Paradise Lost: A Poem,in Twelve Books; with a Memoir of the Author; Illus. with Twelve EngravingsS. Andrus and Son, 1853 - 400 pàgines |
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Pàgina 48
... faith , and firm accord , More than can be in heaven , we now return To claim our just inheritance of old , Surer to prosper than prosperity Could have assured us ; and by what best way , Whether of open war , or covert guile , We now ...
... faith , and firm accord , More than can be in heaven , we now return To claim our just inheritance of old , Surer to prosper than prosperity Could have assured us ; and by what best way , Whether of open war , or covert guile , We now ...
Pàgina 69
... contend with spirits of heaven . ' To whom the goblin , full of wrath , replied : " Art thou that traitor - angel , art thou he , • Who first broke peace in heaven , and faith 8 PARADISE LOST - BOOK II . 69 Within unseen. ...
... contend with spirits of heaven . ' To whom the goblin , full of wrath , replied : " Art thou that traitor - angel , art thou he , • Who first broke peace in heaven , and faith 8 PARADISE LOST - BOOK II . 69 Within unseen. ...
Pàgina 70
... faith till then Unbroken ; and in proud , rebellious arms , Drew after him the third part of heaven's sons , Conjured against the Highest ; for which both thou And they , outcast from God , are here condemn'd To waste eternal days in ...
... faith till then Unbroken ; and in proud , rebellious arms , Drew after him the third part of heaven's sons , Conjured against the Highest ; for which both thou And they , outcast from God , are here condemn'd To waste eternal days in ...
Pàgina 88
... faith , or love , Where only what they needs must do appear'd , Not what they would ? What praise could they receive ? What pleasure I from such obedience paid , When will and reason ( reason also ' s choice , Useless and vain , of ...
... faith , or love , Where only what they needs must do appear'd , Not what they would ? What praise could they receive ? What pleasure I from such obedience paid , When will and reason ( reason also ' s choice , Useless and vain , of ...
Pàgina 130
... faith ? O fair foundation laid whereon to build Their ruin ! Hence I will excite their minds With more desire to know , and to reject Envious commands , invented with design To keep them low , whom knowledge might exalt Equal with gods ...
... faith ? O fair foundation laid whereon to build Their ruin ! Hence I will excite their minds With more desire to know , and to reject Envious commands , invented with design To keep them low , whom knowledge might exalt Equal with gods ...
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Adam Almighty angel appear'd archangel arm'd arms aught beast behold bliss bright burning lake call'd Canaan celestial cherub cherubim cloud created creatures dark days of heaven death deep delight didst divine dreadful dwell earth eternal evil eyes fair Fair angel faith Father fear fiend fierce fire fix'd flaming flowers fruit glory gods grace hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hast hath heard heart heaven heavenly hell hill Ithuriel join'd King lest light live mankind Messiah mind mix'd morn nigh night o'er ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd peace praise reign replied return'd round sapience Satan scape seat seem'd seraph serpent shade shalt sight soon spake spirits stars stood sweet taste thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself tree turn'd Uriel vex'd virtue voice whence wings wonder Zephon
Passatges populars
Pàgina 86 - And Tiresias, and Phineus, prophets old : Then feed on thoughts, that voluntary move Harmonious numbers ; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid, Tunes her nocturnal note.
Pàgina 138 - Hail, wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else! By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known.
Pàgina 154 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : 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.
Pàgina 40 - Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple, where pilasters round Were set, and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or frieze, with bossy sculptures graven •, The roof was fretted gold.
Pàgina 155 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform; and mix And nourish all things; let your ceaseless change Vary to our Great Maker still new praise. Ye...
Pàgina 23 - Thus Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood...
Pàgina 51 - Almighty Victor to spend all his rage, And that must end us, that must be our cure, To be no more : sad cure ; for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion...
Pàgina 86 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...
Pàgina 26 - 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.
Pàgina 397 - Beyond is all abyss, Eternity, whose end no eye can reach. Greatly instructed I shall hence depart ; Greatly in peace of thought ; and have my fill Of knowledge, what this vessel can contain ; Beyond which was my folly to aspire. Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love, with fear, the only God ; to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend, Merciful over all his works, with good Still overcoming evil, and by small Accomplishing great things ; by things...