Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books, Volumes 1-2J. Tonson, 1711 - 376 páginas |
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... less severe , I lik'd his Project , the success did fear ; Through that wide Field how he his way should find , O'er which lame Faith leads Understanding blind ; Left he perplex'd the things he would explain , And what was cafie he ...
... less severe , I lik'd his Project , the success did fear ; Through that wide Field how he his way should find , O'er which lame Faith leads Understanding blind ; Left he perplex'd the things he would explain , And what was cafie he ...
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... less Than fuch could have o'er - power'd such Force as curs ) Have left us this our Spirit and Strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our Pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful Ire , Or do him mightier Service as his thrals ...
... less Than fuch could have o'er - power'd such Force as curs ) Have left us this our Spirit and Strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our Pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful Ire , Or do him mightier Service as his thrals ...
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... less than he Whom Thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and in my Choice To reign is worth ambition tho ' in ...
... less than he Whom Thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy , will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and in my Choice To reign is worth ambition tho ' in ...
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... Less than Arch - Angel ruin'd , and th'excess Of Glory obscur'd : As when the Sun new - ris'n , Looks thro ' the Horizontal misty Air Shorn of his Beams , or from behind the Moon , In dim Eclipse , disastrous Twilight sheds On half the ...
... Less than Arch - Angel ruin'd , and th'excess Of Glory obscur'd : As when the Sun new - ris'n , Looks thro ' the Horizontal misty Air Shorn of his Beams , or from behind the Moon , In dim Eclipse , disastrous Twilight sheds On half the ...
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... less At length from us may find , who overcomes By force , hath overcome but half his foe . Space may produce new Worlds ; whereof fo rife 650 There went a fame in Heav'n that he e'er long Intended to create , and therein plant A ...
... less At length from us may find , who overcomes By force , hath overcome but half his foe . Space may produce new Worlds ; whereof fo rife 650 There went a fame in Heav'n that he e'er long Intended to create , and therein plant A ...
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Adam afcend Aire alſo Angels anſwer'd appear'd arm'd Battel behold beſt bright call'd cauſe Cherubim Cloud courſe Creatures dark Death deep defire Divine dwell e'er Earth eaſe elſe Eternal evil eyes fafe faid fair falſe fide fight filence fince firſt fleep fome foon Fruit fuch Gate Glory happy haſte hath Heav'n Heav'nly Hell Hill Hoſt juſt laſt leſs light loft loſe moſt muſt Night pain Paradife paſs paſs'd paſt pleas'd pleaſure praiſe preſent rais'd Reaſon reply'd reſt return'd rife roſe round Satan ſay ſcarce ſcorn ſecond ſeek ſeem'd ſeems ſeen ſelf ſenſe Serpent ſerve ſet ſhade ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhew ſhould ſince ſmall ſoft ſome ſpake Spirits ſtand ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſuch ſweet ſwift taſte thee thence theſe thine things thoſe thou thought Throne thy felf Tree turn'd vaſt wandring whoſe wings World worſe
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Página 98 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished 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, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King!
Página 10 - Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights — if it were land that ever...
Página 270 - This may be well. But what if God have seen, And death ensue ? then I shall be no more ! And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct : A death to think ! Confirm'd then I resolve, Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe.
Página 5 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Página 148 - O Adam, One Almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not deprav'd from good, created all Such to perfection, one first matter all, Endued with various forms, various degrees Of substance, and, in things that live, of life...
Página 23 - Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain : Millions of spirits for his fault amerced...
Página 46 - O Progeny of Heaven, Empyreal Thrones, With reason hath deep silence and demur Seized us, though undismayed : long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light...
Página 105 - Flowers of all hue, and without thorn the rose : Another side, umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape, and gently creeps Luxuriant; meanwhile murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills, dispersed, or in a lake, That to the fringed bank with myrtle crown'd Her crystal mirror holds, unite their streams.
Página 177 - Yet soon he heal'd ; for spirits that live throughout Vital In every part, not as frail man In entrails, heart or head, liver or reins, Cannot but by annihilating die ; Nor in their liquid texture mortal wound Receive, no more than can the fluid air...
Página 207 - Into one place, and let dry land appear.' Immediately the mountains huge appear Emergent, and their broad bare backs upheave Into the clouds; their tops ascend the sky: So high as...