The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2William Pickering, 1852 |
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... King , and to him call'd Raphael , the sociable spirit , that deign'd To travel with Tobias , and secur'd His marriage with the seventimes - wedded maid . Raphael , said he , thou hear'st what stir on earth Satan , from hell scap'd ...
... King , and to him call'd Raphael , the sociable spirit , that deign'd To travel with Tobias , and secur'd His marriage with the seventimes - wedded maid . Raphael , said he , thou hear'st what stir on earth Satan , from hell scap'd ...
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... King , who showr'd With copious hand , rejoicing in their joy . Now when ambrosial night with clouds exhal'd From that high mount of GoD , whence light and shade [ changed Spring both , the face of brightest heav'n had To grateful ...
... King , who showr'd With copious hand , rejoicing in their joy . Now when ambrosial night with clouds exhal'd From that high mount of GoD , whence light and shade [ changed Spring both , the face of brightest heav'n had To grateful ...
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... King anointed , could not bear Thro ' pride that sight , and thought himself im- Deep malice thence conceiving and disdain , Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour , Friendliest to sleep and silence , he resolv'd With all his ...
... King anointed , could not bear Thro ' pride that sight , and thought himself im- Deep malice thence conceiving and disdain , Soon as midnight brought on the dusky hour , Friendliest to sleep and silence , he resolv'd With all his ...
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... King The great Messiah , and his new commands Who speedily through all the hierarchies Intends to pass triumphant , and give laws . So spake the false arch - angel , and infus'd Bad influence into th ' unwary breast Of his associate ...
... King The great Messiah , and his new commands Who speedily through all the hierarchies Intends to pass triumphant , and give laws . So spake the false arch - angel , and infus'd Bad influence into th ' unwary breast Of his associate ...
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... king , Thither to come , and with calumnious art Of counterfeited truth thus held their ears . Thrones , dominations , princedoms , virtues , If these magnific titles yet remain 770 [ powers , Not merely titular , since by decree ...
... king , Thither to come , and with calumnious art Of counterfeited truth thus held their ears . Thrones , dominations , princedoms , virtues , If these magnific titles yet remain 770 [ powers , Not merely titular , since by decree ...
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Adam Adamus Exsul angels answer'd appear'd arms aught battel beast behold Bentl Bentley bliss bright call'd Cherubim cloud dark death delight divine Du Bartas Dunster dwell Dyce earth Epig eternal ev'ning evil eyes fair Father fear Fenton flow'rs fruit giv'n glory ground hand happy hast hath heard heart heav'n heav'nly hell highth hill honour join'd king lest light live Lord mankind may'st Messiah Milton's own edition morn Newton nigh night Ovid paradise PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAINED Proserpina rais'd Raphael reign reply'd return'd sapience Satan Saviour seat seem'd serpent Shakesp shalt shame sight Son of God soon spake Spens spirits stars stood sung sweet taste tempter thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought throne Todd tree turn'd vex'd Virg virtue voice whence wings
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Page 173 - But such as, at this day, to Indians known; In Malabar or Decan spreads her arms, Branching so broad and long, that in the ground The bended twigs take root, and daughters grow About the mother tree, a pillar'd shade, High overarch'd, and echoing walks between : There oft the Indian herdsman, shunning heat, Shelters in cool, and tends his pasturing herds At loop-holes cut through thickest shade...
Page 232 - That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names, Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount ? Thee, lastly, nuptial bower, by me...
Page 8 - 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 240 - Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch ; And over them triumphant Death his dart Shook, but delay'd to strike, though oft invoked With vows, as their chief good, and final hope.
Page 112 - By quick instinctive motion, up I sprung, As thitherward endeavouring, and upright Stood on my feet : about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these, Creatures that liv'd and mov'd, and walk'd, or flew ; Birds on the branches warbling; all things smil'd; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflow'd.
Page 242 - I yield it just, said Adam, and submit. But is there yet no other way, besides These painful passages, how we may come To death, and mix with our connatural dust? There is...
Page 103 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses ; from his lip Not words alone pleas,d her.
Page 220 - What better can we do, than, to the place Repairing where he judg'd us, prostrate fall Before him reverent; and there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg; with tears Watering the ground, and with our sighs the air Frequenting, sent from hearts contrite, in sign Of sorrow unfeign'd, and humilation meek?
Page 142 - 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 232 - 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.