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... light , not inelegant , but rather characterless hand of the period , of course , not that of Milton himself , who had been for fourteen years totally blind . It consists of eighteen leaves of small quarto , stitched together ; and on ...
... light , not inelegant , but rather characterless hand of the period , of course , not that of Milton himself , who had been for fourteen years totally blind . It consists of eighteen leaves of small quarto , stitched together ; and on ...
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... Light , Freedom , Happiness , and Glory , in the midst whereof Deity , though omnipresent , has His immediate and visible dwelling , and where He is surrounded by a vast population of beings , called “ the Angels , " or " Sons of God ...
... Light , Freedom , Happiness , and Glory , in the midst whereof Deity , though omnipresent , has His immediate and visible dwelling , and where He is surrounded by a vast population of beings , called “ the Angels , " or " Sons of God ...
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... light there , nor properly Earth , Water , Air , or Fire , but only a vast pulp or welter of un- formed matter , in which all these lie tempestuously intermixed . Though the presence of Deity is there potentially too , it is still , as ...
... light there , nor properly Earth , Water , Air , or Fire , but only a vast pulp or welter of un- formed matter , in which all these lie tempestuously intermixed . Though the presence of Deity is there potentially too , it is still , as ...
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... light from above begins also to appear . For a while in this calmer space he weighs his wings to behold at leisure ( II . 1046 ) the sight that is break- ing upon him . And what a sight ! " Far off the Empyreal Heaven , extended wide In ...
... light from above begins also to appear . For a while in this calmer space he weighs his wings to behold at leisure ( II . 1046 ) the sight that is break- ing upon him . And what a sight ! " Far off the Empyreal Heaven , extended wide In ...
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... light was gained from the wall of Heaven . Apparently it was on this upper convex of the outside of the New World ... light within , as the spherical glass round a lamp is , but totally opaque , or only glistering faintly on its upper ...
... light was gained from the wall of Heaven . Apparently it was on this upper convex of the outside of the New World ... light within , as the spherical glass round a lamp is , but totally opaque , or only glistering faintly on its upper ...
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Adam Adam and Eve Aldersgate Street Almighty Angels Archangel arms beast Beelzebub behold blindness bliss BOOK burning lake called celestial Chaos Cherub Cherubim cloud created creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell Earth Empyrean eternal evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith Father fear Fiend fierce fire flowers fruit gates glory gods grace hand happy hath heart Heaven Heavenly Hell highth hill human Ithuriel John Milton King labour less lest light live mankind Messiah Milton mind night o'er pain Paradise Lost peace poem Primum Mobile Ptolemaic system reign replied round sapience Satan seat seemed Serpent shalt sight Simmons soon sovran spake Sphere Spirits starry stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thought throne thyself tree Universe voice whence wings wonder words World Zephon
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Page 51 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 122 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Page 123 - Or sight of vernal bloom or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and, for the book of knowledge fair, Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Page 70 - Innumerable force of Spirits armed, That durst dislike his reign, and, me preferring, His utmost power with adverse power opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven, And shook his throne. What though the field be lost ? All is not lost— the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield And what is else not to be overcome.
Page 178 - Angels — for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle 'his throne rejoicing — ye in Heaven ; On Earth join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 19 - I am now indebted, as being a work not to be raised from the heat of youth, or the vapours of wine, like that which flows at waste from the pen of some vulgar amorist, or the trencher fury of a riming parasite, nor to be obtained by the invocation of Dame Memory and her Siren Daughters, but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Page 178 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, • If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise Him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 176 - But know that in the Soul Are many lesser Faculties that serve Reason as chief; among these Fancy next Her office holds ; of all external things, Which the five watchful Senses represent, She forms Imaginations, Aery shapes, Which Reason joining or disjoining, frames All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private Cell when Nature rests.
Page 68 - Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos: or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook that flowed Fast by the oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme...
Page 55 - Thus talking, hand in hand alone they passed On to their blissful bower; it was a place Chosen by the sovereign planter, when He framed All things to man's delightful use: the roof Of thickest covert, was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on either side Acanthus and each odorous bushy shrub Fenced up the verdant wall, each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses, and jessamine, Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic; under foot...