English poems, ed. with life, intr. and selected notes by R.C. Browne, Volumen21870 |
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... human knowledge could not reach : 75 For which to the Infinitely Good we owe Immortal thanks , and his admonishment Receive with solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovran will , the end Of what we are . But since thou hast voutsaf ...
... human knowledge could not reach : 75 For which to the Infinitely Good we owe Immortal thanks , and his admonishment Receive with solemn purpose to observe Immutably his sovran will , the end Of what we are . But since thou hast voutsaf ...
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... human ears Cannot without process of speech be told , So told as earthly notion can receive . 175 Great triumph and rejoicing was in Heav'n 180 When such was heard declar'd the Almighty's will ; Glory they sung to the Most High , good ...
... human ears Cannot without process of speech be told , So told as earthly notion can receive . 175 Great triumph and rejoicing was in Heav'n 180 When such was heard declar'd the Almighty's will ; Glory they sung to the Most High , good ...
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... human sight So far remote , with diminution seen . First in his east the glorious Lamp was seen , Regent of day , and all th ' horizon round Invested with bright rays , jocund to run 370 His longitude through heav'ns high road : the ...
... human sight So far remote , with diminution seen . First in his east the glorious Lamp was seen , Regent of day , and all th ' horizon round Invested with bright rays , jocund to run 370 His longitude through heav'ns high road : the ...
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... done From the beginning , that posterity Inform'd by thee might know ; if else thou seek'st Aught , not surpassing human measure , say . ' 640 BOOK VIII . THE ARGUMENT . Adam enquires concerning celestial 20 LAST POEMS , 1665-1671 .
... done From the beginning , that posterity Inform'd by thee might know ; if else thou seek'st Aught , not surpassing human measure , say . ' 640 BOOK VIII . THE ARGUMENT . Adam enquires concerning celestial 20 LAST POEMS , 1665-1671 .
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... human sense , Plac'd heav'n from Earth so far , that earthly sight , I20 If it presume , might err in things too high , And no advantage gain . What if the sun Be centre to the world , and other stars By his attractive virtue and their ...
... human sense , Plac'd heav'n from Earth so far , that earthly sight , I20 If it presume , might err in things too high , And no advantage gain . What if the sun Be centre to the world , and other stars By his attractive virtue and their ...
Términos y frases comunes
Adam Aeneid angel appear beast behold Book bring brought called cause Chorus cloth College comes dark death delight divine doubt dwell Earth Edition English evil eyes Faery Queene fair faith fall Father fear fruit give glory hand hast hath head heard heart Heav'n Hell honour hope human John Keightley king leave less light live look Lord mean Milton mind Nature never night once Oxford Paradise Lost passage peace perhaps Psalm reason rest round Samson Satan seat seek seems sense serpent side sight sons soon spirits stood strength sweet taste thee thence things thou thought till tree viii virtue voice winds
Pasajes populares
Página 60 - 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 4 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Página 207 - Retiring from the popular noise, I seek This unfrequented place to find some ease, • Ease to the body some, none to the mind From restless thoughts, that, like a deadly swarm Of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, But rush upon me thronging, and present Times past, what once I was, and what am now.
Página 318 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 210 - And buried ; but, O yet more miserable ! Myself my sepulchre, a moving grave ; Buried, yet not exempt, By privilege of death and burial, From worst of other evils, pains, and wrongs ; But made hereby obnoxious more To all the miseries of life, Life in captivity Among inhuman foes.
Página 16 - But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends, thither with heart, and voice, and eyes Directed in devotion, to adore And worship God supreme, who made him chief •Of all his works : therefore the omnipotent Eternal Father, for where is not he Present?
Página 207 - A LITTLE onward lend thy guiding hand To these dark steps, a little further on; For yonder bank hath choice of sun or shade. There I am wont to sit, when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil, Daily...
Página 208 - Eyeless in Gaza, at the mill with slaves, Himself in bonds under Philistian yoke. Yet stay, let me not rashly call in doubt Divine prediction...
Página 35 - Yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say, Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best.
Página 142 - 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...