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So dear I love him that with him all deaths I could endure without him live no life.

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From morn to noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve, a summer's day; and with the setting sun dropped from the zenith like a falling star.

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Freely we serveBecause we freely love, as in our willTo love or not; in this we stand or fall.

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None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but licence.

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Yet not so strictly hath our Lord impos'd /Labor, as to debar when we need /Refreshment, whether food, or talk between,/ food of the mind, or this swe...more

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So spake the Seraph Abdiel faithful found,Among the faithless, faithful only hee;Among innumerable false, unmov'd,Unshak'n, unseduc'd, unterrifi'dHis ...more

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Our torments also may in length of timeBecome our Elements.

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Shall that be shut to man, which to the beast Is open? or will God incense his ire For such a petty trespass? and not praise Rather your dauntless vir...more

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Henceforth an individual solace dear; Part of my Soul I seek thee, and thee claim My other half: with that thy gentle hand Seisd mine, I yielded, and ...more

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Not so on Man; him through their malice fall'n,Father of Mercy and Grace, thou didst not doomSo strictly, but much more to pity incline:No sooner did ...more

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Be strong, live happy and love, but first of allHim whom to love is to obey, and keepHis great command!

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Immortal amarant, a flower which onceIn paradise, fast by the tree of life,Began to bloom; but soon for man's offenceTo heaven removed, where first it...more

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Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie.

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Where the bright seraphim in burning rowTheir loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.

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And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie,That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.