OF Mans First Disobedience, and… Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mor… Brought Death into the World, and… With loss of Eden, till one great… Restore us, and regain the blissfu…
HIgh on a Throne of Royal State,… Outshon the wealth of Ormus and o… Or where the gorgeous East with r… Showrs on her Kings Barbaric Pea… Satan exalted sat, by merit rais’d
HAil holy Light, ofspring of Hea… Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam May I express thee unblam'd? sinc… And never but in unapproached ligh… Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then…
O For that warning voice, which h… Th' Apocalyps, heard cry in Heave… Then when the Dragon, put to seco… Came furious down to be reveng'd o… Wo to the inhabitants on Earth! t…
NOw Morn her rosie steps in th'… Advancing, sow'd the earth with O… When Adam wak't, so customd, for… Was Aerie light from pure digesti… And temperat vapors bland, which t…
ALL night the dreadless Angel un… Through Heav'ns wide Champain hel… Wak't by the circling Hours, with… Unbarr'd the gates of Light. Th… Within the Mount of God, fast by…
DEscend from Heav'n Urania, by t… If rightly thou art call'd, whose… Following, above th' Olympian Hil… Above the flight of Pegasean wing… The meaning, not the Name I call:…
THE Angel ended, and in Adams E… So Charming left his voice, that… Thought him still speaking, still… Then as new wak't thus gratefully… What thanks sufficient, or what re…
NO more of talk where God or Ang… With Man, as with his Friend, fam… To sit indulgent, and with him par… Rural repast, permitting him the w… Venial discourse unblam'd: I now…
MEanwhile the hainous and despigh… Of Satan done in Paradise, and ho… Hee in the Serpent, had perverted… Her Husband shee, to taste the fa… Was known in Heav’n; for what can…
THus they in lowliest plight repe… Praying, for from the Mercie-seat… Prevenient Grace descending had r… The stonie from thir hearts, & mad… Regenerate grow instead, that sigh…
AS one who in his journey bates a… Though bent on speed, so heer the… Betwixt the world destroy'd and wo… If Adam aught perhaps might inter… Then with transition sweet new Sp…