 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...  Paradise lost, a poem - Page 301by John Milton - 1821Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1873 - 678 pages
...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...God ; to walk As in his presence, ever to observe 522. Laws which none shall find, Ac. Laws, as Newton and Hume observe, neither agreeable to revealed... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 pages
...Shakesptart, OBEDIENCE. A harsh father is like the law — though severe, must be obeyed. Shelley. Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love...sole depend, Merciful over all His works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | Anne Ferry - 1983 - 207 pages
...which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learne, that to obey is best, And love with feare the onely God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deemd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 pages
...words of Adam and the angel: Henceforth I learne, that to obey is best, And love with feare the onely God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deemd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | John S. Tanner - 1992 - 226 pages
...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...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...thought, and have my fill Of knowledge, what this vessel can contain, Beyond which was my folly to aspire. The beauty would be the same. BoNaP; GN; GoJo; PoEL-5 AWP; (Bk. XII, 1. 552-563) 106 Only add Deeds to thy knowledge answerable; add faith; Add virtue, patience,... | |
 | David Rosen - 1993 - 260 pages
...able to resist Satan's assaults. (XII.487-9i) This is echoed by what Adam himself learns at the end: Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deem'd weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | David Quint - 1993 - 448 pages
...decade of the Restoration, and condemned to the internal exile of his blindness.1 Henceforth I leam, that to obey is best, And love with fear the only...sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things, by things deemed weak Subverting worldly... | |
 | James Turner - 1993 - 368 pages
...history. Adam translates this vision into profound but somewhat prosaic lessons in proper conduct: "Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, / And love...observe / His providence, and on him sole depend" (12:561-4). Michael approves Adam's homily, and pledges that subjection of the self to rules of ethical... | |
 | Charles W. Durham, Kristin Pruitt McColgan - 1994 - 316 pages
..."Unfeared Second Fate": Satan and the Critique of Meliorism, Paradise Lost, Book 2 CATHERINE GIMELLI MARTIN Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love...to observe His providence, and on him sole depend, ... that suffering for Truth's sake Is fortitude to highest victory, And to the faithful Death the... | |
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