Poetical Works: Paradise lostJohn Macrone, 1835 |
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... firmament of heaven , To give light on the earth ; and it was so . And God made two great lights , great for their use To man , the greater to have rule by day , 345 The less by night , altern ; and made the 18 BOOK VII . PARADISE LOST .
... firmament of heaven , To give light on the earth ; and it was so . And God made two great lights , great for their use To man , the greater to have rule by day , 345 The less by night , altern ; and made the 18 BOOK VII . PARADISE LOST .
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... give some account how light was created the first day , when the sun was not formed till the fourth day . He says that it was sphered in a radiant cloud , and so journeyed round the earth in a cloudy tabernacle ; and herein he is ...
... give some account how light was created the first day , when the sun was not formed till the fourth day . He says that it was sphered in a radiant cloud , and so journeyed round the earth in a cloudy tabernacle ; and herein he is ...
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... seventh book the author appears in a kind of composed and sedate majesty ; and though the sentiments do not give so great an emotion as those in the former book , they abound with magnificent ideas . The sixth BOOK VII . 37 PARADISE LOST .
... seventh book the author appears in a kind of composed and sedate majesty ; and though the sentiments do not give so great an emotion as those in the former book , they abound with magnificent ideas . The sixth BOOK VII . 37 PARADISE LOST .
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... gives us an account of the six days ' work , the poet received but very few assistances from heathen writers , who were strangers to the wonders of creation but , as there are many glorious strokes of poetry upon this subject in Holy ...
... gives us an account of the six days ' work , the poet received but very few assistances from heathen writers , who were strangers to the wonders of creation but , as there are many glorious strokes of poetry upon this subject in Holy ...
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... gives us the same idea of the latter , as opening of themselves ; though he afterwards takes off from it by telling us that the Hours first of all removed those prodigious heaps of clouds which lay as a barrier before them . I do not ...
... gives us the same idea of the latter , as opening of themselves ; though he afterwards takes off from it by telling us that the Hours first of all removed those prodigious heaps of clouds which lay as a barrier before them . I do not ...
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Adam and Eve Adam's Æneid angel appear'd archangel beast beautiful behold bliss call'd Canaan cherubim cloud creation creatures Cronian darkness death delight descend didst divine dwell earth Eve's evil eyes fair faith Father fear fruit gates genius glory grace ground hand happy hath heard heart heaven heavenly hell hill human imagination J. M. W. TURNER king labour lest Leucothea light live Lord mankind Milton mind moral morning nature NEWTON night Ovid Paradise Lost passage passion peace Persia plagues of Egypt pleasure Pleiades poem poet poetical poetry replied return'd sapience Satan Scripture seed seem'd serpent shalt sight sleep Smectymnuus soon spake speak spirit stars stood sublime sweet taste Terah thee thence thine things thou hast thought throne tree turn'd Virgil virgin virtue voice wonder words
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Page 301 - we have given it at length) explains; the cloud was then taken up; how then ? " The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, to go by day and night,
Page 295 - Some natural tears they dropt, but wiped them soon: 645 The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide. They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 268 - and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which was before the throne : and the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God.
Page 157 - rocks of the mountains ; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; for the great day of his wrath is come, and who shall be able to stand?
Page 301 - Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle: and when the cloud was taken up from over
Page 49 - Psalm xxiv. 7 :■—" Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of Glory shall come in." This hymn was sung when the ark of God was carried up into the sanctuary on Mount Sion, and is understood as a prophecy of our .Saviour's ascension into Heaven ; and
Page 268 - in Holy Writ:—" And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which was before the throne : and the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God.
Page 77 - waked To find her, or for ever to deplore Her loss, and other pleasures all abjure : 480 When out of hope, behold her, not far off, Such as I saw her in my dream, adorn'd With what all earth or heaven could bestow To make her amiable ; on she came, Led by her heavenly Maker,
Page 92 - Scripture :—" So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife, loveth himself; for no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it,
Page 80 - In procreation common to all kinds, (Though higher of the genial bed by far, And with mysterious reverence I deem) So much delights me, as those graceful acts, 600 Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions, mix'd with love And sweet compliance, which declare unfeign'd Union of mind,