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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... infernal peers there sit in council . Or Man's first disobedience , and the fruit Of that forbidden tree , whose mortal taste Brought death into the world , and all our woe , With loss of Eden , till one greater Man B Restore us , and ...
... infernal peers there sit in council . Or Man's first disobedience , and the fruit Of that forbidden tree , whose mortal taste Brought death into the world , and all our woe , With loss of Eden , till one greater Man B Restore us , and ...
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... 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 , deceived The mother 5-34 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
... 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 , deceived The mother 5-34 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
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... Infernal world ! And thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessor ! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time : The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell , a Hell of Heaven . What matter ...
... Infernal world ! And thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessor ! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time : The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell , a Hell of Heaven . What matter ...
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... infernal pit shall never hold 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 ...
... infernal pit shall never hold 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 ...
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... infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions , like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat ; A thousand Demi - gods on golden seats , Frequent and full . After short ...
... infernal court . But far within , And in their own dimensions , like themselves , The great Seraphic Lords and Cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat ; A thousand Demi - gods on golden seats , Frequent and full . After short ...
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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