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... star , to di- scover the habitation of separate souls ; and varies the shades of meditation , by contemplating the magnificent and pathetic scenes of tragic and epic poetry . When the morning comes , a morning gloomy with rain and wind ...
... star , to di- scover the habitation of separate souls ; and varies the shades of meditation , by contemplating the magnificent and pathetic scenes of tragic and epic poetry . When the morning comes , a morning gloomy with rain and wind ...
Page cxxviii
... stars dropping from the zenith , rays culmi- nating from the equator . To which might be added ma- instances of the like kind in several other arts and sciences . ny I have seen in the works of a modern philosopher , a map of the spots ...
... stars dropping from the zenith , rays culmi- nating from the equator . To which might be added ma- instances of the like kind in several other arts and sciences . ny I have seen in the works of a modern philosopher , a map of the spots ...
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... star , On Lemnos the Ægean isle : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long before ; nor ought avail'd him now To have built in Heaven high towers ; nor did he ' scape By all his engines , but was headlong ...
... star , On Lemnos the Ægean isle : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long before ; nor ought avail'd him now To have built in Heaven high towers ; nor did he ' scape By all his engines , but was headlong ...
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... star ai colpi del tonante Per vostro schermo e danna al maggior pondo D'immensi affanni ? U ' ben non è ch'accenda Pugne , gare ivi entrar non puon di parti ; E niuno invero chiederà in inferno Principar , niun cui fia porzion sì poca ...
... star ai colpi del tonante Per vostro schermo e danna al maggior pondo D'immensi affanni ? U ' ben non è ch'accenda Pugne , gare ivi entrar non puon di parti ; E niuno invero chiederà in inferno Principar , niun cui fia porzion sì poca ...
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... star minore Volea perir : per voglia tal perdèo Ogni timor di Dio , d'inferno , o peggio , Nulla curò , e in tal dir parlò secondo . " Aperta guerra è mio parer : le frodi Io non vanto , le ignoro : quei le trami Che d'uopo n'ha , quand ...
... star minore Volea perir : per voglia tal perdèo Ogni timor di Dio , d'inferno , o peggio , Nulla curò , e in tal dir parlò secondo . " Aperta guerra è mio parer : le frodi Io non vanto , le ignoro : quei le trami Che d'uopo n'ha , quand ...
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abisso Adam Adamo Æneid alfine allor alto altri altro amore anco ancor angel angeli avea avria benchè celesti chè che fu ciel cielo ciò colpa cose così d'ogni death desio divine dritto earth egli egual elli eternal fatto Figlio frutto gioia glory gran grazia guerra hast hath heaven hell igneo inferno innanzi insieme intanto intorno l'uomo libro lieto luce lungo meglio mezzo Milton mondo morte natura nemico niun notte numbers occhi ogni omai onor oprar opre padre Paradise Lost Paradiso perduto pentiti piacer più poem poema possa poter pria primo pugna può quale quali ragion rispose sapere Satan secondo seem'd sempre sentimenti serpe solo spake spesso spirti stato stood subbietto sublime tempo terra thee thou tosto tratto trono troppo tutta tutte tutto uomo verso virtù vita volo
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Page 220 - 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. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Page 132 - 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 180 - Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in heaven against heaven's matchless King ! Ah! wherefore? he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence; and with his good Upbraided none: nor was his service hard. What could be less than to afford him praise, The easiest recompense, and pay him thanks, How due...
Page 40 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the 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 in thick array Of depth immeasurable...
Page 254 - 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 154 - That brought into this world a world of woe, Sin and her shadow Death, and misery Death's harbinger. Sad task ! yet argument Not less but more heroic than the wrath Of stern Achilles on his foe, pursued . Thrice fugitive about Troy wall ; or rage Of Turnus for Lavinia disespoused ; Or Neptune's ire, or Juno's, that so long Perplex'd the Greek and Cytherea's son ; If answerable style.
Page 58 - 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...
Page 180 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 132 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 8 - Reserved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him ; round he throws his baleful eyes, That witness'd huge affliction and dismay, Mix'd with obdurate pride and steadfast hate. At once, as far as angels...