Milton's Paradise Lost: Books I and IIGinn, 1879 - 113 pages |
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... thou art called , whose voice divine Following , above the Olympian hill I soar , Above the flight of Pegasean wing . The meaning , not the name , I call . " 7 " By this Muse , " says Keightley , " he probably means the genius and ...
... thou art called , whose voice divine Following , above the Olympian hill I soar , Above the flight of Pegasean wing . The meaning , not the name , I call . " 7 " By this Muse , " says Keightley , " he probably means the genius and ...
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... Thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure , - 17 ' Aonian Sisters . ' " The Aonian mount is here used for the productions of the Greek poets , which ... Thou knowest . Thou from the PARADISE LOST . 9.
... Thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure , - 17 ' Aonian Sisters . ' " The Aonian mount is here used for the productions of the Greek poets , which ... Thou knowest . Thou from the PARADISE LOST . 9.
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Books I and II John Milton. Instruct me , for Thou knowest . Thou from the first Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread , Dove - like , sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And madest it pregnant . What in me is dark Illumine ...
Books I and II John Milton. Instruct me , for Thou knowest . Thou from the first Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread , Dove - like , sat'st brooding on the vast abyss , And madest it pregnant . What in me is dark Illumine ...
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... thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell , behold , thou art there ! " See in Prov . xv . 11 , “ Hell and destruction are before the Lord . " -28 . What cause . So in Virgil ( Eneid , I. 8 ) , Musa , mihi causas memora , O Muse ...
... thou art there ; if I make my bed in hell , behold , thou art there ! " See in Prov . xv . 11 , “ Hell and destruction are before the Lord . " -28 . What cause . So in Virgil ( Eneid , I. 8 ) , Musa , mihi causas memora , O Muse ...
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... V. 256–270 ) : — " Me thou thinkest not slow , Who , since the morning hour , set out from heaven Where God resides , and ere midday arrived -- As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . 16 PARADISE LOST . 66 66 xxxi, xxxii 66 66.
... V. 256–270 ) : — " Me thou thinkest not slow , Who , since the morning hour , set out from heaven Where God resides , and ere midday arrived -- As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . 16 PARADISE LOST . 66 66 xxxi, xxxii 66 66.
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Abarim abyss abyss of Chaos Æneid Almighty amphibrach ancient angels Argob arms Beelzebub behold Belial Boeotia Book bright burning cæsura called centre Chaos Comus Dante darkness death deep Deity devils Dict dread earth Empyrean Eneid English eternal evil Exod Faerie Queene fiery fire flames flowers force fury gates glory gods Greek hath heaven heavenly hell Hesiod highth hill Himes Homer Iliad infernal Jove Julius Cæsar Keightley king Latin light Lycidas Macbeth Masson meaning Milton Moloch Muse night o'er Old Eng Ovid pain Pantheon Paradise Lost passage perhaps phrase poem poetry poets region reign rhyme river Satan says seat seems sense Shakes Shakespeare song sound space Spenser spirits Starry Universe stood Storr sublime syllable Tartarus temple thee thence Theocritus thou thought throne thunder utter vast verse viii Virgil Wedgwood winds wings word
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Page xxix - 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.
Page 42 - In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page 27 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air, That felt unusual weight; till on dry land He lights; if it were land that ever...