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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... Fall , the Serpent , or rather Satan in the Serpent ; who , revolting from God , and drawing to his side many legions of Angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which ...
... Fall , the Serpent , or rather Satan in the Serpent ; who , revolting from God , and drawing to his side many legions of Angels , was , by the command of God , driven out of Heaven , with all his crew , into the great deep . Which ...
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... fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose guile , Stirr'd up with envy and revenge ...
... fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose guile , Stirr'd up with envy and revenge ...
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... fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and named Beelzebub . To whom the Arch ...
... fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and named Beelzebub . To whom the Arch ...
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... falling ; and the thunder , Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury ...
... falling ; and the thunder , Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury ...
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... fall . Henceforth his might we know , and know our own ; So as not either to provoke , or dread New war , provoked : our better part remains To work in close design , by fraud or guile , What force effected not : that he no less At ...
... fall . Henceforth his might we know , and know our own ; So as not either to provoke , or dread New war , provoked : our better part remains To work in close design , by fraud or guile , What force effected not : that he no less At ...
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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