Paradise lost a poem, with a biogr. and critical account of the author [by E. Fenton].1789 |
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... thine eye fo foul ? once deem'd fo fair In heav'n , when at th ' Affembly , and in fight Of all the Seraphim with thee combin'd In bold confpiracy against heav'n's King , All on a fudden miferable pain Surpris'd thee , dim thine eyes ...
... thine eye fo foul ? once deem'd fo fair In heav'n , when at th ' Affembly , and in fight Of all the Seraphim with thee combin'd In bold confpiracy against heav'n's King , All on a fudden miferable pain Surpris'd thee , dim thine eyes ...
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... Thine own begotten , breaking violent way Tore through my entrails , that with fear and pain Distorted , all my nether fhape thus grew Transform'd : but he my inbred enemy Forth iffu'd , brandishing his fatal dart Made to destroy : 1 ...
... Thine own begotten , breaking violent way Tore through my entrails , that with fear and pain Distorted , all my nether fhape thus grew Transform'd : but he my inbred enemy Forth iffu'd , brandishing his fatal dart Made to destroy : 1 ...
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... judgeft only right . Or fhall the adverfary thus obtain His end , and fruftrate thine ? fhall he fulfil His malice , and thy goodness bring to naught , 155 Or proud return , though to his heavier doom , BOOK III . PARADISE LOST .
... judgeft only right . Or fhall the adverfary thus obtain His end , and fruftrate thine ? fhall he fulfil His malice , and thy goodness bring to naught , 155 Or proud return , though to his heavier doom , BOOK III . PARADISE LOST .
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... thine anger fall : Account me man ; I for his fake will leave Thy bofom , and his glory next to thee Freely put off , and for him laftly die 235 240 I lét Well pleas'd : on me let Death wreak all BOOK III . 71 PARADISE LOST .
... thine anger fall : Account me man ; I for his fake will leave Thy bofom , and his glory next to thee Freely put off , and for him laftly die 235 240 I lét Well pleas'd : on me let Death wreak all BOOK III . 71 PARADISE LOST .
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... thine own . 285 290 295 300 Because thou haft , though thron'd in highest blifs , 395 Equal to God and equally enjoying God - like fruition , quitted all , to fave A world from utter lofs , and haft been found By merit more than ...
... thine own . 285 290 295 300 Because thou haft , though thron'd in highest blifs , 395 Equal to God and equally enjoying God - like fruition , quitted all , to fave A world from utter lofs , and haft been found By merit more than ...
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Adam afcend Againſt alfo Angel appear'd arm'd beft behold blifs call'd cloud darkneſs death deep defcending defire delight divine dwell earth elfe erft eternal ev'ning ev'ry evil eyes fafe faid fair fair angelic fall'n faying feat feek feem'd feems feen fenfe ferpent fhade fhall fhape fhould fide fight filent fince fire firft firſt fleep flow'rs fome foon foul fp'rits fpake fruit ftand ftate ftill ftood ftrength fuch fweet glory gods happy hath heav'n heav'nly hell himſelf juft laft laſt lefs light loft muft muſt night Paradife PARADISE LOST pleas'd pleaſure pow'r prefent rais'd reafon reft reply'd return'd rife rofe Satan ſhall ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſtood ſweet tafte taſte thee thefe thence theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou thoughts throne thyfelf tree turn'd whofe whoſe wings worfe
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Page 233 - O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine ; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 159 - 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 26 - Lie thus astonished on the oblivious pool, And call them not to share with us their part In this unhappy mansion, or once more, With rallied arms, to try what may be yet Regained in Heaven, or what more lost in Hell?
Page 30 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 174 - Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here? Not of myself; by some great Maker then, In goodness and in power pre-eminent: Tell me how may I know him, how adore, From whom I have that thus I move and live, And feel that I am happier than I know...
Page 119 - O Adam, one Almighty is, from whom All things proceed, and up to him return, If not depraved from good; created all Such to perfection, one first matter all...
Page 200 - Here grows the cure of all, this fruit divine, Fair to the eye, inviting to the taste, Of virtue to make wise: What hinders then To reach, and feed at once both body and mind ? So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she pluck'd, she eat!
Page 200 - For good unknown sure is not had, or had And yet unknown is as not had at all. In plain then, what forbids He but to know, Forbids us good, forbids us to be wise? Such prohibitions bind not.
Page 101 - Yon flowery arbours, yonder alleys green, Our walk at noon, with branches overgrown, That mock our scant manuring, and require More hands than ours to lop their wanton growth: Those blossoms also and those dropping gums, That lie bestrewn unsightly and unsmooth, Ask riddance, if we mean to tread with ease: Meanwhile, as nature wills, night bids us rest.
Page 69 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine ; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of Nature's works to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.