Paradise Regain'd: A Poem. In Four Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes. And Poems Upon Several Occasions. Compos'd at Several TimesJacob Tonson, 1707 - 457 Seiten |
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... glory shine ; Ye fee our danger on the utmost edge Of hazard , which admits no long debate , But must with something fudden be oppos'd , Not force , but well couch'd fraud , well woven fnares , E'er in the head of Nations he appear ...
... glory shine ; Ye fee our danger on the utmost edge Of hazard , which admits no long debate , But must with something fudden be oppos'd , Not force , but well couch'd fraud , well woven fnares , E'er in the head of Nations he appear ...
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... glory fhall be foon retrench'd ; No more fhalt thou by oracling abufe The Gentiles ; henceforth Oracles are ceas'd , And thou no more with Pomp and Sacrifice Shalt be enquir'd at Delphos or elfe - where , At least in vain , for they ...
... glory fhall be foon retrench'd ; No more fhalt thou by oracling abufe The Gentiles ; henceforth Oracles are ceas'd , And thou no more with Pomp and Sacrifice Shalt be enquir'd at Delphos or elfe - where , At least in vain , for they ...
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... Glory , free thy people from their yoke , But let us wait ; thus far he hath perform'd , Sent his Anointed , and to us reveal'd him , By his great Prophet , pointed at and shown , In publick , and with him we have convers'd ; Let us be ...
... Glory , free thy people from their yoke , But let us wait ; thus far he hath perform'd , Sent his Anointed , and to us reveal'd him , By his great Prophet , pointed at and shown , In publick , and with him we have convers'd ; Let us be ...
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... glory , and popular praife ; Rocks whereon greatest Men have often wreck'd Or that which only feems to fatisfie Lawful defires of Nature , not beyond , And now I know he hungers where no food Is to be found , in the wild Wilderness ...
... glory , and popular praife ; Rocks whereon greatest Men have often wreck'd Or that which only feems to fatisfie Lawful defires of Nature , not beyond , And now I know he hungers where no food Is to be found , in the wild Wilderness ...
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... Glory on my Cup t'attend : Why shouldst thou then obtrude this diligence , In vain , where no acceptance it can find , And with my hunger what haft thou to do ? Thy pompous Delicacies I contemn , And count thy fpecious gifts no gifts ...
... Glory on my Cup t'attend : Why shouldst thou then obtrude this diligence , In vain , where no acceptance it can find , And with my hunger what haft thou to do ? Thy pompous Delicacies I contemn , And count thy fpecious gifts no gifts ...
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aftra againſt agni Amor anſwer Atque beft beſt caft call'd cauſe Chor Dagon darkneſs doft domino jam domum impaſti doth e'er Earth Elegia eyes faid fair fame fave fear Feaſt feek fhades fhall fhew fibi fide fing firſt foes folemn fome fonos foon fræna ftill fuch glory Hæc haſt hath Heav'n higheſt himſelf honour houſe Ifrael illa ille ipfe jam non vacat juſt King laſt leaſt lefs loft Lord Lycidas malè mihi moſt muſt night numina Nunc o'er Olympo Pfalm pleaſe pow'r praiſe preſent PSAL quæ quid quoque reaſon reply'd reſt Samf Samfon ſeek ſeems ſelf ſhall ſhame ſhe ſhould ſome Son of God Song ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtream ſtrength ſweet thee themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou art thought Throne thy felf tibi ulmo virtue weakneſs whofe whoſe wilt worſe
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Seite 194 - Sometimes with secure delight The upland hamlets will invite, When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade...
Seite 195 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Seite 189 - With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above In solemn troops, and sweet societies That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Seite 176 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Seite 196 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Seite 156 - Is hate, not help to me, it may with mine Draw their own ruin who attempt the deed.
Seite 259 - THIS is the month, and this the happy morn, Wherein the Son of Heaven's eternal King, Of wedded maid and virgin mother born, Our great redemption from above did bring...
Seite 105 - Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree ? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Seite 48 - Things vulgar, and, well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise, and they admire, they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other...
Seite 269 - The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint ; In urns and altars round A drear and dying sound Affrights the Flamens at their service quaint ; And the chill marble seems to sweat, While each peculiar Power foregoes his wonted seat.