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Psalm 08
Psalm 08
Aug. 14. 1653.
O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great
And glorious is thy name through all the earth?
So as above the Heavens thy pra…
Psalm 81
Psalm 81
To God our strength sing loud, and clear,
Sing loud to God our King,
To Jacobs God, that all may hear
Loud acclamations ring.
Prepar…
Psalm 04
Psalm 04
Aug. 10. 1653.
Answer me when I call
God of my righteousness;
In straights and in distress
Thou didst me disinthrall
And…
Psalm 06
Psalm 06
Aug. 13. 1653.
Lord in thine anger do not reprehend me
Nor in thy hot displeasure me correct;
Pity me Lord for I am much deject
Psalm 02
Psalm 02
Done Aug. 8. 1653. Terzetti.
Why do the Gentiles tumult, and the Nations
Muse a vain thing, the Kings of th'earth upstand
With power…
Paradise Regained: The Third Book
Paradise Regained: The Third Book
So spake the Son of God; and Satan stood
A while as mute, confounded what to say,
What to reply, confuted and convinced…
Paradise Regained: The Fourth Book
Paradise Regained: The Fourth Book
Perplexed and troubled at his bad success
The Tempter stood, nor had what to reply,
Discovered in his frau…
Paradise Regained
Paradise Regained
THE FIRST BOOK
I, WHO erewhile the happy Garden sung
By one man's disobedience lost, now sing
Recovered Paradis…
Paradise Lost: Book 10
Paradise Lost: Book 10
Mean while the heinous and despiteful act
Of Satan, done in Paradise; and how
He, in the serpent, had perverted Eve,
Her hus…
Paradise Lost: Book 12
Paradise Lost: Book 12
As one who in his journey bates at noon,
Though bent on speed; so here the Arch-Angel paused
Betwixt the world destroyed and world…
Paradise Lost: Book 08
Paradise Lost: Book 08
The Angel ended, and in Adam's ear
So charming left his voice, that he a while
Thought him still speaking, still stood fixed to he…
Paradise Lost: Book 06
Paradise Lost: Book 06
All night the dreadless Angel, unpursued,
Through Heaven's wide champain held his way; till Morn,
Waked by the circling Hours, wit…
Paradise Lost: Book 04
Paradise Lost: Book 04
O, for that warning voice, which he, who saw
The Apocalypse, heard cry in Heaven aloud,
Then when the Dragon, put to second rout, …
Paradise Lost: Book 02
Paradise Lost: Book 02
High on a throne of royal state, which far
Outshone the wealth or Ormus and of Ind,
Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand <…
On Time
On Time
Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race,
Call on the lazy leaden-stepping hours,
Whose speed is but the heavy plummet's pace;
And glu…
On the University Carrier
On the University Carrier
Who sickened in the time of his Vacancy, being forbid to go to London by reason of the
Plague.
Here lies old Hobson…
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity
On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity
I
This is the month, and this the happy morn,
Wherein the Son of Heaven’s eternal King,
Of wedded maid an…
On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend,
On the Religious Memory of Mrs. Catherine Thomson, my Christian Friend,
Deceased Dec. 16, 1646
When Faith and Love, which parted from thee never,
Had rip…
On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough
On The Death Of A Fair Infant Dying Of A Cough
I
O fairest flower no sooner blown but blasted,
Soft silken Primrose fading timelesslie,
Summe…
On His Deceased Wife
On His Deceased Wife
METHOUGHT I saw my late espoused Saint
Brought to me like Alcestis from the grave,
Whom Joves great Son to her glad Husband gave,
Light
Light
HAIL holy light, ofspring of Heav'n first-born,
Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam
May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light,
And n…
Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint
Methought I Saw My Late Espoused Saint
Methought I saw my late espoused Saint
Brought to me like Alcestus from the grave,
Who Jove's great Son to her gla…
How Soon Hath Time
How Soon Hath Time
How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stoln on his wing my three and twentieth year!
My hasting days fly on wtih full career,…
Il Penseroso
Il Penseroso
HENCE, vain deluding Joys,
............The brood of Folly without father bred!
How little you bested
............Or fill the fixed min…