Paradise Lost: A Poem, in Twelve BooksTimothy Bedlington, 1820 - 305 páginas |
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... Earth , Chaos , All ! the argument Held me awhile misdoubting his intent ; That he would ruin ( for I saw him strong ) The sacred truths to fable , and old song ; ( So Samson grop'd the temple's post in spite ) The world o'erwhelming to ...
... Earth , Chaos , All ! the argument Held me awhile misdoubting his intent ; That he would ruin ( for I saw him strong ) The sacred truths to fable , and old song ; ( So Samson grop'd the temple's post in spite ) The world o'erwhelming to ...
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... Earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly not yet accursed , ) but in a place of utter dark- ness , fitliest called Chaos : Here Satan , with his Angels lying on the burning lake thunder - struck and astonished , after a certain ...
... Earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly not yet accursed , ) but in a place of utter dark- ness , fitliest called Chaos : Here Satan , with his Angels lying on the burning lake thunder - struck and astonished , after a certain ...
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... Earth , Their boasted parents Titan , Heav'n's first - born , With his enormous brood , and birthright seiz'd By younger Saturn ; he from mightier Jove His own and Rhea's son like measure found ; So Jove usurping reign'd : these first ...
... Earth , Their boasted parents Titan , Heav'n's first - born , With his enormous brood , and birthright seiz'd By younger Saturn ; he from mightier Jove His own and Rhea's son like measure found ; So Jove usurping reign'd : these first ...
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... : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands 685 Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For freasures better hid . Soon had his crew Open'd 20 20 Book I. PARADISE LOST .
... : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands 685 Rifled the bowels of their mother earth For freasures better hid . Soon had his crew Open'd 20 20 Book I. PARADISE LOST .
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... earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng'd numberless ; like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount , or fairy elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest side Or fountain , some belated peasant sees ...
... earth's giant sons , Now less than smallest dwarfs , in narrow room Throng'd numberless ; like that pygmean race Beyond the Indian mount , or fairy elves , Whose midnight revels , by a forest side Or fountain , some belated peasant sees ...
Términos y frases comunes
Adam Almighty Angel answer'd appear'd Archangel arm'd arms beast behold bliss BOOK bright burning lake call'd celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures Cusco dark days of Heaven death deep delight divine dreadful dwell eternal etherial evil eyes fair Fair Angel faith fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire fix'd form'd fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath heard heart Heav'n and Earth heav'nly Hell hill Ithuriel JOHN MILTON join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah mix'd morn night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace plac'd pleas'd pow'r rais'd reign reply'd return'd round sapience Satan seat seem'd Seraph serpent shalt sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thought throne thyself tree turn'd vex'd voice wand'ring whence wings Zephon
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Página 60 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Página 221 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Página 162 - To hoarse or mute, though fallen on evil days, On evil days though fallen, and evil tongues; In darkness, and with dangers compassed round, And solitude; yet not alone, while thou Visit'st my slumbers nightly, or when morn Purples the east : still govern thou my song, Urania, and fit audience find, though few.
Página 82 - I sdein'd subjection, and thought one step higher Would set me highest, and in a moment quit The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burdensome still paying, still to owe...
Página 116 - Six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine: the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipt in heaven; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured grain.
Página 21 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
Página 12 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore: his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Página 111 - All what we affirm or what deny, and call Our knowledge or opinion; then retires Into her private Cell when Nature rests.
Página 13 - They heard, and were abash'd, and up they sprung Upon the wing, as when men wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake.
Página 113 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.