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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... fiery gulf , Confounded , though immortal : But his doom Reserved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness , and lasting pain , Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes , That witness'd huge affliction and ...
... fiery gulf , Confounded , though immortal : But his doom Reserved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness , and lasting pain , Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes , That witness'd huge affliction and ...
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... fiery deluge , fed With everburning sulphur unconsumed : Such place Eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion set As far removed from God and light of Heaven As ...
... fiery deluge , fed With everburning sulphur unconsumed : Such place Eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion set As far removed from God and light of Heaven As ...
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... fiery surge , that from the precipice Of Heaven received us 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 ...
... fiery surge , that from the precipice Of Heaven received us 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 ...
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... fiery couch , At their great Emperor's call , as next in worth Came singly where he stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous crowd stood yet aloof . The chief were those , who , from the pit of Hell Roaming to seek their prey on ...
... fiery couch , At their great Emperor's call , as next in worth Came singly where he stood on the bare strand , While the promiscuous crowd stood yet aloof . The chief were those , who , from the pit of Hell Roaming to seek their prey on ...
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... fiery tempest shall be hurl'd Each on his rock transfix'd , the sport and prey Of wracking whirlwinds ; or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean , wrapp'd in chains ; There to converse with everlasting groans , Unrespited , unpitied ...
... fiery tempest shall be hurl'd Each on his rock transfix'd , the sport and prey Of wracking whirlwinds ; or for ever sunk Under yon boiling ocean , wrapp'd in chains ; There to converse with everlasting groans , Unrespited , unpitied ...
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