Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Brought death into the world, and all our woe. Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 1. Or if Sion hill Delight thee more, and Siloa's brook, that flow'd Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes What though the field be lost? Line 65. Line 105. To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering. Line 157. And out of good still to find means of evil. Line 165. A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 253. Here we may reign secure; and in my choice In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Line 261. Line 275. Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Line 500. Th' imperial ensign, which full high advanc'd 1 See Book iv. line 75. Line 536. Line 540. 2 Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air. GRAY: The Bard, i. 2, line 6. Anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders. Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 549. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Line 591. In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds Line 597. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Line 619. Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe. Line 648. Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific. Line 679. Let none admire That riches grow in hell: that soil may best To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side. Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Line 742. Line 781. High on a throne of royal state, which far Surer to prosper than prosperity Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 1. The strongest and the fiercest spirit Line 39. Could have assur'd us. That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair. Line 44. Up to our native seat: descent and fall Line 75. But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear Line 112. Th' ethereal mould Maturest counsels. Incapable of stain would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Is flat despair.2 Line 139. 1 Aristophanes turns Socrates into ridicule.. as making the worse appear the better reason. — DIOGENES LAERTIUS: Socrates, v. 2 Our hope is loss, our hope but sad despair. - SHAKESPEARE: Henry VI. part iii. act ii. sc. 3. For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Our torments also may in length of time Line 274. With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven And princely counsel in his face yet shone, The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look And hard, that out of hell leads up to light. Line 432. Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational. Line 496. |