The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2W. Pickering, 1851 |
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Adam againſt alſo Angels Battel Beaſt behold beſt call'd cauſe Celeſtial Cloud darkneſs Death defire Earth eaſe elſe erft evil eyes faid fair farr Father feek fhall fide fight fince firſt fleep fleſh fome foon fpake Fruit fuch giv'n glory Gods hath Heav'n heav'nly Hell higheſt highth himſelf Hoft juſt King laſt leaſt lefs leſs light loft Love moſt muſt Night o're Paradife paſt pleaſant pleaſure praiſe preſent puniſhment rais'd Reaſon reft repli'd reſt return'd rife Satan ſcarce ſee ſeek ſeemd ſeems ſeen ſelf Serpent ſerve ſhade ſhall ſhame ſhape ſhe ſhould Skie ſmall Son of God ſpake Spirits ſtand Starrs ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtood ſtrength ſuch ſweet taſte thee themſelves thence theſe things thir thoſe thou thoughts thouſand Throne thy felf Tree utmoſt vertue wandring Warr whofe whoſe wings wiſdom World worſe
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Page 183 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Page 176 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice ; nor could the muse defend Her son.
Page 64 - 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 88 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy Sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King!
Page 22 - Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge : cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather, Far other once beheld in bliss, condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain, Millions of spirits for his fault amerced...
Page 3 - 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 flow'd Fast by the oracle of God, I thence Invoke thy aid to my advent'rous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme.
Page 42 - O Progeny of Heaven, Empyreal Thrones, With reason hath deep silence and demur Seized us, though undismayed : long is the way And hard, that out of Hell leads up to Light...
Page 68 - By sin to foul exorbitant desires: Upheld by me, yet once more he shall stand On even ground against his mortal foe, By me upheld, that he may know how frail...
Page 347 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Page 145 - Thyself though great and glorious dost thou count, Or all angelic nature join'd in one, Equal to him begotten Son, by whom As by His word the mighty Father made All things, ev'n thee, and all the spirits of heav'n...