The Works of the British Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 5Robert Anderson Arch, 1795 |
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... once , as far as angeis ' ken , he views The difmal fituation wafte and wild ; A dungeon horrible on all fides round All is not loft ; th ' unconquerable will , And study of revenge , immortal hate , And courage never to submit or yield ...
... once , as far as angeis ' ken , he views The difmal fituation wafte and wild ; A dungeon horrible on all fides round All is not loft ; th ' unconquerable will , And study of revenge , immortal hate , And courage never to submit or yield ...
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... once more , With rallied arms , to try what may be yet Regain'd in heav'n , or what more loft in hell ? So Satan fpake , and him Beelzebub Thus anfwer'd : Leader of those armies bright , Which but th ' Omnipotent none could have foil'd ...
... once more , With rallied arms , to try what may be yet Regain'd in heav'n , or what more loft in hell ? So Satan fpake , and him Beelzebub Thus anfwer'd : Leader of those armies bright , Which but th ' Omnipotent none could have foil'd ...
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... once O'er heav'n's high tow'rs to force refiflefs way , Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the tort'rer ; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he fhall hear Infernal thunder , and for lightning fee Black fire and ...
... once O'er heav'n's high tow'rs to force refiflefs way , Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the tort'rer ; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he fhall hear Infernal thunder , and for lightning fee Black fire and ...
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... once with him they rofe ; Their rifing all at once was as the found Of thunder heard remote . Tow'rds him they With awful reverence prone ; and as a god [ bend Extol him equal to the High'ft in Heav'n : Nor fail'd they to exprefs how ...
... once with him they rofe ; Their rifing all at once was as the found Of thunder heard remote . Tow'rds him they With awful reverence prone ; and as a god [ bend Extol him equal to the High'ft in Heav'n : Nor fail'd they to exprefs how ...
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... once more was either like To meet fo great a foe : and now great deeds Had been achiev'd , whereof all Heli had rung , Had not the fnaky forcerefs that fat Eaft by Hell gate , and kept the fatal key , Rif'n , and with hideous outcry ...
... once more was either like To meet fo great a foe : and now great deeds Had been achiev'd , whereof all Heli had rung , Had not the fnaky forcerefs that fat Eaft by Hell gate , and kept the fatal key , Rif'n , and with hideous outcry ...
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