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עמוד 33
His sustained strength is especially felt in his beginnings. He seems always to
start full-sail ; the wind and tide always serve; there is never any fluttering of the
canvas. . . . And the poem never becomes incoherent ; we feel all through it, as in
...
His sustained strength is especially felt in his beginnings. He seems always to
start full-sail ; the wind and tide always serve; there is never any fluttering of the
canvas. . . . And the poem never becomes incoherent ; we feel all through it, as in
...
עמוד 41
Better than any other he has discharged the office of every great man, namely, to
raise the idea of Man in the minds of his contemporaries and of posterity, — to
draw after nature a life of man, exhibiting such a composition of grace, of strength
, ...
Better than any other he has discharged the office of every great man, namely, to
raise the idea of Man in the minds of his contemporaries and of posterity, — to
draw after nature a life of man, exhibiting such a composition of grace, of strength
, ...
עמוד 57
To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify His power Who, from the
terror of this arm, so late Doubted His empire — that were low indeed ; That were
an ignominy and shame beneath lis This downfall ; since, by fate, the strength ...
To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify His power Who, from the
terror of this arm, so late Doubted His empire — that were low indeed ; That were
an ignominy and shame beneath lis This downfall ; since, by fate, the strength ...
עמוד 58
But what if He our Conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty, since no
less Than such could have o'erpowered such force as ours) 145 Have left us this
our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains, That we
may ...
But what if He our Conqueror (whom I now Of force believe almighty, since no
less Than such could have o'erpowered such force as ours) 145 Have left us this
our spirit and strength entire, Strongly to suffer and support our pains, That we
may ...
עמוד 61
Him followed his next mate ; Both glorying to have scaped the Stygian flood As
gods, and by their own recovered strength, 240 Not by the sufferance of supernal
power. ' Is this the region, this the soil, the clime,' Said then the lost Archangel, ...
Him followed his next mate ; Both glorying to have scaped the Stygian flood As
gods, and by their own recovered strength, 240 Not by the sufferance of supernal
power. ' Is this the region, this the soil, the clime,' Said then the lost Archangel, ...
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ביקורת משתמש - VivalaErin - LibraryThingThe shortest answer is: John Milton was a poetic genius. PL is so beautiful, you can't help but feel for Adam and Eve. Even Satan is a great character - he so wants to be an epic hero. This poem is a masterpiece, and he wrote it completely blind. Beautiful, absolutely amazing. קרא סקירה מלאה
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ביקורת משתמש - StefanY - LibraryThingHistorical significance and beautifully descriptive prose aside, I couldn't get into this book at all. Maybe it's too much familiarity with the plot or the inevitability of the impending doom of the ... קרא סקירה מלאה
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 38 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
עמוד 62 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell; Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
עמוד 53 - That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...
עמוד 101 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost...
עמוד 181 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
עמוד 105 - The other Shape — If shape it might be called that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb...
עמוד 102 - 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...
עמוד 70 - With lust and violence the house of God? In courts and palaces he also reigns, And in luxurious cities, where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers, And injury, and outrage: And when night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
עמוד 57 - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me.
עמוד 21 - Neither do I think it shame to covenant with any knowing reader that for some few years yet I may go on trust with him toward the payment of what I am now indebted...