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... faith , and firm accord , More than can be in Heav'n , we now return , To claim our just inheritance of old , Surer to prosper than prosperity Could have assur'd us ; and by what best way , Whether of open war or covert guile ...
... faith , and firm accord , More than can be in Heav'n , we now return , To claim our just inheritance of old , Surer to prosper than prosperity Could have assur'd us ; and by what best way , Whether of open war or covert guile ...
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Art thou that traitor Angel , art thou He , Who first broke peace in Heav'n and faith , till then Unbroken , and in proud rebellious arms Drew after him the third part of Heav'n's sons Conjur'd against the High'est , for which ...
Art thou that traitor Angel , art thou He , Who first broke peace in Heav'n and faith , till then Unbroken , and in proud rebellious arms Drew after him the third part of Heav'n's sons Conjur'd against the High'est , for which ...
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Not free , what proof could they have giv'n sincere Of true allegiance , constant faith or love , Where only what they needs must do appear'd , 105 110 Not what they would ? what praise could they receive ? What pleasure I from such ...
Not free , what proof could they have giv'n sincere Of true allegiance , constant faith or love , Where only what they needs must do appear'd , 105 110 Not what they would ? what praise could they receive ? What pleasure I from such ...
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Is that their happy state , The proof of their obedience and their faith ? O fair foundation laid whereon to build Their ruin ! Hence I will excite their minds With more desire to know , and to reject Envious commands , invented with ...
Is that their happy state , The proof of their obedience and their faith ? O fair foundation laid whereon to build Their ruin ! Hence I will excite their minds With more desire to know , and to reject Envious commands , invented with ...
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Was this your discipline and faith engag'd , Your military ' obedience , to dissolve 955 Allegiance to th ' acknowledg'd Pow'r supreme ? And thou , sly hypocrite , who now wouldst seem Patron of liberty , who more than thou Once ...
Was this your discipline and faith engag'd , Your military ' obedience , to dissolve 955 Allegiance to th ' acknowledg'd Pow'r supreme ? And thou , sly hypocrite , who now wouldst seem Patron of liberty , who more than thou Once ...
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Adam Angel arms beast behold bliss bounds bright bring call'd cloud coming created creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell earth equal eternal evil eyes fair faith fall Father fear fell field fire fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath head heard heart Heav'n heav'nly Hell hill hope human king leave less light live look lost meet mind morn nature never night once pain Paradise peace perhaps pow'r pure reason reign reply'd rest rise round Satan seat seek seem'd Serpent shape side sight sons soon sound spake Spi'rits stand stars stood sweet taste thee thence things thou thoughts throne till tree virtue voice whence wide winds wings
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Page 133 - 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.
Page 263 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 2 - Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark, Illumine ; what is low, raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
Page 114 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise. Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 133 - 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 day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 26 - From heaven, they fabled, thrown by angry Jove Sheer o'er the crystal battlements : from morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropt from the zenith like a falling star...
Page 252 - As one, who long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 25 - Rose, like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze with bossy sculptures graven ; The roof was fretted gold.
Page 29 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat...
Page 66 - Those other two equalled with me in fate, So were I equalled with them in renown, Blind Thamyris and blind Maeonides, And Tiresias and Phineus prophets old; Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note.
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| Title | Paradise lost, a poem. Pr. from the text of Tonson's correct ed. of 1711 |
| Author | John Milton |
| Published | 1801 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 22 Sep 2006 |
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