The Poetical Works of John Milton, Volume 2J. Forbes & Company no. 78 Gold street., 1815 |
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... spirit within thee free , My image , not imparted to the brute ; Whose fellowship therefore unmeet for thee Good reason was thou freely shouldst dislike ; And be so minded still ; I , ere thou spak'st , Knew it not good for man to be ...
... spirit within thee free , My image , not imparted to the brute ; Whose fellowship therefore unmeet for thee Good reason was thou freely shouldst dislike ; And be so minded still ; I , ere thou spak'st , Knew it not good for man to be ...
Page 223
... spirits warm , 465 And life - blood streaming fresh ; wide was the wound , But suddenly with flesh fill'd up and heal'd ... spirit of love and amorous delight . She disappear'd , and left me dark ; I wak'd To find her , or for ever to ...
... spirits warm , 465 And life - blood streaming fresh ; wide was the wound , But suddenly with flesh fill'd up and heal'd ... spirit of love and amorous delight . She disappear'd , and left me dark ; I wak'd To find her , or for ever to ...
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... spirits , and how their love Express they ? by looks only ? or do they mix Irradiance , virtual or immediate touch ? " To whom the angel with a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red , love's proper hue , Answer'd . " Let it suffice thee ...
... spirits , and how their love Express they ? by looks only ? or do they mix Irradiance , virtual or immediate touch ? " To whom the angel with a smile that glow'd Celestial rosy red , love's proper hue , Answer'd . " Let it suffice thee ...
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... spirit attends , Hovering and blazing with delusive light , Misleads th ' amaz'd night - wand'rer from his way 640 To bogs and mires , and oft through pond or pool ; There swallow'd up and lost , from succour far . So glister'd the dire ...
... spirit attends , Hovering and blazing with delusive light , Misleads th ' amaz'd night - wand'rer from his way 640 To bogs and mires , and oft through pond or pool ; There swallow'd up and lost , from succour far . So glister'd the dire ...
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... spirits , ampler heart , And growing up to god - head ; which for thee Chiefly I sought , without thee can despise . For bliss , as thou hast part , to me is bliss ; Tedions , unshar'd with thee , and odious soon . Thou therefore also ...
... spirits , ampler heart , And growing up to god - head ; which for thee Chiefly I sought , without thee can despise . For bliss , as thou hast part , to me is bliss ; Tedions , unshar'd with thee , and odious soon . Thou therefore also ...
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Adam angel answer'd beast behold bliss call'd Canaan canst cherubim Cities of men cloud creatures Ctesiphon dark death delight descended didst divine dwell Egypt Euphrates evil eyes fair faith Father fear fix'd foretold fruit giv'n glory gods grace hand happy hast thou hath heard heart heav'nly Hell hill honour human voice Israel join'd judg'd king kingdom lest live Lord mankind may'st Messiah mov'd nigh night numbers PARADISE LOST PARADISE REGAINED Parthian pass'd peace plac'd pleas'd pow'r promis'd rais'd receiv'd reign renew'd reply'd return'd round sapience Satan Saviour seat seed seek seem'd serpent shame sight Son of God soon spake spirit stood sweet taste tempter thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thou saw'st thou shalt thoughts throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd virtue voice wand'ring whence wise
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Page 224 - Thy words, Creator bounteous and benign Giver of all things fair, but fairest this Of all thy gifts, nor enviest. I now see Bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, myself Before me.
Page 225 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Page 211 - Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 252 - Deterr'd not from achieving what might lead To happier life, knowledge of good and evil ? Of good, how just? of evil, if what is evil Be real...
Page 256 - Without copartner ? so to add what wants In female sex, the more to draw his love, And render me more equal ; and perhaps, A thing not undesirable, sometime Superior : for, inferior, who is free ? This may be well.
Page 391 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other; And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues, and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise, His lot who dares be singularly good?
Page 223 - I wak'd To find her, or for ever to deplore Her loss, and other pleasures all abjure...
Page 225 - Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows; Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind, and nobleness, their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 356 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.
Page 256 - This may be well. But what if God have seen, And death ensue ? then I shall be no more ! And Adam, wedded to another Eve, Shall live with her enjoying, I extinct : A death to think ! Confirm'd then I resolve, Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe.