Selected Poetry and ProseMelbourne University Press, 1948 - 149 pages |
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Page 39
... Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . But wherefore let we then our faithful friends , The associates and co - partners of our loss , Lie thus astonished * on the oblivious " pool , And call them not to share with us ...
... Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven . But wherefore let we then our faithful friends , The associates and co - partners of our loss , Lie thus astonished * on the oblivious " pool , And call them not to share with us ...
Page 65
... Hell Explores his solitary flight ; sometimes He scours the right hand coast , sometimes the left , Now shaves with level wing the deep , then soars Up to the fiery concave towering high . As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs ...
... Hell Explores his solitary flight ; sometimes He scours the right hand coast , sometimes the left , Now shaves with level wing the deep , then soars Up to the fiery concave towering high . As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs ...
Page 84
... Hell heard the unsufferable noise , Hell saw Heaven ruining from Heaven , and would have fled Affrighted ; but strict Fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations , and too fast had bound . Nine days they fell ; confounded Chaos roared ...
... Hell heard the unsufferable noise , Hell saw Heaven ruining from Heaven , and would have fled Affrighted ; but strict Fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations , and too fast had bound . Nine days they fell ; confounded Chaos roared ...
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Adam and Eve Almighty Angels Areopagitica Arethusa arms Azazel Beelzebub behold bliss Boeotia bright Chaos chorus cloud created creatures dark death deep delight doth dreadful Earth End of Book envy eternal evil eyes Father fear fierce fire firmament flaming flower Garden of Eden gates glorious glory gods golden hand happy hath heard Heaven heavenly heighth Hell hill honour Il Penseroso immortal King knowledge L'Allegro light Lines live Lord Lycidas mighty Milton mind moon morn mountains Muse night o'er pain Paradise Lost peace Philistine poem reign rest revenge round Samson Samson Agonistes sapience Satan seat seemed shade shalt sight sophisms spake sphere spirit Squire's Tale St Michael's Mount stars stood story of Mankind strength sweet thee thence things thou didst thought thrice throne thunder tree voice whence winds wings