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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... ; And such appear'd in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Etna , whose combustible And fuel'd entrails thence 24 PARADISE LOST . - BOOK I.
... ; And such appear'd in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Etna , whose combustible And fuel'd entrails thence 24 PARADISE LOST . - BOOK I.
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... winds , And leave a singed bottom , all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet . Him follow'd his next mate : Both glorying to have ' scaped the Stygian flood , As gods , and by their own recover'd ...
... winds , And leave a singed bottom , all involved With stench and smoke : such resting found the sole Of unblest feet . Him follow'd his next mate : Both glorying to have ' scaped the Stygian flood , As gods , and by their own recover'd ...
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... winds Orion arm'd Hath vexed the Red - Sea coast , whose waves o'er- threw Busiris and his Memphian chivalry , While , with perfidious hatred , they pursued The sojourners of Goshen , who beheld From the safe shore their floating ...
... winds Orion arm'd Hath vexed the Red - Sea coast , whose waves o'er- threw Busiris and his Memphian chivalry , While , with perfidious hatred , they pursued The sojourners of Goshen , who beheld From the safe shore their floating ...
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... wind , That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night and darken'd all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires Till at ...
... wind , That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night and darken'd all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of hell , ' Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires Till at ...
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... wind , With gems and golden lustre rich emblazed , Seraphic arms and trophies ; all the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds : At which the universal host up - sent A shout , that tore hell's concave , and beyond Frighted the ...
... wind , With gems and golden lustre rich emblazed , Seraphic arms and trophies ; all the while Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds : At which the universal host up - sent A shout , that tore hell's concave , and beyond Frighted the ...
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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...