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... reign , and me preferring , His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battle on the plains of heaven , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ! All is not lost ; the unconquerable will , And study of revenge ...
... reign , and me preferring , His utmost pow'r with adverse pow'r oppos'd In dubious battle on the plains of heaven , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ! All is not lost ; the unconquerable will , And study of revenge ...
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... reign can dispose and bid What shall be right : farthest from him is best , Whom reas'n hath equall'd , force hath ... reign secure , and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell : Better to reign in hell , than serve in ...
... reign can dispose and bid What shall be right : farthest from him is best , Whom reas'n hath equall'd , force hath ... reign secure , and in my choice To reign is worth ambition though in hell : Better to reign in hell , than serve in ...
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... house of God ? In courts and palaces he also reigns , And in luxurious cities , where the noise → Of riot ascends above their loftiest tow'rs And injury and outrage ; and when night Darkens the 22 Book PARADISE LOST .
... house of God ? In courts and palaces he also reigns , And in luxurious cities , where the noise → Of riot ascends above their loftiest tow'rs And injury and outrage ; and when night Darkens the 22 Book PARADISE LOST .
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... reign'd : these first in Crete And Ida known ; thence on the snowy top Of cold Olympus rul'd the middle air , Their highest heav'n ; or on the Delphian cliff , Or in Dodona , and through all the bounds Of Doric land ; or who with Saturn ...
... reign'd : these first in Crete And Ida known ; thence on the snowy top Of cold Olympus rul'd the middle air , Their highest heav'n ; or on the Delphian cliff , Or in Dodona , and through all the bounds Of Doric land ; or who with Saturn ...
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... reign of Chaos and old Night . All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd , and serried shields ...
... reign of Chaos and old Night . All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air With orient colours waving : with them rose A forest huge of spears ; and thronging helms Appear'd , and serried shields ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angel answer'd appear'd arm'd arms beast Beelzebub behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell eternal ev'ning evil eyes fair Fair angel faith fall'n Father fear fiend fierce fire fix'd flow'rs fruit gates glory gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart heav'n and earth heav'nly hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King know'st lest light live lost mankind night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Paradise Lost pass'd peace pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph serpent shade shalt sight soon sp'rits spake spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thyself tow'rds tree turn'd Uriel vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings Zephon
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Page 242 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 45 - Their song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when spirits immortal sing?) Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience.
Page 61 - 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.
Page 255 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise? thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Page 204 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Page 60 - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? Before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page 187 - I now must change Those notes to tragic ; foul distrust, and breach Disloyal on the part of Man, revolt And disobedience : on the part of Heaven Now alienated, distance and distaste, Anger and just rebuke, and judgment given, That brought into this world a world of woe.
Page 284 - New Heavens, new Earth, ages of endless date, Founded in righteousness, and peace, and love; To bring forth fruits, joy and eternal bliss.
Page 111 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise.
Page 215 - The fig-tree ; not that kind for fruit renown'd, But such as at this day, to Indians known, In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade High over-arch'd, and echoing walks between...