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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... darkness , " his mind had lost none of its energy ; the 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 ...
... darkness , " his mind had lost none of its energy ; the 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 ...
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... dark grey , and retained , even after the total extinc- tion of vision , a peculiar vividness ; his light brown hair , parted at the top , fell " clustering " upon his shoulders . His voice was delicately sweet and harmonious , and his ...
... dark grey , and retained , even after the total extinc- tion of vision , a peculiar vividness ; his light brown hair , parted at the top , fell " clustering " upon his shoulders . His voice was delicately sweet and harmonious , and his ...
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... darkness , fitliest called Chaos : Here Satan with his Angels lying on the 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 ...
... darkness , fitliest called Chaos : Here Satan with his Angels lying on the 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 ...
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... dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . Say first , for Heaven hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract ...
... dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . Say first , for Heaven hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract ...
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... ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe , Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where peace And B 2 BOOK I. 35-64 . PARADISE LOST . Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived ...
... ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe , Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where peace And B 2 BOOK I. 35-64 . PARADISE LOST . Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived ...
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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