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... darkness , fit- liest called Chaos . Here Satan , with his angels , lying on the burning lake , thunderstruck and ... dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal ...
... darkness , fit- liest called Chaos . Here Satan , with his angels , lying on the burning lake , thunderstruck and ... dark Illumine ; what is low raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal ...
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... darkness do we dread ? How oft amidst And know not that the King of Heaven hath doomed Thick clouds and dark doth Heaven's all - ruling Sire Choose to reside , his glory unobscured , And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his ...
... darkness do we dread ? How oft amidst And know not that the King of Heaven hath doomed Thick clouds and dark doth Heaven's all - ruling Sire Choose to reside , his glory unobscured , And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his ...
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... dark unbottomed infinite abyss , And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way , or spread his airy flight , Upborne with indefatigable wings , Over the vast abrupt , ere he arrive The happy isle ? what strength , what art ...
... dark unbottomed infinite abyss , And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way , or spread his airy flight , Upborne with indefatigable wings , Over the vast abrupt , ere he arrive The happy isle ? what strength , what art ...
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... dark Ended , rejoicing in their matchless chief : As when from mountain tops the dusky clouds Ascending , while the northwind sleeps , o'erspread Heaven's cheerful face , the lowering element Scowls o'er the darkened landscape snow , or ...
... dark Ended , rejoicing in their matchless chief : As when from mountain tops the dusky clouds Ascending , while the northwind sleeps , o'erspread Heaven's cheerful face , the lowering element Scowls o'er the darkened landscape snow , or ...
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... dark encounter in mid air : So frowned the mighty combatants , that hell Grew darker at their frown ; so matched they stood ; For never but once more was either like To meet so great a foe : and now great deeds Had been achieved ...
... dark encounter in mid air : So frowned the mighty combatants , that hell Grew darker at their frown ; so matched they stood ; For never but once more was either like To meet so great a foe : and now great deeds Had been achieved ...
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Page 10 - Who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottomed, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way, or spread his airy flight, Upborne with indefatigable wings Over the vast abrupt ! — So both ascend In the visions of God — B.