The Complete Poetical Works of John Milton: With Life of the Author and Dr. Channing's Essay on the Poetical Genius of MiltonMilner & Sowerby, 1865 - 537 pages |
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... wide - spread love , the happiness of boundless hope , and of thoughts which wander through eternity . ' Still , there are times , when the spirit , op- press'd with pain , worn with toil , tired of tumult , sick at the sight of guilt ...
... wide - spread love , the happiness of boundless hope , and of thoughts which wander through eternity . ' Still , there are times , when the spirit , op- press'd with pain , worn with toil , tired of tumult , sick at the sight of guilt ...
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... wide Within her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic , many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets , fed With naphtha and ashphaltus , yielded light As from a sky . The ...
... wide Within her ample spaces , o'er the smooth And level pavement ; from the arched roof Pendent by subtle magic , many a row Of starry lamps and blazing cressets , fed With naphtha and ashphaltus , yielded light As from a sky . The ...
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... wide , but chief the spacious hall ( Though like a cover'd field , where champions bold Wont ride in arm'd , and at the soldan's chair Defied the best of Panim chivalry To mortal combat , or career with lance ) , Thick swarm'd , both on ...
... wide , but chief the spacious hall ( Though like a cover'd field , where champions bold Wont ride in arm'd , and at the soldan's chair Defied the best of Panim chivalry To mortal combat , or career with lance ) , Thick swarm'd , both on ...
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... wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or could we break our way By force , and at our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection , to confound Heaven's purest light ; yet our great enemy , All incorruptible ...
... wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or could we break our way By force , and at our heels all hell should rise With blackest insurrection , to confound Heaven's purest light ; yet our great enemy , All incorruptible ...
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... wide womb of uncreated night , Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows , Let this be good , whether our angry foe Can give it , or will ever ? how he can , Is doubtful ; that he never will , is sure . Will he , so wise , let loose at ...
... wide womb of uncreated night , Devoid of sense and motion ? And who knows , Let this be good , whether our angry foe Can give it , or will ever ? how he can , Is doubtful ; that he never will , is sure . Will he , so wise , let loose at ...
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