Paradise Regained: Samson Agonistes, Comus and ArcadesJ. Sharpe, 1823 - 377 pages |
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... fame also finds us out . To whom the Son of God : Who brought me hither , Will bring me hence ; no other guide I seek . By miracle he may , replied the swain ; What other way I see not ; for we here Live on tough roots and stubs , to ...
... fame also finds us out . To whom the Son of God : Who brought me hither , Will bring me hence ; no other guide I seek . By miracle he may , replied the swain ; What other way I see not ; for we here Live on tough roots and stubs , to ...
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... fame , On whom his leisure will vouchsafe an eye Of fond desire ? Or should she , confident , As sitting queen adored on Beauty's throne , Descend with all her winning charms begirt To enamour , as the zone of Venus once Wrought that ...
... fame , On whom his leisure will vouchsafe an eye Of fond desire ? Or should she , confident , As sitting queen adored on Beauty's throne , Descend with all her winning charms begirt To enamour , as the zone of Venus once Wrought that ...
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... fame , and the improper means by which it is generally at- tained ; and contrasts with it the true glory of religious patience and virtuons wisdom , as exemplified in the character of Job . Satan justifies the love of glory from the ...
... fame , and the improper means by which it is generally at- tained ; and contrasts with it the true glory of religious patience and virtuons wisdom , as exemplified in the character of Job . Satan justifies the love of glory from the ...
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... fame and glory ; glory , the reward That sole excites to high attempts , the flame Of most erected spirits , most temper'd pure Ethereal , who all pleasures else despise , All treasures and all gain esteem as dross , And dignities and ...
... fame and glory ; glory , the reward That sole excites to high attempts , the flame Of most erected spirits , most temper'd pure Ethereal , who all pleasures else despise , All treasures and all gain esteem as dross , And dignities and ...
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... fame through Heaven and Earth , As thou to thy reproach mayst well remember , He ask'd thee , " Hast thou seen my servant Job ? " Famous he was in Heaven , on Earth less known ; Where glory is false glory , attributed To things not ...
... fame through Heaven and Earth , As thou to thy reproach mayst well remember , He ask'd thee , " Hast thou seen my servant Job ? " Famous he was in Heaven , on Earth less known ; Where glory is false glory , attributed To things not ...
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Angels arms aught behold breast brought call'd canst captive charms Comus Ctesiphon Dagon dark David's throne death deeds delight deliverance desert divine dread durst earth enemies eyes fair fame fear feast foes foretold friends Gath glory Gods hand hath head hear heard Heaven highth holy honour hope hunger Israel Jephtha Jesus JOHN SHARPE join'd king kingdom Lady Locrine Lord lost Manoah mayst mind mortal Nazarite never nigh night numbers Nymphs o'er offer'd PARADISE REGAINED Parthian Philistines praise Prophet reign replied return'd RICHARD WESTALL river Jordan Sabrina fair Samson SAMSON AGONISTES Satan Saviour seek shades shame Shepherd shouldst snares Son of God song soon spake Spirit stood strength sung sweet Tempter thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thought thy father thyself Timna vex'd virgin virtue wild wilderness wilt wouldst
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Page 3 - Yet some there be that, by due steps, aspire To lay their just hands on that golden key That opes the palace of eternity. To such my errand is...
Page 6 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream ; And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole ; Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 16 - Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk.
Page 4 - Imperial rule of all the sea-girt isles That, like to rich and various gems, inlay The unadorned bosom of the deep...
Page 16 - He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day ; But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 30 - Impostor ! do not charge most innocent Nature, As if she would her children should be riotous With her abundance. She, good cateress, Means her provision only to the good, That live according to her sober laws, And holy dictate of spare Temperance.
Page 34 - By hoary Nereus' wrinkled look, And the Carpathian wizard's hook ; By scaly Triton's winding shell, And old soothsaying Glaucus' spell ; By Leucothea's lovely hands, And her son that rules the strands ; By Thetis...
Page 10 - Why shouldst thou, but for some felonious end, In thy dark lantern thus close up the stars That Nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps With everlasting oil to give due light To the misled and lonely traveller?
Page 2 - Think not but that I know these things, or think I know them not ; not therefore am I short Of knowing what I ought : he, who receives Light from above, from the Fountain of Light, No other doctrine needs, though granted true ; 290 But these are false, or little else but dreams, Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm.
Page 10 - What might this be ? A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.