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 vi
... stood free from temporal hopes and wishes , that it could bear such a weight of glory ; that it could look long and steadily upon the majestic vision with which it was encompassed . Paradise Lost was completed in the year 1665 , when ...
... stood free from temporal hopes and wishes , that it could bear such a weight of glory ; that it could look long and steadily upon the majestic vision with which it was encompassed . Paradise Lost was completed in the year 1665 , when ...
Pàgina xiii
... stood palpably distinct in the outflooding and creating light of heaven . No mortal ever saw that vision so distinct as Milton , and seeing it , he could but write as he did . His imagination was a sense , not the result of emotion . It ...
... stood palpably distinct in the outflooding and creating light of heaven . No mortal ever saw that vision so distinct as Milton , and seeing it , he could but write as he did . His imagination was a sense , not the result of emotion . It ...
Pàgina 27
... stood , and call'd His legions , angel forms , who lay entranced , Thick as autumnal leaves , that strew the brooks In Vallombrosa , where the Etrurian shades , High over - arch'd , imbower ; or scatter'd sedge Afloat , when with fierce ...
... stood , and call'd His legions , angel forms , who lay entranced , Thick as autumnal leaves , that strew the brooks In Vallombrosa , where the Etrurian shades , High over - arch'd , imbower ; or scatter'd sedge Afloat , when with fierce ...
Pàgina 29
... stood Their great commander ; godlike shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities ; ` And powers that erst ... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous crowd stood yet aloof . The chief were those who , from the pit of ...
... stood Their great commander ; godlike shapes and forms Excelling human , princely dignities ; ` And powers that erst ... stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous crowd stood yet aloof . The chief were those who , from the pit of ...
Pàgina 32
... stood Her temple on the offensive mountain , built By that uxorious king , whose heart , though large , Beguiled by fair idolatresses , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian ...
... stood Her temple on the offensive mountain , built By that uxorious king , whose heart , though large , Beguiled by fair idolatresses , fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books. With the Life of the Author, Volum 2 John Milton Visualització completa - 1828 |
Paradise Lost: A Poem In Twelve Books ; With an Account of the Author's Life John Milton Visualització completa - 1777 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
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...