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1200 When I perceiv ' d all set on enmity , As on my enemies , wherever chanc ' d
, I us ' d hostility and took their spoil To pay my underminers in their coin , My
nation was subjected to your lords , It was the force of conquest ; force with force
Is ...
1200 When I perceiv ' d all set on enmity , As on my enemies , wherever chanc ' d
, I us ' d hostility and took their spoil To pay my underminers in their coin , My
nation was subjected to your lords , It was the force of conquest ; force with force
Is ...
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All with incredible , stupendous force , None daring to appear antagonist . Ar
length for intermission sake they led him Between the pillars ; he his guide
requested 1630 ( For so from such as nearer stood we heard ) As over - tir ' d to
let him ...
All with incredible , stupendous force , None daring to appear antagonist . Ar
length for intermission sake they led him Between the pillars ; he his guide
requested 1630 ( For so from such as nearer stood we heard ) As over - tir ' d to
let him ...
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Which crring men call Chance , this I hold firm , ; Virtue may be assail ' d , but
never hurt , Surpriz ' d by unjust force , but not inthrallid : 590 Yea even that which
Mischief meant most harm , Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on ...
Which crring men call Chance , this I hold firm , ; Virtue may be assail ' d , but
never hurt , Surpriz ' d by unjust force , but not inthrallid : 590 Yea even that which
Mischief meant most harm , Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on ...
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FAIREST flower ! no sooner blown but blasted , ft silken primrose fading
timelessly , immer ' s chief honour , if thou hadst out - lasted leak Winter ' s force
that made thy blossom dry ; or he being amorous on that lovely dye That did ' thy
cheek ...
FAIREST flower ! no sooner blown but blasted , ft silken primrose fading
timelessly , immer ' s chief honour , if thou hadst out - lasted leak Winter ' s force
that made thy blossom dry ; or he being amorous on that lovely dye That did ' thy
cheek ...
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... where thou didst lie , And , sweetly singing round about thy bed Strow all their
blessings on thy sleeping head . She heard them give thee abis , that thou
shouldst still From eyes of mortals walk invisible : Yet there is something that doth
force ...
... where thou didst lie , And , sweetly singing round about thy bed Strow all their
blessings on thy sleeping head . She heard them give thee abis , that thou
shouldst still From eyes of mortals walk invisible : Yet there is something that doth
force ...
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Page 192 - Or fill the fixed mind with all your toys! Dwell in some idle brain, And fancies fond with gaudy shapes possess, As thick and numberless As the gay motes that people the sun-beams, Or likest hovering dreams, The fickle pensioners of Morpheus
Page 186 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 190 - And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 146 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 197 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 188 - Where the great sun begins his state, Rob'd in flames, and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman, near at hand, Whistles o'er the furrow'd land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale, Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 37 - Now the bright morning star, day's harbinger, Comes dancing from the east, and leads with her The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip, and the pale primrose. Hail bounteous May that dost inspire Mirth and youth, and warm desire; Woods and groves are of thy dressing, Hill and dale doth boast thy blessing. Thus we salute thee with our early song, And welcome thee, and wish...
Page 32 - FLY, envious Time, till thou run out thy race ; Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours, Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace ; And glut thyself with what thy womb devours, Which is no more than what is false and vain, And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain.
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| Title | The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author by S. Johnson, Volumes 3-4 Volumes 14-15 of Poets of Gt. Brit The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author by S. Johnson, John Milton |
| Author | John Milton |
| Published | 1807 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2006 |
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