we hate ! Let us not then presume By force impossible , by leave obtain'd Unacceptable , though in Heaven , our state Of splendid vassalage ; but rather seek Our own ...
... delight ; how wearisomo Eternity so spent , in worship paid To whom we hate ! Let us not then presume By force impossible , by leave obtain'd Unacceptable , though in Heaven , our state Of splendid vassalage ; but rather seek Our own ...
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... delight , Son of my bosom , Son who art alone My word , my wisdom , and effectual might , All hast thou spoken as my thoughts are , all As my eternal purpose hath decreed ; Man shall not quite be lost , but saved who will ; Yet not of ...
... delight , Son of my bosom , Son who art alone My word , my wisdom , and effectual might , All hast thou spoken as my thoughts are , all As my eternal purpose hath decreed ; Man shall not quite be lost , but saved who will ; Yet not of ...
Common terms and phrases
Adam Almighty Angels answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms aught beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake call'd celestial Cherub Cherubim Christ's College Cleombrotus cloud created creatures dark days of Heaven death deep delight didst divine dread dwell earth eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear Fiend fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill Ithuriel join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah Milton mind mix'd nigh night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost pass'd peace reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scaped seat seem'd Seraph Serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd vex'd voice whence wings wonder Zephon
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Էջ v - OF 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 51 - 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 89 - With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild: then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Էջ viii - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome?
Էջ 106 - Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in Heaven, On earth join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn. Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While...
Էջ 4 - Princes, Potentates, Warriors, the Flower of Heaven — once yours ; now lost, If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ! Or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue, for the ease you find 320 To slumber here, as in the vales of Heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn To...
Էջ 36 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death, which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good, Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, inutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feigned, or fear conceived, Gorgons and hydras, and chimeras dire.
Էջ 248 - Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me Man ? Did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me...
Էջ 106 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Էջ 44 - And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand. For Hot, Cold, Moist, and Dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mastery, and to battle bring Their embryon atoms...