The Works of the English Poets: MiltonH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... seems , In thee concentring all their precious beams Of facred influence ! As God in Heaven Is center , yet extends to all , fo thou 90 95 300 105 Centring receiv'ft from all those orbs ; in thee , Not in themselves , all their known ...
... seems , In thee concentring all their precious beams Of facred influence ! As God in Heaven Is center , yet extends to all , fo thou 90 95 300 105 Centring receiv'ft from all those orbs ; in thee , Not in themselves , all their known ...
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... seem strait , To mischief swift . Hope elevates , and joy Brightens his creft ; as when a wand'ring fire , Compact of unctuous vapor , which the night Condenfes , and the cold environs round , Kindled through agitation to a flame ...
... seem strait , To mischief swift . Hope elevates , and joy Brightens his creft ; as when a wand'ring fire , Compact of unctuous vapor , which the night Condenfes , and the cold environs round , Kindled through agitation to a flame ...
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... seem so clear , Yet are but dim , fhall perfectly be then Open'd and clear'd , and ye fhall be as Gods , Knowing both good and evil as they know . That ye fhall be as Gods , fince I as Man , Internal Man , is but proportion meet ; I of ...
... seem so clear , Yet are but dim , fhall perfectly be then Open'd and clear'd , and ye fhall be as Gods , Knowing both good and evil as they know . That ye fhall be as Gods , fince I as Man , Internal Man , is but proportion meet ; I of ...
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... seems : yet that one beast which first Hath tafted , envies not , but brings with joy The good befall'n him , author unfuspect , Friendly to man , far from deceit or guile . 770 What What fear I then , rather what know to fear 28 Book ...
... seems : yet that one beast which first Hath tafted , envies not , but brings with joy The good befall'n him , author unfuspect , Friendly to man , far from deceit or guile . 770 What What fear I then , rather what know to fear 28 Book ...
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... seems to this , and harsh . On my experience , Adam , freely taste , And fear of death deliver to the winds . So faying , fhe embrac'd him , and for joy Tenderly wept , much won that he his love Had fo ennobled , as of choice to ' incur ...
... seems to this , and harsh . On my experience , Adam , freely taste , And fear of death deliver to the winds . So faying , fhe embrac'd him , and for joy Tenderly wept , much won that he his love Had fo ennobled , as of choice to ' incur ...
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Page 28 - Without copartner ? so to add what wants In female sex, the more to draw his love, And render me more equal; and, perhaps, A thing not undesirable, sometime Superior; for, inferior, who is free ? This may be well: but what if God have seen.
Page 8 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Page 170 - The strength whereof sufficed him forty days ; Sometimes that with Elijah he partook, Or as a guest with Daniel at his pulse.
Page 94 - Present, and of his presence many a sign Still following thee, still compassing thee round With goodness and paternal love, his face Express, and of his steps the track divine.
Page 2 - Nor skilled, nor studious, higher argument Remains, sufficient of itself to raise That name, unless an age too late, or cold Climate, or years, damp my intended wing Depressed, and much they may, if all be mine, Not hers who brings it nightly to my ear.
Page 135 - So shall the World go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign, Under her own weight groaning, till the day Appear of respiration to the just And vengeance to the wicked...
Page 92 - With what to sight or smell was sweet, from thee How shall I part, and whither wander down Into a lower world, to this obscure And wild ? how shall we breathe in other air Less pure, accustom'd to immortal fruits?
Page 14 - Thus saying, from her husband's hand her hand Soft she withdrew ; and like a wood-nymph light, Oread or Dryad, or of Delia's train, Betook her to the groves, but Delia's self In gait...
Page 136 - ... observe His providence; and on Him sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things...
Page 24 - Why then was this forbid ? Why but to awe, Why but to keep ye low and ignorant, His worshippers...