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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... ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion set As far removed from God 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 ...
... ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion set As far removed from God 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 ...
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... ordain'd his drudge ; to execute Whate'er his wrath , which he calls justice , bids ; His wrath , which one day will destroy ye both ! She spake , and at her words the hellish Pest Forbore ; then these to her Satan return'd . So strange ...
... ordain'd his drudge ; to execute Whate'er his wrath , which he calls justice , bids ; His wrath , which one day will destroy ye both ! She spake , and at her words the hellish Pest Forbore ; then these to her Satan return'd . So strange ...
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... ordain'd Their freedom ; they themselves ordain'd their fall . The first sort by their own suggestion fell , Self - tempted , self - depraved : Man falls , deceived By the other first : Man therefore shall find grace , The other none ...
... ordain'd Their freedom ; they themselves ordain'd their fall . The first sort by their own suggestion fell , Self - tempted , self - depraved : Man falls , deceived By the other first : Man therefore shall find grace , The other none ...
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... ; Unspeakable desire to see , and know All these his wondrous works , but chiefly Man , His chief delight and favour , him for whom All these his works so wondrous he ordain'd , Hath BOOK III . 635-664 . PARADISE LOST .
... ; Unspeakable desire to see , and know All these his wondrous works , but chiefly Man , His chief delight and favour , him for whom All these his works so wondrous he ordain'd , Hath BOOK III . 635-664 . PARADISE LOST .
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A Poem John Milton. All these his works so wondrous he ordain'd , Hath brought me from the quires of Cherubim Alone thus wandering . Brightest Seraph , tell In which of all these shining orbs hath Man His fixed seat , or fixed seat hath ...
A Poem John Milton. All these his works so wondrous he ordain'd , Hath brought me from the quires of Cherubim Alone thus wandering . Brightest Seraph , tell In which of all these shining orbs hath Man His fixed seat , or fixed seat hath ...
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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