 And merely mortal dross ; So little is our loss, So little is thy gain ! For when as each thing bad thou hast entomb'd, And, last of all, thy greedy self consumed, Then long eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual kiss ; And joy shall overtake...  Biology, with Preludes on Current Events - Page 315by Joseph Cook - 1877 - 325 pagesFull view - About this book
 | C. A. Patrides - English literature - 1989 - 370 pages
...individual kiss; And Joy shall overtake us as a flood, When every thing that is sincerely good And perfetly divine, With Truth, and Peace, and Love shall ever shine About the supreme Throne Of him, t' whose happy-making sight alone, When once our heav'nly-guided soul shall clime, Then all this Earthy... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - 360 pages
...thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou hasl entomb'd, And las! of all, thy greedy selfconsum'd, Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual kiss; And Joy shall overtake us as a food, When every thing that is sincerely good And perfectly divine, With Truth, and Peace, and Love... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 1994 - 630 pages
...thy gain. For when as each thing bad thou hast entombed, And last of all thy greedy self consumed, 10 Then long Eternity shall greet our bliss With an individual...flood; When every thing that is sincerely good And perfecdy divine, With Truth, and Peace, and Love shall ever shine About the supreme throne Of Him,... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...shall greet our bliss With an mdividual kiss, And joy shall overtake us as a flood, When everything that is sincerely good And perfectly divine With truth...happy-making sight alone, When once our heavenly-guided soul shall climb, Then all this earthy grossness quit, Attired with stars, we shall for ever sit Triumphing... | |
 | P. J. O'Rourke - Humor - 2007 - 368 pages
...journalist to recite John Milton in a car magazine: And joy shall overtake us as a flood, When everything that is sincerely good And perfectly divine, With Truth, and Peace, and Love shall ever shine . . . Then all this earthly grossness quit, Attir'd with Stars, we shall for ever sit, Triumphing over... | |
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