Milton's Poetical Works: With Life, Critical Dissertation, and Explanatory Notes, Volume 2James Nichol, 1853 - Milton, John, 1608-1674 |
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... hear more of his conversation ; but is answered , that this must be as he shall find permission from above . Satan then disappears , and the Book closes with a short description of night coming on in the desert . I , WHO erewhile the ...
... hear more of his conversation ; but is answered , that this must be as he shall find permission from above . Satan then disappears , and the Book closes with a short description of night coming on in the desert . I , WHO erewhile the ...
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... hear What from without comes often to my ears , Ill sorting with my present state compar'd ! 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 ...
... hear What from without comes often to my ears , Ill sorting with my present state compar'd ! 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 ...
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... Jordan honour'd so , and call'd the Son Of God I saw and heard , for we sometimes Who dwell this wild , constrain'd by want , come forth To town or village nigh ( nighest is far ) , Where aught we hear , and curious are to hear BOOK I. 13.
... Jordan honour'd so , and call'd the Son Of God I saw and heard , for we sometimes Who dwell this wild , constrain'd by want , come forth To town or village nigh ( nighest is far ) , Where aught we hear , and curious are to hear BOOK I. 13.
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... hear , and curious are to hear What happens new ; fame also finds us out . To whom the Son of God : Who brought me hither , Will bring me hence ; no other guide I seek . By miracle he may , replied the swain ; What other way I see not ...
... hear , and curious are to hear What happens new ; fame also finds us out . To whom the Son of God : Who brought me hither , Will bring me hence ; no other guide I seek . By miracle he may , replied the swain ; What other way I see not ...
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... hear attent Thy wisdom , and behold thy God - like deeds ? Men generally think me much a foe To all mankind : why should I ? they to me Never did wrong or violence ; by them I lost not what I lost , rather by them I gain'd what I have ...
... hear attent Thy wisdom , and behold thy God - like deeds ? Men generally think me much a foe To all mankind : why should I ? they to me Never did wrong or violence ; by them I lost not what I lost , rather by them I gain'd what I have ...
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Page 177 - And, when the Sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe, with heaved stroke, Was never heard the nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallow'd haunt.
Page 166 - But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove ; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.
Page 171 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 164 - That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring, Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse, So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destin'd Urn, And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud.
Page 217 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our Wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Page 172 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.
Page 176 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined 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 167 - 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. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks, On whose fresh lap the swart star sparely looks, Throw hither all your quaint enamelled eyes, That on the green turf suck the honied showers, And purple all the ground with vernal flowers.
Page 131 - Was rife, and perfect in my listening ear, Yet nought but single darkness do I find. What might this be? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.
Page 175 - Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm. Or let my lamp, at midnight hour, Be seen in some high lonely tower, Where I may oft out-watch the Bear...