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So glistered the dire Snake , ...

So glistered the dire Snake , and into fraud Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.

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Darkness now rose, as daylight...

Darkness now rose, as daylight sunk, and brought in low'ring Night her shadowy offspring.

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To overcome in battle, and sub...

To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils with infinite Man-slaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory.

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So much I feel my genial spiri...

So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In her functions weary of herself.

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Fame, if not double fac'd, is ...

Fame, if not double fac'd, is double mouth'd, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds; On both his wings, one black, the other white, Bears greatest names in his wild aery flight.

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The timely dew of sleep Now fa...

The timely dew of sleep Now falling with soft slumb'rous weight inclines Our eyelids.

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New Presbyter is but Old Pries...

New Presbyter is but Old Priest writ Large.

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Cedar, and pine, and fir, and ...

Cedar, and pine, and fir, and branching palm, A sylvan scene, and as the ranks ascend Shade above shade, a woody theatre Of stateliest view.

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Nor from hell One step no more...

Nor from hell One step no more than from himself can fly By change of place.

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But hail thou Goddess sage and...

But hail thou Goddess sage and holy, Hail, divinest Melancholy, Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view O'erlaid with black, staid Wisdom's hue.

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And I will place within them a...

And I will place within them as a guide My umpire conscience, whom if they will hear Light after light well used they shall attain, And to the end persisting, safe arrive.

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And now without redemption all...

And now without redemption all mankind Must have been lost, adjudged to death and hell By doom severe.

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The low'ring element Scowls o'...

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

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As therefore the state of man ...

As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?

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And sing to those that hold th...

And sing to those that hold the vital shears; And turn the adamantine spindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.

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So may'st thou live, till like...

So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap, or be with ease Gathered, not harshly plucked, for death mature: This is old age; but then thou must outlive Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty, which will change To withered weak and grey.

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And every shepherd tells his t...

And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.

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Alas! What boots it with unces...

Alas! What boots it with uncessant care To tend the homely slighted Shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse; Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-s

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So on this windy sea of land, ...

So on this windy sea of land, the Fiend Walked up and down alone bent on his prey.

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God made thee perfect, not imm...

God made thee perfect, not immutable.

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....