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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... burning lake , thunderstruck and astonished , after a certain space recovers , as from confusion , calls up him who next in order and dignity lay by him : They confer of their miserable fall ; Satan awakens all his legions , who lay ...
... burning lake , thunderstruck and astonished , after a certain space recovers , as from confusion , calls up him who next in order and dignity lay by him : They confer of their miserable fall ; Satan awakens all his legions , who lay ...
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... burning lake : nor ever thence Had risen , or heaved his head ; but that the will And high permission of all - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his own dark designs ; That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation ...
... burning lake : nor ever thence Had risen , or heaved his head ; but that the will And high permission of all - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his own dark designs ; That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation ...
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... burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid , fire : And such 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 ...
... burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid , fire : And such 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 ...
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... lake of fire , As we erewhile , astounded and amazed ; No wonder , fallen such a pernicious height . He scarce had ceased , when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield , Etherial temper , massy , large ...
... lake of fire , As we erewhile , astounded and amazed ; No wonder , fallen such a pernicious height . He scarce had ceased , when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield , Etherial temper , massy , large ...
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... burning lake ? That sure was worse . What if the breath , that kindled those grim fires , Awaked , should blow them ... fire , Impendent horrors , threatening hideous fall One day upon our heads ; while we perhaps , Designing or ...
... burning lake ? That sure was worse . What if the breath , that kindled those grim fires , Awaked , should blow them ... fire , Impendent horrors , threatening hideous fall One day upon our heads ; while we perhaps , Designing or ...
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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