Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve BooksJ.M. Dent, 1903 - 372 oldal |
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ix. oldal
... things he would explain , And what was easy he should render vain . Or , if a work so infinite he spanned , Jealous I was that some less skilful hand ( Such as disquiet always what is well , And by ill - imitating would excel , ) Might ...
... things he would explain , And what was easy he should render vain . Or , if a work so infinite he spanned , Jealous I was that some less skilful hand ( Such as disquiet always what is well , And by ill - imitating would excel , ) Might ...
xi. oldal
... things otherwise , and for the most part worse , than else they would have expressed them . Not without cause ... thing of itself , to all judicious ears , trivial and of no true musical delight ; which consists only in apt numbers , fit ...
... things otherwise , and for the most part worse , than else they would have expressed them . Not without cause ... thing of itself , to all judicious ears , trivial and of no true musical delight ; which consists only in apt numbers , fit ...
1. oldal
... things ; presenting Satan , with his Angels , now fallen into Hell -- described here not in the Centre ( for heaven and earth may be supposed as yet not made , cer- tainly not yet accursed ) , but in a place of utter darkness , fitliest ...
... things ; presenting Satan , with his Angels , now fallen into Hell -- described here not in the Centre ( for heaven and earth may be supposed as yet not made , cer- tainly not yet accursed ) , but in a place of utter darkness , fitliest ...
2. oldal
... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . And chiefly thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure , Instruct me , for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present , and , with mighty wings ...
... Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme . And chiefly thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure , Instruct me , for thou know'st ; thou from the first Wast present , and , with mighty wings ...
14. oldal
... things His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned , And with their darkness durst affront his light . First , Moloch , horrid king , besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice , and parents ' tears ; 390 Though , for the noise of drums and ...
... things His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned , And with their darkness durst affront his light . First , Moloch , horrid king , besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice , and parents ' tears ; 390 Though , for the noise of drums and ...
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Abdiel Adam Almighty Angels Archangel Argob arms Asmodeus aught beast Beelzebub behold Belial bliss bright called celestial Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures dark death deep deity delight divine doom dreadful dwell Earth Egypt eternal evil eyes fair Fair angel faith Father fear fell Fiend fierce fire flaming flowers fruit glory gods grace Greek mythology hand happy hath heard heart Heaven Heavenly Hell highth hill honour host Illyria infernal King lest light live mankind Messiah Moab Moloch morn Mozambic night Nisroch o'er Ophion pain PARADISE LOST peace praise reign round sapience Satan seat seemed Seraph Serpent shade shalt sight soon sovran spake Spirits stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou hast thoughts throne thunder thyself Tiresias tree virtue voice whence winds wings wonder World Zeus
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4. oldal - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
109. oldal - Unargued I obey: So God ordains: God is thy law, thou mine: To know no more Is woman's happiest knowledge, and her praise.
98. oldal - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, God-like erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seemed lords of all, 2"3° And worthy seemed ; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure — Severe, but in true filial freedom placed, Whence true authority in men : though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed ; For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God...
94. oldal - All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
50. oldal - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be called that shadow seemed, For each seemed either — black it stood as Night, Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, And shook a dreadful dart: what seemed his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
223. oldal - Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows. Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally: and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
320. oldal - There is, said Michael, if thou well observe The rule of not too much, by temperance taught In what thou eat'st and drink'st, seeking from thence Due nourishment, not gluttonous delight...
xi. oldal - This neglect then of rime so little is to be taken for a defect, though it may seem so perhaps to vulgar readers, that it rather is to be esteemed an example set, the first in English, of ancient liberty recovered to heroic poem from the troublesome and modern bondage of riming.
47. oldal - Beyond this flood a frozen continent Lies, dark and wild, beat with perpetual storms Of whirlwind and dire hail ; which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile ; all else deep snow and ice...
64. oldal - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate ! Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell?