"Anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 549.

"His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 591.

"In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 597.

"Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 619.

"Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 648.

"Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 679.

"Let none admire That riches grow in hell: that soil may best Deserve the precious bane."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 690.

"Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 710.

"From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,-- A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the Zenith like a falling star."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 742.

"Fairy elves, Whose midnight revels by a forest side Or fountain some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress."

Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 781.

"High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd To that bad eminence."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 1.

"Surer to prosper than prosperity Could have assur'd us."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 39.

"The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 44.

"Rather than be less, Car'd not to be at all."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 47.

"My sentence is for open war."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 51.

"That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat: descent and fall To us is adverse."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 75.

"When the scourge Inexorable and the torturing hour Call us to penance."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 90.

"Which, if not victory, is yet revenge."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 105.

"But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 112.

"Th' ethereal mould Incapable of stain would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repuls'd, our final hope Is flat despair."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 139.

"For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night?"

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 146.

"His red right hand."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 174.

"Unrespited, unpitied, unrepriev'd."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 185.

"The never-ending flight Of future days."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 221.

"Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 274.

"With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 300.

"The palpable obscure."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 406.

"Long is the way And hard, that out of hell leads up to light."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 432.

"Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 476.

"The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 490.

"Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 496.

"In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute; And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 555.

"Vain wisdom all and false philosophy."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 565.

"Arm th' obdur'd breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 568.

"O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 620.

"Gorgons and Hydras and Chimæras dire."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 628.

"The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either,--black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 666.

"Whence and what art thou, execrable shape?"

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 681.

"Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 699.

"So spake the grisly Terror."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 704.

"Incens'd with indignation Satan stood Unterrify'd, and like a comet burn'd That fires the length of Ophiuchus huge In th' arctic sky, and from his horrid hair Shakes pestilence and war."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 707.

"Their fatal hands No second stroke intend."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 712.

"Hell Grew darker at their frown."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 719.

"I fled, and cry'd out, DEATH! Hell trembled at the hideous name, and sigh'd From all her caves, and back resounded, DEATH!"

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 787.

"Before mine eyes in opposition sits Grim Death, my son and foe."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 803.

"Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile, to hear His famine should be fill'd."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 845.

"On a sudden open fly, With impetuous recoil and jarring sound, Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 879.

"Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 894.

"Into this wild abyss, The womb of Nature and perhaps her grave."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 910.

"To compare Great things with small."

Paradise Lost. Book ii. Line 921.