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 112
... strength , Defeating Sin and Death , his two main arms , And fix far deeper in his head their stings Than temporal death shall bruise the victor's heel , Or theirs whom he redeems , a death - like sleep , A gentle wafting to immortal ...
... strength , Defeating Sin and Death , his two main arms , And fix far deeper in his head their stings Than temporal death shall bruise the victor's heel , Or theirs whom he redeems , a death - like sleep , A gentle wafting to immortal ...
Page 123
... strength , yet greater ; As with amaze shall strike all who behold . ' This uttered , straining all his nerves * he bowed ; As with the force of winds and waters pent , When mountains tremble , those two massy pillars With horrible ...
... strength , yet greater ; As with amaze shall strike all who behold . ' This uttered , straining all his nerves * he bowed ; As with the force of winds and waters pent , When mountains tremble , those two massy pillars With horrible ...
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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