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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... Angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which action passed over , the Poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his Ángels now falling into Hell ...
... Angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which action passed over , the Poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his Ángels now falling into Hell ...
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... Angels ; by whose aid , aspiring To set himself in glory above his peers , He trusted to have equal'd the Most High , If he opposed ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God , Raised impious war in Heaven , and ...
... Angels ; by whose aid , aspiring To set himself in glory above his peers , He trusted to have equal'd the Most High , If he opposed ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God , Raised impious war in Heaven , and ...
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... , eternal war , Irreconcilable to our grand Foe , Who now triumphs , and , in the excess of joy Sole reigning , holds the tyranny of Heaven . So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , BOOK I. 95-124 . PARADISE LOST .
... , eternal war , Irreconcilable to our grand Foe , Who now triumphs , and , in the excess of joy Sole reigning , holds the tyranny of Heaven . So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , BOOK I. 95-124 . PARADISE LOST .
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A Poem John Milton. So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , Vaunting aloud , but rack'd with deep despair : And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer . O Prince , O Chief of many throned Powers , That led the embattled Seraphim ...
A Poem John Milton. So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , Vaunting aloud , but rack'd with deep despair : And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer . O Prince , O Chief of many throned Powers , That led the embattled Seraphim ...
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... then the lost Arch - Angel , this the seat That we must change for Heaven ; this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so ! since B 3 BOOK I. 215-244 . PARADISE LOST . Heap on himself damnation, while he sought ...
... then the lost Arch - Angel , this the seat That we must change for Heaven ; this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so ! since B 3 BOOK I. 215-244 . PARADISE LOST . Heap on himself damnation, while he sought ...
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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