Paradise Lost: A Poem,in Twelve Books; with a Memoir of the Author; Illus. with Twelve EngravingsS. Andrus and Son, 1853 - 400 páginas |
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... sight , which he never recovered . But this caused no diminution to his zeal for learning , and as soon as he found himself free from the burden of public controversy , he com- menced a History of England , which , however , he carried ...
... sight , which he never recovered . But this caused no diminution to his zeal for learning , and as soon as he found himself free from the burden of public controversy , he com- menced a History of England , which , however , he carried ...
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... sight , and an acute gout , from the torture of which he was seldom free . His fortunes also had been almost continually fluctuating , and he had witnessed as many domestic changes as fall to the lot of most men . His first wife died in ...
... sight , and an acute gout , from the torture of which he was seldom free . His fortunes also had been almost continually fluctuating , and he had witnessed as many domestic changes as fall to the lot of most men . His first wife died in ...
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... sight of nature suffused with heavenly light , with the discourse of bright and spiritual beings , and with the view of past scenes , over which hangs the cloud of divine glory . All here is fresh and xii MEMOIR OF JOHN MILTON .
... sight of nature suffused with heavenly light , with the discourse of bright and spiritual beings , and with the view of past scenes , over which hangs the cloud of divine glory . All here is fresh and xii MEMOIR OF JOHN MILTON .
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... sight , not feeling , his inspiration came , and hence the grandeur , but coldness , of his genius - the dis- tinctness and reality of his creations - the cramped scholasticism of his philosophy . There are other points of a minor but ...
... sight , not feeling , his inspiration came , and hence the grandeur , but coldness , of his genius - the dis- tinctness and reality of his creations - the cramped scholasticism of his philosophy . There are other points of a minor but ...
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... sights of woe , Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsumed ...
... sights of woe , Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With ever - burning sulphur unconsumed ...
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Adam Almighty angel appear'd archangel arm'd arms aught beast behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial cherub cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of heaven death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell earth eternal evil eyes fair Fair angel faith Father fear fiend fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit glory gods grace hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hast hath heard heart heaven heavenly hell hill Ithuriel join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah mind mix'd morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace praise reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd seraph serpent shade shalt sight soon spake spirits stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd virtue voice whence wings wonder Zephon
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Página 86 - And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note.
Página 138 - Hail, wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Página 154 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then, Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Página 40 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Página 155 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform; and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye...
Página 23 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Página 51 - Almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us, that must be our cure, To be no more : sad cure ; for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
Página 86 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...
Página 26 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend, Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Página 397 - Beyond is all abyss, Eternity, whose end no eye can reach. Greatly instructed I shall hence depart ; Greatly in peace of thought ; and have my fill Of knowledge, what this vessel can contain ; Beyond which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love, with fear, the only God ; to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things ; by things...