The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton, Volume 2 |
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Desire with thee still longer to converse Induc'd me . As new wak'd from soundest
sleep Soft on the flow'ry herb I found me laid In balmy sweat , which with his
beams the sun Soon dried , and on the reaking moisture fed . Straight toward ...
Desire with thee still longer to converse Induc'd me . As new wak'd from soundest
sleep Soft on the flow'ry herb I found me laid In balmy sweat , which with his
beams the sun Soon dried , and on the reaking moisture fed . Straight toward ...
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... and whom thou sought'st I am , Said mildly , Author of all this thou seest Above
, or round about thee , or beneath . This Paradise I give thee , count it thine To till
and keep , and of the fruit to eat : Of every tree that in the garden grows 820 am .
... and whom thou sought'st I am , Said mildly , Author of all this thou seest Above
, or round about thee , or beneath . This Paradise I give thee , count it thine To till
and keep , and of the fruit to eat : Of every tree that in the garden grows 820 am .
905 910 Rather how hast thou yielded to transgress The strict forbiddance , how
to violate The sacred fruit forbidd'n ? some cursed fraud Of enemy hath beguild
thee , yet unknown , And me with thee hath ruin'd , for with thee Certain my ...
Engaging me to emulate , but short Of thy perfection , how shall I attain , Adam ?
from whose dear side I boast me sprung , 965 And gladly of our union hear thee
speak , One heart , one soul in both ; whereof good proof This day affords ...
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1030 As meet is , after such delicious fare ; For never did thy beauty since the day
I saw thee first and wedded thee , adorn'd With all perfections , so inflame my
sense With ardour to enjoy thee , fairer now Than ever , bounty of this virtuous
tree ...
1030 As meet is , after such delicious fare ; For never did thy beauty since the day
I saw thee first and wedded thee , adorn'd With all perfections , so inflame my
sense With ardour to enjoy thee , fairer now Than ever , bounty of this virtuous
tree ...
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Page 35 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind; and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Page 30 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.
Page 163 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 296 - Great in the earth as in th' ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze. Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives through all life, extends through all extent. Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
Page 303 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
Page 349 - And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran ; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan ; and into the land of Canaan they came.
Page 256 - 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 234 - And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge, With Ate" by his side come hot from hell , Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice Cry "Havoc," and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men , groaning for burial.
Page 31 - And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, and to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness : and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 51 - So sung The glorious train ascending. He through Heaven, That open'd wide her blazing portals, led To God's eternal house direct the way ; A broad and ample road, whose dust is gold, And pavement stars, as stars to thee appear Seen in the Galaxy, that milky way Which nightly as a circling zone thou seest 580 Powder'd with stars.
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| Title | The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton, Volume 2 The Poetical Works of John Milton: With Notes of Various Authors, Principally from the Editions of Thomas Newton, Charles Dunster and Thomas Warton ; to which is Prefixed Newton's Life of Milton, John Milton |
| Author | John Milton |
| Publisher | W. Baxter, 1824 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 May 2007 |
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