 | John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...complain that fate 550 Free virtue should inthral to force or chance. Their song was partial ; but the harmony, (What could it less when spirits immortal...sweet, (For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense,) 556 Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence,... | |
 | Oxford (Ohio) - 1839 - 438 pages
...angels as being engaged in these discussions immediately after their apostacy and expulsion from heaven. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more...high, Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost. Of good... | |
 | George Rogers - Apologetics - 1839 - 396 pages
...valid, they have engaged even the reasoning powers of fallen angels in their dreary pandemonium. " Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more...high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." The mist... | |
 | George Rogers - Universalism - 1840 - 366 pages
...reasoning powers of fallen angels in their dreary pandemonium. " Others apart sat on a hill retirM, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." The mist... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...complain that fate Free virtue should enthral to force or chance. Their song was partial ; but the e fishy shore ; or treasures up The plumage, rising full, to form the bed Of luxury. Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost Of good and... | |
 | Graham Hough - Literary Criticism - 1978 - 260 pages
...a silent valley, sing With notes angelical to many a harp Their own heroic deeds and hapless fall, In discourse more sweet (For eloquence the soul, song...high Of providence foreknowledge, will, and fate. (Paradise Lost n, 546-60) It is hard to see how the devils could have been better employed had they... | |
 | William Bridges Hunter - Literary Criticism - 1979 - 216 pages
..."With notes Angelic to many a Harp" (2. 548) with Milton's comment : Thir Song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when Spirits immortal...Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience. (552-55) Like heaven, which it echoes, the Garden is described audibly in terms of music : here "The... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...[2.548-51] "Thir song was partial," Milton adds — partial to their own point of view — but the harmony (What could it less when Spirits immortal...high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixt Fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandring mazes lost. [2.552-61]... | |
 | Regina M. Schwartz - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 160 pages
...and complain that Fate Free Virtue should enthrall to Force or Chance. Thir Song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when Spirits immortal...Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience. (11.546-55) The devils' song charms the senses as the song of Circe charms her captives to their ruin... | |
 | Leonard Mustazza - Literary Criticism - 1988 - 188 pages
...and complain that Fate Free Virtue should enthrall to Force or Chance. Thir song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when Spirits immortal...Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience. (2.546-55) This passage is intriguing for a number of reasons. For one thing, language has taken on... | |
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Their song was partial, but the harmony (What could it less when spirits immortal sing?) Suspended Hell, and took with ravishment The thronging audience. 
