Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve BooksT. Bedlington, 1826 - 294 pàgines |
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Pàgina 13
... shapes , and forms Excelling human ; princely Dignities ; And Powers that erst in Heaven sat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial ; blotted out and rased 364 By their rebellion from the book of ...
... shapes , and forms Excelling human ; princely Dignities ; And Powers that erst in Heaven sat on thrones ; 360 Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial ; blotted out and rased 364 By their rebellion from the book of ...
Pàgina 14
... shape they choose , Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure , Can execute their aery purposes , And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Israel oft forsook 430 415 425 1 Their Living Strength , and unfrequented left ...
... shape they choose , Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure , Can execute their aery purposes , And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Israel oft forsook 430 415 425 1 Their Living Strength , and unfrequented left ...
Pàgina 16
... shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt , and her priests to seck Their wandering Gods disguised in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel scape The infection , when their borrow'd gold composed The calf in Oreb ; and the ...
... shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt , and her priests to seck Their wandering Gods disguised in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel scape The infection , when their borrow'd gold composed The calf in Oreb ; and the ...
Pàgina 19
... shape and gesture proudly eminent , Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun , new risen , Looks through ...
... shape and gesture proudly eminent , Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Archangel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun , new risen , Looks through ...
Pàgina 24
... shapes immense , and were at large , 790 Though without number still , amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions , like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and ...
... shapes immense , and were at large , 790 Though without number still , amidst the hall Of that infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions , like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and ...
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Adam Angels arms beast behold bliss bounds bright bring call'd cloud created creatures dark death deep delight divine dreadful dwell Earth equal eternal evil eyes fair faith fall Father fear fell field fire flowers force fruit gates glory Gods grace hand happy hast hath head heard heart Heaven heavenly Hell hill hope human judge King land leave less light live look lost mind morn move nature never night once pain Paradise peace perhaps raised reason receive reign replied rest rise round Satan seat seem'd Serpent shape side sight sons soon sound spake Spirits stand stars stood sweet taste thee thence things thou thoughts throne till tree voice wide winds wings wonder
Passatges populars
Pàgina 107 - Rising or falling still advance his praise. His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave.
Pàgina 91 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Pàgina 32 - A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone Majestic, though in ruin: sage he stood, "With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look Drew audience and attention still as night, Or summer's noontide air, while thus he spake: " Thrones, and imperial powers, offspring of heaven, Ethereal virtues!
Pàgina 54 - 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; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Pàgina 4 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Pàgina 91 - With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven her starry train : But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 49 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Pàgina 80 - Down the steep glade, and met the nether flood, Which from his darksome passage now appears : And now, divided into four main streams, Runs diverse, wandering many a famous realm And country...
Pàgina 12 - Over the burning marie, not like those steps On heaven's azure ; and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire.