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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... Satan with his Ángels now falling into Hell described here , not in the centre ( for Heaven and Earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly not yet accursed ) , but in a place of utter darkness , fitliest called Chaos : Here Satan ...
... Satan with his Ángels now falling into Hell described here , not in the centre ( for Heaven and Earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly not yet accursed ) , but in a place of utter darkness , fitliest called Chaos : Here Satan ...
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... Satan , with bold words Breaking the horrid silence , thus began . If thou beest he ; but O , how fallen ! how changed From him , who , in the happy realms of light , Clothed with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads though ...
... Satan , with bold words Breaking the horrid silence , thus began . If thou beest he ; but O , how fallen ! how changed From him , who , in the happy realms of light , Clothed with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads though ...
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... Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave , and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood , extended long and large , Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables ...
... Satan talking to his nearest mate With head uplift above the wave , and eyes That sparkling blazed ; his other parts besides Prone on the flood , extended long and large , Lay floating many a rood ; in bulk as huge As whom the fables ...
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... Satan spake ; and him Beelzebub Thus answer'd . Leader of those armies bright , Which but the Omnipòtent none could have foil'd ! If once they hear that voice , their liveliest pledge 1 Of hope in fears and dangers , heard so oft 245 ...
... Satan spake ; and him Beelzebub Thus answer'd . Leader of those armies bright , Which but the Omnipòtent none could have foil'd ! If once they hear that voice , their liveliest pledge 1 Of hope in fears and dangers , heard so oft 245 ...
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... Satan and his peers : their summons call'd From every band and squared regiment By place or choice the worthiest ; they anon , With hundreds and with thousands , trooping came , Attended : all access was throng'd ; the gates And porches ...
... Satan and his peers : their summons call'd From every band and squared regiment By place or choice the worthiest ; they anon , With hundreds and with thousands , trooping came , Attended : all access was throng'd ; the gates And porches ...
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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