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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... Belial came last , than whom a Spirit more lewd Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to him no temple stood Or altar smoked : yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist ...
... Belial came last , than whom a Spirit more lewd Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to him no temple stood Or altar smoked : yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist ...
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... Belial , in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seem'd For dignity composed , and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropp'd manna , and could make the worse appear The better ...
... Belial , in act more graceful and humane : A fairer person lost not Heaven ; he seem'd For dignity composed , and high exploit : But all was false and hollow ; though his tongue Dropp'd manna , and could make the worse appear The better ...
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... Belial , with words clothed in reason's garb , Counsel'd ignoble ease , and peaceful sloth , Not peace : And after him thus Mammon spake . Either to disenthrone the King of Heaven We war , if war be best , or to regain • Our own right ...
... Belial , with words clothed in reason's garb , Counsel'd ignoble ease , and peaceful sloth , Not peace : And after him thus Mammon spake . Either to disenthrone the King of Heaven We war , if war be best , or to regain • Our own right ...
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... Belial , in like gamesome mood . Leader ! the terms we sent were terms of weight , Of hard contents , and full of force urged home ; Such as we might perceive amused them all , And stumbled many : Who receives them right , Had need from ...
... Belial , in like gamesome mood . Leader ! the terms we sent were terms of weight , Of hard contents , and full of force urged home ; Such as we might perceive amused them all , And stumbled many : Who receives them right , Had need from ...
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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