Paradise lost, a facs. reprod. of the 1st ed., with an intr. by D. Masson1877 |
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Page xiii
... ftates of correctnefs , and a later- bound copy might have one of these sheets in its firft or lefs correct state . All in all , the First Edition of Paradife Loft Introduction . xiii Some time in 1668, after the book had been ...
... ftates of correctnefs , and a later- bound copy might have one of these sheets in its firft or lefs correct state . All in all , the First Edition of Paradife Loft Introduction . xiii Some time in 1668, after the book had been ...
Page xxvi
... lefs Then fuch could hav orepow'rd fuch force as ours ) Have left us this our spirit and strength intire Strongly to fuffer and fupport our pains , That we may fo fuffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier fervice as his thralls 150 ...
... lefs Then fuch could hav orepow'rd fuch force as ours ) Have left us this our spirit and strength intire Strongly to fuffer and fupport our pains , That we may fo fuffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier fervice as his thralls 150 ...
Page xlv
... lefs then smallest Dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that Pigmean Race Beyond the Indian Mount , or Faerie Elves , Whose midnight Revels , by a Forrest fide D Or 780 Or Fountain fome belated Peasant fees , Or dreams he ...
... lefs then smallest Dwarfs , in narrow room Throng numberless , like that Pigmean Race Beyond the Indian Mount , or Faerie Elves , Whose midnight Revels , by a Forrest fide D Or 780 Or Fountain fome belated Peasant fees , Or dreams he ...
Page xlviii
... 'd Equal in ftrength , and rather then be lefs Car'd not to be at all ; with that care lost Went all his fear of God , or Hell , or worse He 60 He reckd not , and these words thereafter fpake Book 2 . Paradife loft .
... 'd Equal in ftrength , and rather then be lefs Car'd not to be at all ; with that care lost Went all his fear of God , or Hell , or worse He 60 He reckd not , and these words thereafter fpake Book 2 . Paradife loft .
Page lxiv
... lefs when Spirits immortal fing ? ) Sufpended Hell , and took with ravishment . The thronging audience . In difcourfe more sweet ( For Eloquence the Soul , Song charms the Senfe , ) Others apart fat on a Hill retir'd , I n houghts more ...
... lefs when Spirits immortal fing ? ) Sufpended Hell , and took with ravishment . The thronging audience . In difcourfe more sweet ( For Eloquence the Soul , Song charms the Senfe , ) Others apart fat on a Hill retir'd , I n houghts more ...
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Page xc - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy Sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King!
Page lxv - Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell ? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Page cxv - Know ye not then, said Satan fill'd with scorn, Know ye not me ? ye knew me once no mate For you, there sitting where ye durst not soar; Not to know me argues yourselves unknown, The lowest of your throng; or if ye know, Why ask ye, and superfluous begin Your message, like to end as much in vain ? To whom thus Zephon, answering scorn with scorn.
Page 19 - Hear, all ye angels, progeny of light, Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers; Hear my decree, which unrevoked shall stand; This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son, and on this holy hill Him have anointed, whom ye now behold At my right hand; your head I him appoint; And by myself have sworn, to him shall bow All knees in heaven, and shall confess him Lord.
Page civ - What thou seest, What there thou seest, fair creature, is thyself; With thee it came and goes; but follow me, And I will bring thee where no shadow stays...
Page xxi - In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Page lxx - By sin to foul exorbitant desires: Upheld by me, yet once more he shall stand On even ground against his mortal foe, By me upheld, that he may know how frail...
Page lxxvi - The world shall burn, and from her ashes spring New heaven and earth, wherein the just shall dwell, And, after all their tribulations long, See golden days, fruitful of golden deeds, With joy and love triumphing, and fair truth...