The Poetical Works of John Milton: Memoir of Milton. Paradise lostMacmillan, 1874 |
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... behold in the poem and that bound- less antecedent Universe of Pre - human Existence which the poem assumes . For he was a native of that Pre - human Universe - one of its greatest and most conspicuous natives ; and what we follow in ...
... behold in the poem and that bound- less antecedent Universe of Pre - human Existence which the poem assumes . For he was a native of that Pre - human Universe - one of its greatest and most conspicuous natives ; and what we follow in ...
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... behold At my right hand . Your Head I him appoint ; And by myself have sworn to him shall bow All knees in Heaven , and shall confess him Lord . " With joy and obedience is this decree received through- out the hierarchies , save in one ...
... behold At my right hand . Your Head I him appoint ; And by myself have sworn to him shall bow All knees in Heaven , and shall confess him Lord . " With joy and obedience is this decree received through- out the hierarchies , save in one ...
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... behold the great work to be done , he does pass forth - far into that very Chaos through which the Rebel Angels have so recently fallen , and which now intervenes between Heaven and Hell . At length he stays his fervid wheels , and ...
... behold the great work to be done , he does pass forth - far into that very Chaos through which the Rebel Angels have so recently fallen , and which now intervenes between Heaven and Hell . At length he stays his fervid wheels , and ...
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... behold at leisure ( II . 1046 ) the sight that is breaking upon him . And what a sight ! " Far off the Empyreal Heaven extended wide In crescent , undetermined square or round , With opal towers and battlements adorned Of living ...
... behold at leisure ( II . 1046 ) the sight that is breaking upon him . And what a sight ! " Far off the Empyreal Heaven extended wide In crescent , undetermined square or round , With opal towers and battlements adorned Of living ...
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... behold the whole interior of the Starry Universe at once . He can behold it in all direc- tions - both in the direction of latitude , or depth from the pole where he stands to the opposite pole or nadir ; and also longitudinally ...
... behold the whole interior of the Starry Universe at once . He can behold it in all direc- tions - both in the direction of latitude , or depth from the pole where he stands to the opposite pole or nadir ; and also longitudinally ...
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Page 111 - And Wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial light, Shine inward, and the mind, through all her powers, Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Page 160 - 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.
Page 161 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Page 62 - Innumerable force of Spirits armed, That durst dislike his reign, and, me preferring, His utmost power with adverse power opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven, And shook his throne. What though the field be lost ? All is not lost — the unconquerable will. And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield ; And what is else not to be overcome ? That glory never shall his wrath or might no Extort from me.
Page 171 - Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers ; Hear my decree, which unrevoked shall stand. This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son, and on this holy hill Him have anointed, whom ye now behold At my right hand; your head I him appoint; And by myself have sworn, to him shall bow All knees in heaven, and shall confess him Lord...
Page 63 - As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist. If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good, Our labour must be to pervert that end, And out of good still to find means of evil...
Page 316 - There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight...
Page 146 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Page 161 - 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.
Page 171 - This is dispensed, and what surmounts the reach Of human sense I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best — though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on Earth is thought...