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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... bliss ) , condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain ; Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven , and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood , Their glory wither'd : as when Heaven's ...
... bliss ) , condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain ; Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced Of Heaven , and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt ; yet faithful how they stood , Their glory wither'd : as when Heaven's ...
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... bliss , condemn'd In this abhorred deep to utter woe ; Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end , The vassals of his anger , when the scourge Inexorably , and the torturing hour , Calls us to penance ...
... bliss , condemn'd In this abhorred deep to utter woe ; Where pain of unextinguishable fire Must exercise us without hope of end , The vassals of his anger , when the scourge Inexorably , and the torturing hour , Calls us to penance ...
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... bliss , Faded so soon . Advise , if this be worth Attempting , or to sit in darkness here Hatching vain empires . Thus Beelzebub Pleaded his devilish counsel , first devised By Satan , and in part proposed : For whence , But from the ...
... bliss , Faded so soon . Advise , if this be worth Attempting , or to sit in darkness here Hatching vain empires . Thus Beelzebub Pleaded his devilish counsel , first devised By Satan , and in part proposed : For whence , But from the ...
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... bliss In the purlieus of Heaven , and therein placed A race of upstart creatures , to supply Perhaps our vacant room ; though more removed , Lest Heaven , surcharged with potent multitude , Might hap to move new broils . Be this or ...
... bliss In the purlieus of Heaven , and therein placed A race of upstart creatures , to supply Perhaps our vacant room ; though more removed , Lest Heaven , surcharged with potent multitude , Might hap to move new broils . Be this or ...
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... bliss , among The Gods who live at ease , where I shall reign At thy right hand voluptuous , as beseems Thy daughter and thy darling , without end . Thus saying , from her side the fatal key , Sad instrument of all our woe , she took ...
... bliss , among The Gods who live at ease , where I shall reign At thy right hand voluptuous , as beseems Thy daughter and thy darling , without end . Thus saying , from her side the fatal key , Sad instrument of all our woe , she took ...
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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