Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes. And Poems Upon Several Occasions. Compos'd at Several TimesJacob Tonson, 1707 - 457 páginas |
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... , in whom alone He was well pleas'd ; by which I knew the time Now full , that I no more should live obfcure , But openly begin , as beft becomes The The Authority which I deriv'd from Heav'n . And now Book I. 13 PARADISE Regain'd .
... , in whom alone He was well pleas'd ; by which I knew the time Now full , that I no more should live obfcure , But openly begin , as beft becomes The The Authority which I deriv'd from Heav'n . And now Book I. 13 PARADISE Regain'd .
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... Live on tough roots and ftubs , to thirst inur'd More than the Camel , and to drink go far , Men to much misery and ... lives not by Bread only , but each Word Proceeding from the mouth of God , who fed Our Fathers here with Manna ; in ...
... Live on tough roots and ftubs , to thirst inur'd More than the Camel , and to drink go far , Men to much misery and ... lives not by Bread only , but each Word Proceeding from the mouth of God , who fed Our Fathers here with Manna ; in ...
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... live upon their tongues and be their talk , Of whom to be defpis'd were no small praise ? His lot who dares be fingularly good . Th'intelligent among them and the wise Arc Are few , and glory fcarce of few is rais'd 48 PARADISE Regain'd ...
... live upon their tongues and be their talk , Of whom to be defpis'd were no small praise ? His lot who dares be fingularly good . Th'intelligent among them and the wise Arc Are few , and glory fcarce of few is rais'd 48 PARADISE Regain'd ...
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... lives now Equal in fame to proudest Conquerors . Yet if for fame and glory aught be done , Aught fuffer'd ; if young African for fame His wafted Country freed from Punic rage , The deed becomes unprais'd , the man at least , And loses ...
... lives now Equal in fame to proudest Conquerors . Yet if for fame and glory aught be done , Aught fuffer'd ; if young African for fame His wafted Country freed from Punic rage , The deed becomes unprais'd , the man at least , And loses ...
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... lives Of threescore and ten thousand Ifraelites By three days Peftilence ? fuch was thy zeal To Ifrael then , the fame that now to me . As for those captive Tribes , themselves were they Who wrought their own Captivity , fell off From ...
... lives Of threescore and ten thousand Ifraelites By three days Peftilence ? fuch was thy zeal To Ifrael then , the fame that now to me . As for those captive Tribes , themselves were they Who wrought their own Captivity , fell off From ...
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Página 194 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade...
Página 195 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Página 189 - With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Página 176 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Página 196 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Página 156 - Is hate, not help to me, it may with mine Draw their own ruin who attempt the deed.
Página 259 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Página 105 - Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Página 48 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other...
Página 269 - The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes his wonted seat.