...unpolluted ; and the ethereal mould, Incapable of stain, would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repulsed, our final...— for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intelleetual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, — To perish rather, swallowed up...

...annihilation," inquires one, " so small a matter, that a reasonable man can look upon it with complacency ?" " That must be our cure, To be no more : sad cure !...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion 1 " Which horn...

...expel Her mischief , and purge off the baser fire . Victorious. Thus repuls'd , our final hope Is Qat despair. We must exasperate The Almighty Victor to...must end us; that must be our cure To be no more. Snd cure ! for who would loue , Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander...

...rage, 140 And that must end us : — that must be our cure, 1 An Italian idiom; fatto d'arme, a battle. To be no more. Sad cure ! for who would lose, Though...this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander throagh eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost 145 In the wide womb of uncreated night,...

...annibilate, annibilation. The natural horror of annibilation is well expressed in these lines : — " For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night. Devoid of sense and motion ?" — Jlil !•,.:....

...fallen spirits * as preferring existence, though in torment, to annihilation ; " for who," says he, " would lose, " Though full of pain, this intellectual...wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd np and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion? " If salvation, then,...

...;8 and the ethereal mould, " Incapable of stain, would soon expel 140 " Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire " Victorious. Thus repulsed, our final...rage, " And that must end us; — that must be our cttre, 145 1 Fact of arms; said to be from the Italian/atto cf arme, a battle, compare line 537. -...

...enquires one, " so small a matter, that a reasonable man can look upon it with complacency ?" '• That must be our cure, To be no more; sad cure ! for...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of ser.se and motion ?" Which horn...

...stain, would soon expel Her mischief, and purge off the baser fire, Victorious. Thus repulsed, OUT final hope Is flat despair : we must exasperate The...must end us ; that must be our cure, — To be no inorTST — Sad cure ! — for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those...

...an extinction of being, according to the sentiment Milton grandly places in the mouth of Belial, " For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual...thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion?" It has been...