 They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.  Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve Books - Page 435by John Milton - 1750Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 pages
...occasion. They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, WavM over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful...throng'd and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wiped them soon. The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 554 pages
...following lines: Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, "They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms. The world was all before them, where to choose Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wip'd them soon.... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 342 pages
...disappear'd. 640 They, looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful...arms: Some natural tears they dropt, but wip'd them soon ; The world was all before them, where to choose 646 Their place of rest, and Providence their... | |
 | John Milton - 1817 - 214 pages
...the eastern side beheld BOOK xii. PARADISE LOST. 642—649. Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand ; the gate With dreadful...arms : Some natural tears they dropt, but wip'd them soon ; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1821 - 356 pages
...disappear'd. They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'il over by that flaming brand ; the gate With dreadful...arms : Some natural tears they dropt, but wip'd them soon ; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide... | |
 | John Milton - 1821 - 346 pages
...640 They, looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, %V;tv'.l over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and fiery arms : 644 Some natural tears they dropt, but wip'd them soon. The world was all before them, where to choose... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...disappear'd. They, looking back, all the' eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand ; the gate With dreadful...throng'd, and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wiped them. soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest,... | |
 | John Milton - 1823 - 306 pages
...disappear'd. They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand ; the gate With dreadful...throng'd, and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wiped them soon ; T^he world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest,... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 806 pages
...occasion : They looking back, all th'eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd and tiery arms : Some natural tears they dropp'd, but wiped them soon ; The world was all before them,... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 580 pages
...reader's imagination, as nothing can be more natural than the tears they shed on that occasion. Addison. Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful...arms : Some natural tears they dropt, but wip'd them soon ; 645 The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their... | |
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