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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... appear'd in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Ętna , whose combustible And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublimed with mineral fury , aid ...
... appear'd in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Ętna , whose combustible And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublimed with mineral fury , aid ...
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... appear'd A crew , who , under names of old renown , Osiris , Isis , Orus , and their train , With monstrous shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt , and her priests , to seek Their wandering Gods disguised in brutish forms Rather ...
... appear'd A crew , who , under names of old renown , Osiris , Isis , Orus , and their train , With monstrous shapes and sorceries abused Fanatic Egypt , and her priests , to seek Their wandering Gods disguised in brutish forms Rather ...
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... appear'd Obscure some glimpse of joy , to have found their Chief Not in despair , to have found themselves not lost In loss itself : which on his countenance cast Like double hue : but he , his wonted pride Soon recollecting , with high ...
... appear'd Obscure some glimpse of joy , to have found their Chief Not in despair , to have found themselves not lost In loss itself : which on his countenance cast Like double hue : but he , his wonted pride Soon recollecting , with high ...
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... Appear'd , and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable : Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood . Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and ...
... Appear'd , and serried shields in thick array Of depth immeasurable : Anon they move In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood . Of flutes and soft recorders ; such as raised To height of noblest temper heroes old Arming to battle ; and ...
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... appear'd Less than Arch - Angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon , In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds ...
... appear'd Less than Arch - Angel ruin'd , and the excess Of glory obscured : as when the sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon , In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds ...
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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