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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... spirit of the man and the Christian was unbroken by the annihilation of the patriot's hopes : in the night which enveloped his visual sense , the heaven of intellect was revealed with the more dis- tinctness to that gaze which was ...
... spirit of the man and the Christian was unbroken by the annihilation of the patriot's hopes : in the night which enveloped his visual sense , the heaven of intellect was revealed with the more dis- tinctness to that gaze which was ...
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... Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure , Instruct me , for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast abyss , And madest it ...
... Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure , Instruct me , for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast abyss , And madest it ...
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... Spirits arm'd , That durst dislike his reign , and , me preferring , His utmost power with adverse power opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; the ...
... Spirits arm'd , That durst dislike his reign , and , me preferring , His utmost power with adverse power opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; the ...
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... spirit remains Invincible , and vigour soon returns , Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , since no less Than such ...
... spirit remains Invincible , and vigour soon returns , Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , since no less Than such ...
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... Spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To slumber here , as in the vales of Heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn To adore the Conqueror ? who now ...
... Spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To slumber here , as in the vales of Heaven ? Or in this abject posture have ye sworn To adore the Conqueror ? who now ...
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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