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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... night : this exces- sive application injured his eyes , and laid the foundation of his subsequent blindness ; but nothing could restrain his ardour for learning ; and his father , correctly appreciating these indica- tions of future ...
... night : this exces- sive application injured his eyes , and laid the foundation of his subsequent blindness ; but nothing could restrain his ardour for learning ; and his father , correctly appreciating these indica- tions of future ...
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... night which enveloped his visual sense , the heaven of intellect was revealed with the more dis- tinctness to that gaze which was thenceforward to be fixed on the realities of eternity . In the progress of his studies , the blindness of ...
... night which enveloped his visual sense , the heaven of intellect was revealed with the more dis- tinctness to that gaze which was thenceforward to be fixed on the realities of eternity . In the progress of his studies , the blindness of ...
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... night To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the 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 ...
... night To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the 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 ...
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... night - founder'd skiff Deeming some island , oft , as seamen tell , With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee , while night Invests the sea , and wished morn delays : So stretch'd out huge in length the Arch ...
... night - founder'd skiff Deeming some island , oft , as seamen tell , With fixed anchor in his scaly rind Moors by his side under the lee , while night Invests the sea , and wished morn delays : So stretch'd out huge in length the Arch ...
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... night , and darken'd all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell , " Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a signal given , the uplifted spear Of their great ...
... night , and darken'd all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell , " Twixt upper , nether , and surrounding fires ; Till , as a signal given , the uplifted spear Of their great ...
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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