Selected Poetry and ProseMelbourne University Press, 1948 - 149 pages |
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Page 98
... fruit . Led to the tree , Eve finds that it is the Forbidden Tree . Satan with clever argument persuades Eve to eat . The Tempter all impassioned thus began : ' O sacred , wise and wisdom - giving plant , Mother of science , now I feel ...
... fruit . Led to the tree , Eve finds that it is the Forbidden Tree . Satan with clever argument persuades Eve to eat . The Tempter all impassioned thus began : ' O sacred , wise and wisdom - giving plant , Mother of science , now I feel ...
Page 99
... fruit . Goddess humane , reach then , and freely taste . ' . .. So saying , her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit , she plucked , she eat : Earth felt the wound , and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her works ...
... fruit . Goddess humane , reach then , and freely taste . ' . .. So saying , her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit , she plucked , she eat : Earth felt the wound , and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her works ...
Page 100
... fruit she never tasted , whether true Or fancied so , through expectation high . Of knowledge ; nor was Godhead from her thought . Greedily she engorged without restraint , And knew not eating death : satiate at length , And heightened ...
... fruit she never tasted , whether true Or fancied so , through expectation high . Of knowledge ; nor was Godhead from her thought . Greedily she engorged without restraint , And knew not eating death : satiate at length , And heightened ...
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Adam and Eve Aegean Sea Almighty Angels Archangel Areopagitica Arethusa arms Beelzebub behold blind bliss bright Caphtor Cataphract Chaos chorus cloud created creatures dark death deep doth dreadful Earth Emathia End of Book envy eternal Euripides evil eyes Father fear fierce fire flaming flower gates glorious glory gods golden grace Greek hand happy hath heard Heaven heavenly heighth Hell hill honour Imaus immortal King knowledge L'Allegro light Lines live Lord Lycidas mighty Milton moon morn mortal mountains Muses night o'er pain Paradise Lost pastoral poetry peace Philistines poem poet reign river round Samson Samson Agonistes Satan seat seemed shade shalt sight sing sophisms spake sphere spirit Squire's Tale St Michael's Mount stars stood strength sweet Telassar thee thence things thou didst thought throne thunder tree voice whence winds wings Zeus