Selected Poetry and ProseMelbourne University Press, 1948 - 149 pages |
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... strength , or chance , or fate , Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow and foul defeat Hath lost us Heaven , and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low , As far as gods and Heavenly essences ...
... strength , or chance , or fate , Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow and foul defeat Hath lost us Heaven , and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low , As far as gods and Heavenly essences ...
Page 84
... strength , And of their wonted vigour left them drained , Exhausted , spiritless , afflicted , fallen . Yet half his strength he put not forth , but checked His thunder in mid - volley , for he meant Not to destroy , but root them out ...
... strength , And of their wonted vigour left them drained , Exhausted , spiritless , afflicted , fallen . Yet half his strength he put not forth , but checked His thunder in mid - volley , for he meant Not to destroy , but root them out ...
Page 118
... strength ? O glorious strength Put to the labour of a beast , debased Lower than bond - slave ! Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver ; Ask for this great deliverer now , and find him Eyeless in Gaza at the mill ...
... strength ? O glorious strength Put to the labour of a beast , debased Lower than bond - slave ! Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver ; Ask for this great deliverer now , and find him Eyeless in Gaza at the mill ...
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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