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... hast achiev'd our liberty , confin'd Within Hell gates till now , thou us impower'd To fortify thus far , and overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss . 370 Thine now is all this world ; thy virtue ' hath won What thy hands ...
... hast achiev'd our liberty , confin'd Within Hell gates till now , thou us impower'd To fortify thus far , and overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss . 370 Thine now is all this world ; thy virtue ' hath won What thy hands ...
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... hast thou told Thy meffage , which might elfe in telling wound , And in performing end us ; what besides Of forrow and dejection and despair Our frailty can fuftain , thy tidings bring , Departure from this happy place , our sweet ...
... hast thou told Thy meffage , which might elfe in telling wound , And in performing end us ; what besides Of forrow and dejection and despair Our frailty can fuftain , thy tidings bring , Departure from this happy place , our sweet ...
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... hast attain'd the fum Of wisdom ; hope no high'er , though all the stars Thou knew'ft by name , and all th ' ethereal pow'rs , All fecrets of the deep , all Nature's works , 570 575 Or works of God in Heav'n , air , earth , or fea , And ...
... hast attain'd the fum Of wisdom ; hope no high'er , though all the stars Thou knew'ft by name , and all th ' ethereal pow'rs , All fecrets of the deep , all Nature's works , 570 575 Or works of God in Heav'n , air , earth , or fea , And ...
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... hast heard , Chiefly what may concern her faith to know , The great deliverance by her feed to come ( For by the Woman's feed ) on all mankind : That ye may live , which will be many days , Both in one faith unanimous , though fad With ...
... hast heard , Chiefly what may concern her faith to know , The great deliverance by her feed to come ( For by the Woman's feed ) on all mankind : That ye may live , which will be many days , Both in one faith unanimous , though fad With ...
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... . Tell me if food were now before thee fet , Would'st thou not eat ? Thereafter as I like The giver , anfwer'd Jefus . Why should that 320 Caufe Caufe thy refufal ? faid the fubtle Fiend . Hast Book II . 173 PARADISE REGAIN'D .
... . Tell me if food were now before thee fet , Would'st thou not eat ? Thereafter as I like The giver , anfwer'd Jefus . Why should that 320 Caufe Caufe thy refufal ? faid the fubtle Fiend . Hast Book II . 173 PARADISE REGAIN'D .
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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...