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... pure , As neerer to him plac't or neerer tending Each in thir several active Sphears assignd , Till body up to spirit work , in bounds Proportiond to each kind . So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk , from thence the leaves ...
... pure , As neerer to him plac't or neerer tending Each in thir several active Sphears assignd , Till body up to spirit work , in bounds Proportiond to each kind . So from the root Springs lighter the green stalk , from thence the leaves ...
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... pure Empyrean where he sits High Thron'd above all highth , bent down his eye , His own works and their works at once to view : About him all the Sanctities of Heaven Stood thick as Starrs , and from his sight receiv'd Beatitude past ...
... pure Empyrean where he sits High Thron'd above all highth , bent down his eye , His own works and their works at once to view : About him all the Sanctities of Heaven Stood thick as Starrs , and from his sight receiv'd Beatitude past ...
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... pure as it , yet pure doth wear , So thy love may be my love's sphere . The angel lore here is precise and abundant . The comparison is between love and an angel finding embodiment . An angel takes his body neither from nothing nor from ...
... pure as it , yet pure doth wear , So thy love may be my love's sphere . The angel lore here is precise and abundant . The comparison is between love and an angel finding embodiment . An angel takes his body neither from nothing nor from ...
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