Paradise Lost: A Poem,in Twelve Books; with a Memoir of the Author; Illus. with Twelve EngravingsS. Andrus and Son, 1853 - 400 pages |
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... wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof , Pendent by subtle magic , many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets , fed With naptha and asphaltus , yielded light As from a sky . The ...
... wide Within , her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof , Pendent by subtle magic , many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets , fed With naptha and asphaltus , yielded light As from a sky . The ...
Page 42
... wide , but chief the spacious hall ( Though like a cover'd field , where champions bold Wont ride in arm'd , and at the soldan's chair Defied the best of Panim chivalry To mortal combat or career with lance ) , Thick swarm'd , both on ...
... wide , but chief the spacious hall ( Though like a cover'd field , where champions bold Wont ride in arm'd , and at the soldan's chair Defied the best of Panim chivalry To mortal combat or career with lance ) , Thick swarm'd , both on ...
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... wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or could we break our way By force , and at our heels all hell should rise , With blackest insurrection , to confound Heaven's purest light ; yet our great enemy , All incorruptible ...
... wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or could we break our way By force , and at our heels all hell should rise , With blackest insurrection , to confound Heaven's purest light ; yet our great enemy , All incorruptible ...
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... wide womb of uncreated night , Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows , Let this be good , whether our angry foe Can give it , or will ever ? How he can , Is doubtful ; that he never will , is sure . Will he , so wise , let loose at ...
... wide womb of uncreated night , Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows , Let this be good , whether our angry foe Can give it , or will ever ? How he can , Is doubtful ; that he never will , is sure . Will he , so wise , let loose at ...
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... Wide - gaping , and with utter loss of being Threatens him , plunged in that abortive gulf . If thence he ' scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers , and as hard escape ? But I should ...
... Wide - gaping , and with utter loss of being Threatens him , plunged in that abortive gulf . If thence he ' scape into whatever world , Or unknown region , what remains him less Than unknown dangers , and as hard escape ? But I should ...
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Adam Almighty angel appear'd archangel arm'd arms aught beast behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial cherub cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of heaven death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell earth eternal evil eyes fair Fair angel faith Father fear fiend fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit glory gods grace hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hast hath heard heart heaven heavenly hell hill Ithuriel join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah mind mix'd morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace praise reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd seraph serpent shade shalt sight soon spake spirits stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd virtue voice whence wings wonder Zephon
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Page 86 - 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.
Page 138 - Hail, wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Page 154 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 40 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge 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 155 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform; and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye...
Page 23 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Page 51 - Almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us, that must be our cure, To be no more : sad cure ; for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
Page 86 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...
Page 26 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend, Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 397 - Beyond is all abyss, Eternity, whose end no eye can reach. Greatly instructed I shall hence depart ; Greatly in peace of thought ; and have my fill Of knowledge, what this vessel can contain ; Beyond which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love, with fear, the only God ; to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things ; by things...