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An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of Taste - Page 357
by Richard Payne Knight - 1805 - 471 pages
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Selections from the Prose and Poetry of John Milton

John Milton - English literature - 1923 - 332 pages
...pain — Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours Sung eio For his revolt — yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered; as, when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands...
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The Poems of John Milton: English, Latin, Greek & Italian, Volume 2

John Milton - English literature - 1925 - 450 pages
...condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain, Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc't Of Heav'n, and from Eternal Splendors flung For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Thir Glory wither'd. As when Heaven's Fire Hath scath'd the Forest Oaks, or Mountain Pines, With singed...
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English Prose and Poetry

John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...bliss), condemned Forever now to have their lot in pain ; Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced 3 ive ; If two are scathed J the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands...
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Heath Readings in the Literature of England

Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - English literature - 1927 - 1432 pages
...pain — Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung 610 er's threatened (not in vain) with 'sleep'; Then, at the last and only couplet, fraught With some scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands...
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Examination Questions in English, German, French, Spanish: Fourth series ...

College Entrance Examination Board - 1920 - 314 pages
...bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain — Millions of spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendors flung For his...stood, Their glory withered; as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singèd top their stately growth, though bare, Stands...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 4

Literature - 1909 - 502 pages
...their lot in pain — Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt — yet faithful how they stood,...Their glory withered; as, when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands...
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Fellowship in Paradise Lost: Vergil, Milton, Wordsworth, Volume 97

André Verbart - Aeneas (Legendary character) in literature - 1995 - 322 pages
...condemn'd For ever now to have thir lot in pain. Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc't Of Heav'n, and from Eternal Splendors flung For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Thir Glory witherd. (L604-12) Unlike Satan, the narrator here undercuts the spirits' faithfulness by...
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From Gaelic to Romantic: Ossianic Translations

Fiona J. Stafford, Howard Gaskill - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 284 pages
...their lot in pain. Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered. As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands...
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The Major Works

John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...in pain, Millions of spirits for his fault amerced Of heaven, and from eternal splendours flung0 610 For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered. As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines,0 With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands...
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The World's Great Masterpieces: History, Biography, Science ..., Volume 21

Harry Thurston Peck, Frank R. Stockton, Julian Hawthorne - Anthologies - 1901 - 446 pages
...bliss), condemned Forever now to have their lot in pain, Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven, and from eternal splendors flung For his...stood, Their glory withered; as when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth, though bare, Stands...
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