Know'st thou not that my rising is thy fall Lady! it cannot be but that thine eyes Lawrence, of virtuous father virtuous son Less bright the moon Let my due feet never fail Let not my words offend thee, Heavenly Power "Let the Earth bring forth soul living in her kind" "Let there be light!" said God; and forthwith light Let us be convinced that those have acquired Long the decrees of Heaven Meanwhile, the Eternal eye, whose sight discerns My author and disposer, what thou bidd'st Nature first gave signs, impress'd No man, who knows ought, can be so stupid Now came still Evening on, and Twilight gray "O by what name, for thou above all these" O fairest flower, no sooner blown but blasted O Father, O Supreme of Heavenly Thrones O favourable Spirit, propitious guest Of celestial bodies, first the sun Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit O for that warning voice, which he who saw O Heaven! in evil strait this day I stand One Almighty is, from whom On Earth the seventh One thing yet remains to be done O nightingale, that on yon bloomy spray O prophet of glad tidings, finisher O thou in Heaven and Earth the only peace Our Saviour camly thus replied Our Saviour, lifting up his eyes, beheld Our Saviour, meek and with untroubled mind May 18 - July 26 April 12 O Woman, best are all things as the will Paradise Raphael Rather seek Repent the sin; but if the punishment Revere the fond expectations which we cherish Satan, now first inflamed with rage, came down " "Say, what mean those colour'd streaks in Heaven "Silence, ye troubled waves, and, thou Deep, peace! Sin, his fair Sire of Men Six wings he wore, to shade So dear to Heaven his saintly chastity So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair Soon as the force of that fallacious fruit Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie Sweet bird, that shunn'st the noise of folly That day, as other solemn days, they spent The Almighty Father from above The Almighty spake, "Let there be lights' The Angel, with a smile that glow'd The Archangel soon drew nigh The ascending pile The Earth was form'd, but, in the womb as yet The end then of learning is to repair the ruins The Enemy of mankind, enclosed The Eternal The Father Infinite The invention all admired, and each how he The mountains huge appear The... multitude The multitude of Angels, with a shout Thence what the lofty grave Tragedians taught Then was not guilty shame, dishonest shame The orb he roam'd The powers militant The power that did create can change the scene The providence of God is either ordinary or extraordinary Jan. 25 There was a place These are the men cried out against These are thy glorious works, Parent of good The Son The winged Saint walks attended The World shall burn, and from her ashes spring They err who count it glorious to subdue This rich marble doth inter Those who attribute the creation of everything Though your physician may kindle a small ray Thou Sun" said I, "fair light Thou, therefore, that sittest in light and glory - To him that dares To prayer, repentance, and obedience due To recount almighty works To right and left the front To satisfy the sharp desire I had To them who sail To the ocean now I fly " 'To the pure all things are pure To the Woman thus To whom the guileful Tempter True Image of the Father, whether throned Truth indeed came once into the world Up into Heaven from Paradise in haste Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more - July Nov. Nov. · March 12 8276 19 - March 11 |