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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... light brown hair , parted at the top , fell " clustering " upon his shoulders . His voice was delicately sweet and harmonious , and his ear excel- lent . In his habits he was remarkably frugal and regular , rising in summer at four ...
... light brown hair , parted at the top , fell " clustering " upon his shoulders . His voice was delicately sweet and harmonious , and his ear excel- lent . In his habits he was remarkably frugal and regular , rising in summer at four ...
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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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... light of Heaven As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . O , how unlike the place from whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and ...
... light of Heaven As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . O , how unlike the place from whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and ...
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... light , Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful ? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves ; There rest , if any rest can harbour there ; BOOK I. PARADISE LOST . 155-184 .
... light , Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful ? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves ; There rest , if any rest can harbour there ; BOOK I. PARADISE LOST . 155-184 .
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... lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid , fire : And such appear'd in hue , as ... light ? Be it so ! since B 3 BOOK I. 215-244 . PARADISE LOST . Heap on himself damnation, while he sought ...
... lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid , fire : And such appear'd in hue , as ... light ? Be it so ! since B 3 BOOK I. 215-244 . PARADISE LOST . Heap on himself damnation, while he sought ...
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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