The Paradise Lost of Milton, Volume 2Septimus Prowett, 1827 |
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... Receive , with solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovran will , the end Of what we are . But since thou hast vouchsafed Gently , for our instruction , to impart Things above earthly thought , which yet concerned Our knowing , as to ...
... Receive , with solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovran will , the end Of what we are . But since thou hast vouchsafed Gently , for our instruction , to impart Things above earthly thought , which yet concerned Our knowing , as to ...
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... withheld Thy hearing ; such commission from above I have received , to answer thy desire 95 103 112 Of knowledge within bounds ; beyond , abstain 120 To ask ; nor let thine own inventions hope Things BOOK VII . ] 7 PARADISE LOST .
... withheld Thy hearing ; such commission from above I have received , to answer thy desire 95 103 112 Of knowledge within bounds ; beyond , abstain 120 To ask ; nor let thine own inventions hope Things BOOK VII . ] 7 PARADISE LOST .
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... receive . 173 Great triumph and rejoicing was in Heaven , When such was heard declared the Almighty's will ; 181 Glory they sung to the Most High , good will To future men , and in their dwellings peace ; Glory to Him , whose just ...
... receive . 173 Great triumph and rejoicing was in Heaven , When such was heard declared the Almighty's will ; 181 Glory they sung to the Most High , good will To future men , and in their dwellings peace ; Glory to Him , whose just ...
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... receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gathered beams , great palace now of light . Hither , as to their fountain , other stars Repairing , in their golden urns draw light , And hence the morning - planet gilds her ...
... receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gathered beams , great palace now of light . Hither , as to their fountain , other stars Repairing , in their golden urns draw light , And hence the morning - planet gilds her ...
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... receives , As tribute , such a sumless journey brought Of incorporeal speed , her warmth and light ; Speed , to describe whose swiftness number fails . So spake our sire , and by his countenance seemed Entering on studious thoughts ...
... receives , As tribute , such a sumless journey brought Of incorporeal speed , her warmth and light ; Speed , to describe whose swiftness number fails . So spake our sire , and by his countenance seemed Entering on studious thoughts ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Angel appeared aught beast behold bliss bright bring bruise Canaan celestial Cherubim cloud created creatures curse dark death delight descend Designed & Engraved didst diurnal divine doom dust dwell Earth eternal evil eyes fair faith fear firmament of Heaven FLEET STREET fowl fruit glory Godhead Gods grace ground hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hath havock heard heart heavenly Hell herb highth hill human voice judged judgement labour lest light live Lord mankind Michael nigh night PARADISE LOST peace perhaps race Raphael replied sapience Satan seat seed seemed Serpent shalt shame sight soon sovran spake Spirit stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither THOMAS WHITE thou art thou hast thou saw'st thought throne thyself tree virtue voice whence wherein wings wonder
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Page 165 - 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 54 - In loving thou dost well, in passion not, Wherein true love consists not; love refines The thoughts, and heart enlarges, hath his seat In Reason, and is judicious, is the scale By which to heavenly love thou may'st ascend, Not sunk in carnal pleasure, for which cause Among the beasts no mate for thee was found.
Page 4 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 144 - Thy suppliant I beg, and clasp thy knees ; bereave me not, Whereon I live, thy gentle looks, thy aid, Thy counsel, in this uttermost distress, My only strength and stay ; forlorn of thee, Whither shall I betake me, where subsist ? While yet we live, scarce one short hour perhaps, Between us two let there be peace : both joining As join'd in injuries, one enmity Against a foe by doom express assign'd us.
Page 12 - Let there be light, said God ; And forthwith light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the deep...
Page 142 - Out of my sight, thou serpent! That name best Befits thee, with him leagued, thyself as false And hateful: nothing wants, but that thy shape, Like his, and colour serpentine, may show...
Page 170 - Not higher that hill, nor wider looking round, Whereon for different cause the Tempter set Our second Adam, in the wilderness, To show him all Earth's kingdoms and their glory. His eye might there command wherever stood City of old or modern fame, the seat Of mightiest empire, from the destined...
Page 3 - DESCEND from Heaven, Urania, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose voice divine Following, above the Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing...
Page 10 - Immediate are the acts of God, more swift Than time or motion, but to human ears Cannot without process of speech be told, So told as earthly notion can receive.
Page 23 - But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends ; thither with heart, and voice, and eyes. Directed in devotion, to adore And worship God supreme, who made him chief Of all His works...