Milton's Paradise lost, books i. and ii., Comus, Lycidas, Il penseroso, and L'allegro, with intr., notes and glossary by J.G. Davis1874 |
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... heaven . And such themes were congenial to Milton's imagination , which delighted to portray what was vast and unearthly . His peculiar power is exhibited , * Aubrey . for example , in his pictures of the fallen angels INTRODUCTION . 7.
... heaven . And such themes were congenial to Milton's imagination , which delighted to portray what was vast and unearthly . His peculiar power is exhibited , * Aubrey . for example , in his pictures of the fallen angels INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... Heaven , but tells them lastly of a new world and new kind of creature to be created , according to an ancient prophecy or report in Heaven ; for , that angels were long before this visible creation , was the opinion of many ancient ...
... Heaven , but tells them lastly of a new world and new kind of creature to be created , according to an ancient prophecy or report in Heaven ; for , that angels were long before this visible creation , was the opinion of many ancient ...
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... Heaven hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of hell ; say first , what cause Moved our grand parents in that happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one ...
... Heaven hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of hell ; say first , what cause Moved our grand parents in that happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one ...
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... heaven , As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . Oh , how unlike the place from whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns , and weltering ...
... heaven , As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . Oh , how unlike the place from whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns , and weltering ...
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... 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 ; That glory ...
... 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 ; That glory ...
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ancient angels Anglo-Saxon appear arms ATLAS battle breath bright bring cast cloth Comp Comus dark deep dread earth Edinburgh English eternal Europe eyes fair fall Fcap fear fire force French GEOGRAPHY gods golden Greek Guards hand hath head heaven hell hence hill hold hope Italy King Lady Latin less light live LL.D London look Lycidas meaning Milton mind moon mortal Mount Muse nature never night o'er once pain Paradise Lost pass peace PHYSICAL Physical Map reign rise river round rule Satan says School seat Second sense shape shepherd side sing song soon sound spirits Stand Standard star stood stream strength sweet tell thee things thou thoughts throne till University virtue Vols waves winds wings wood
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Page 83 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine ; Or what (though rare) of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage. But O, sad virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower ? Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what love did seek.
Page 19 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded : the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat, Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Page 56 - Was I deceived, or did a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night ? I did not err : there does a sable cloud Turn forth her silver lining on the night, And casts a gleam over this tufted grove.
Page 76 - YET once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude, And with forced fingers rude Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. Bitter constraint and sad occasion dear Compels me to disturb your season due; For Lycidas is dead, dead ere his prime, Young Lycidas, and hath not left his peer.
Page 82 - Come, but keep thy wonted state, With even step and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes: There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast, Thou fix them on the earth as fast...
Page 80 - Oaks and rills, While the still morn went out with Sandals gray, He touched the tender stops of various Quills, With eager thought warbling his Doric lay...
Page 85 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings And the night-raven sings ; There under ebon shades, and low-browed rocks As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 79 - Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.' Return, Alpheus ; the dread voice is past That shrunk thy streams ; return, Sicilian Muse, And call the vales, and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues.
Page 28 - High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Show'rs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 79 - Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths!