The poetical works of John Milton, with the life of the author by S. Johnson, Volumes 3-4 |
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Page 100
... Vain monument of strength ; till length of years 570 And sedentary numness
craze my limbs 2 a ; contopptible old age obscure ? Here rather let me drudge
and earn my bread , Till vermin , or the draff of servile food Consume 100
SAMSON ...
... Vain monument of strength ; till length of years 570 And sedentary numness
craze my limbs 2 a ; contopptible old age obscure ? Here rather let me drudge
and earn my bread , Till vermin , or the draff of servile food Consume 100
SAMSON ...
Page 159
... And in clear dream , and solemn vision , Tell her of things that no gross ear can
hear , Till oft converse with heav ' nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th '
outward shape , 460 The unpolluted temple of the mind , And turns it by degrees
to ...
... And in clear dream , and solemn vision , Tell her of things that no gross ear can
hear , Till oft converse with heav ' nly habitants Begin to cast a beam on th '
outward shape , 460 The unpolluted temple of the mind , And turns it by degrees
to ...
Page 163
Then down the lawns I ran with headlong haste , Through paths and turnings
often trod by day , Till guided by mine ear I found the place , 570 Where that
damn ' d wisard hid in sly disguise ( For so by certain signs I knew ) had met
Already ...
Then down the lawns I ran with headlong haste , Through paths and turnings
often trod by day , Till guided by mine ear I found the place , 570 Where that
damn ' d wisard hid in sly disguise ( For so by certain signs I knew ) had met
Already ...
Page 28
... love their motion sway ' d In perfect diapason , whilst they stood , In first
obedience , and their state of good . O , may we soon again renew that song ,
And keep in tune with Heav ' n , till God ere long To his celestial concert us unite ,
To live ...
... love their motion sway ' d In perfect diapason , whilst they stood , In first
obedience , and their state of good . O , may we soon again renew that song ,
And keep in tune with Heav ' n , till God ere long To his celestial concert us unite ,
To live ...
Page 101
14 As when an aged wood takes fire Which on a sudden strays , The greedy
flames run higher and higher , Till all the mountains blaze , - 15 So with thy
whirlwind them pursuc , And with thy tempest chase ; 16 + And till they + yield
thee honor ...
14 As when an aged wood takes fire Which on a sudden strays , The greedy
flames run higher and higher , Till all the mountains blaze , - 15 So with thy
whirlwind them pursuc , And with thy tempest chase ; 16 + And till they + yield
thee honor ...
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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.
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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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