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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... , Said then the lost Arch - Angel , this the seat That we must change for Heaven ; this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so ! since B 3 BOOK I. 215-244 . PARADISE LOST . Heap on himself damnation, while he sought ...
... , Said then the lost Arch - Angel , this the seat That we must change for Heaven ; this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it so ! since B 3 BOOK I. 215-244 . PARADISE LOST . Heap on himself damnation, while he sought ...
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A Poem John Milton. For that celestial light ? Be it so ! since he , Who now is Sov'reign , can dispose and bid What shall be right : furthest from him is best , Whom reason hath equal'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals ...
A Poem John Milton. For that celestial light ? Be it so ! since he , Who now is Sov'reign , can dispose and bid What shall be right : furthest from him is best , Whom reason hath equal'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals ...
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... Celestial Spirits in bondage , nor the abyss Long under darkness cover . But these thoughts Full counsel must mature : Peace is despair'd ; For who can think submission ? War then , War , Open or understood , must be resolved . He spake ...
... Celestial Spirits in bondage , nor the abyss Long under darkness cover . But these thoughts Full counsel must mature : Peace is despair'd ; For who can think submission ? War then , War , Open or understood , must be resolved . He spake ...
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... Celestial virtues rising will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to fear no second fate . Me though just right , and the fix'd laws of Heaven , Did first create your Leader ; next , free choice ...
... Celestial virtues rising will appear More glorious and more dread than from no fall , And trust themselves to fear no second fate . Me though just right , and the fix'd laws of Heaven , Did first create your Leader ; next , free choice ...
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... celestial Light , Shine inward , and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes , all mist from thence Purge and disperse , that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight . Now had the Almighty Father from ...
... celestial Light , Shine inward , and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes , all mist from thence Purge and disperse , that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight . Now had the Almighty Father from ...
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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