John Milton ( 10 of 239 )
A limbo large and broad, since call'd
The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.
A limbo large and broad, since call'd
The Paradise of Fools to few unknown.
We see things not as they are but as we are.
We see things not as they are but as we are.
Hast thou betrayed my credulous innocence
With vizor'd falsehood and base forgery?
Hast thou betrayed my credulous innocence
With vizor'd falsehood and base forgery?
The swan, with arched neck
Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows
Her state with oary feet.
The swan, with arched neck
Between her white wings mantling proudly, rows
Her state with oary feet.
His fair large front and eye sublime declared
Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
Round from his parted read more
His fair large front and eye sublime declared
Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks
Round from his parted forelock manly hung
Clustering but not beneath his shoulders broad.
The planets in their station list'ning stood.
The planets in their station list'ning stood.
Till old experience do attain
To something like prophetic strain.
Till old experience do attain
To something like prophetic strain.
When thou attended gloriously from heaven,
Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
Thy summoning read more
When thou attended gloriously from heaven,
Shalt in the sky appear, and from thee send
Thy summoning archangels to proclaim
Thy dread tribunal.
(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.
(Eternity) a moment standing still for ever.
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin
Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.
Govern well thy appetite, lest Sin
Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death.
