Paradise Lost: A Poem, Volume 1Sharpe, 1821 - Bible In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the center of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, and briefly in danger of execution, Paradise Lost's apparent ambivalence toward authority has led to intense debate about whether it manages to justify the ways of God to men, or exposes the cruelty of Christianity. |
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... Adam's room The head of all mankind , though Adam's son . As in him perish all men , so in thee , As from a second root , shall be restored As many as are restored , without thee none . His crime makes guilty all his sons ; thy merit ...
... Adam's room The head of all mankind , though Adam's son . As in him perish all men , so in thee , As from a second root , shall be restored As many as are restored , without thee none . His crime makes guilty all his sons ; thy merit ...
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... Adam's abode ; those lofty shades , his bower , Thy way thou canst not miss , me mine requires . Thus said , he turn'd ; and Satan , bowing low , As to superior Spirits is wont in Heaven , Where honour due and reverence none neglects ...
... Adam's abode ; those lofty shades , his bower , Thy way thou canst not miss , me mine requires . Thus said , he turn'd ; and Satan , bowing low , As to superior Spirits is wont in Heaven , Where honour due and reverence none neglects ...
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... Adam and Eve discourse of going to their rest : Their bower described ; their evening worship . Gabriel , drawing forth his bands of night - watch to walk the rounds of Paradise , appoints two strong Angels to Adam's bower , lest the ...
... Adam and Eve discourse of going to their rest : Their bower described ; their evening worship . Gabriel , drawing forth his bands of night - watch to walk the rounds of Paradise , appoints two strong Angels to Adam's bower , lest the ...
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... Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons , the fairest of her daughters Eve . Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft , by a fresh fountain side They sat them down ; and , after no more toil Of their sweet ...
... Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons , the fairest of her daughters Eve . Under a tuft of shade that on a green Stood whispering soft , by a fresh fountain side They sat them down ; and , after no more toil Of their sweet ...
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... Adam first of men To first of women Eve thus moving speech , Turn'd him , all ear to hear new utterance flow . Sole partner , and sole part , of all these joys , Dearer thyself than all ; needs must the Power That made us , and for us ...
... Adam first of men To first of women Eve thus moving speech , Turn'd him , all ear to hear new utterance flow . Sole partner , and sole part , of all these joys , Dearer thyself than all ; needs must the Power That made us , and for us ...
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Abdiel Adam adore Almighty Angels appear'd arm'd arms battle Beelzebub behold Belial bliss Buckinghamshire burning lake call'd celestial chariot Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures dark deeds deep delight divine dread earth eternal etherial evil fair Fair Angel fall Father fear fell Fiend fierce fiery fill'd fire flames flowers gates glory Gods gold golden grace hand happy hast hate hath Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour horrid host infernal Ithuriel JOHN MILTON JOHN SHARPE join'd King legions less light Messiah Moloch morn night o'er once ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd praise rage reign revenge RICHARD WESTALL round Satan seat seem'd Seraph Seraphim shade shalt shape sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself turn'd Uriel vex'd whence winds wings wonder Zephon