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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... evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which ofttimes may succeed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmost counsels from ...
... evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which ofttimes may succeed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb His inmost counsels from ...
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... 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 , while he sought Evil to 185-214 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
... 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 , while he sought Evil to 185-214 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
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A Poem John Milton. Heap on himself damnation , while he sought Evil to others ; and , enraged , might see How all his malice served but to bring forth Infinite goodness , grace , and mercy , shown On Man by him seduced ; but on himself ...
A Poem John Milton. Heap on himself damnation , while he sought Evil to others ; and , enraged , might see How all his malice served but to bring forth Infinite goodness , grace , and mercy , shown On Man by him seduced ; but on himself ...
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... , and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which 305-334 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
... , and up they sprung Upon the wing ; as when men wont to watch On duty , sleeping found by whom they dread , Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake . Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which 305-334 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
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A Poem John Milton. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were , or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obey'd ; Innumerable . As when the potent rod Of Amram's son , in Egypt's evil day ...
A Poem John Milton. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were , or the fierce pains not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obey'd ; Innumerable . As when the potent rod Of Amram's son , in Egypt's evil day ...
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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