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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... morn delays : So stretch'd out huge in length the Arch - Fiend lay , Chain'd on the burning lake : nor ever thence Had risen , or heaved his head ; but that the will And high permission of all - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his ...
... morn delays : So stretch'd out huge in length the Arch - Fiend lay , Chain'd on the burning lake : nor ever thence Had risen , or heaved his head ; but that the will And high permission of all - ruling Heaven Left him at large to his ...
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... morn To noon he fell , from noon to dewy eve , A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the zenith like a falling star , On Lemnos the ' gean isle : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long ...
... morn To noon he fell , from noon to dewy eve , A summer's day ; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the zenith like a falling star , On Lemnos the ' gean isle : thus they relate , Erring ; for he with this rebellious rout Fell long ...
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... morn , Or sight of vernal bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human face divine ; But cloud instead , and everduring dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair ...
... morn , Or sight of vernal bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human face divine ; But cloud instead , and everduring dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair ...
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... morning . Night coming on , Adam and Eve discourse of going to their rest : Their bower described ; their evening worship . Gabriel , drawing forth his bands of night - watch to walk the rounds of Paradise , appoints two strong Angels ...
... morning . Night coming on , Adam and Eve discourse of going to their rest : Their bower described ; their evening worship . Gabriel , drawing forth his bands of night - watch to walk the rounds of Paradise , appoints two strong Angels ...
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... d forth profuse on hill , and dale , and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field , and where the unpierced shade Imbrown'd F 2 BOOK IV . 215-244 . PARADISE LOST . His far more pleasant garden God ordain'd; ...
... d forth profuse on hill , and dale , and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field , and where the unpierced shade Imbrown'd F 2 BOOK IV . 215-244 . PARADISE LOST . His far more pleasant garden God ordain'd; ...
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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