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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... painful to record , that their conduct was the reverse of that of filial love and duty ; to them he left their mother's portion , which had never been paid to him : his other property , amounting , notwithstanding his heavy losses , to ...
... painful to record , that their conduct was the reverse of that of filial love and duty ; to them he left their mother's portion , which had never been paid to him : his other property , amounting , notwithstanding his heavy losses , to ...
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... pain , Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes , That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mix'd with obdurate pride and steadfast hate : At once , as far as Angels ken , he views The dismal situation waste and wild : A dungeon ...
... pain , Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes , That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mix'd with obdurate pride and steadfast hate : At once , as far as Angels ken , he views The dismal situation waste and wild : A dungeon ...
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... guile , eternal war , Irreconcilable to our grand Foe , Who now triumphs , and , in the excess of joy Sole reigning , holds the tyranny of Heaven . So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , BOOK I. 95-124 . PARADISE LOST .
... guile , eternal war , Irreconcilable to our grand Foe , Who now triumphs , and , in the excess of joy Sole reigning , holds the tyranny of Heaven . So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , BOOK I. 95-124 . PARADISE LOST .
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A Poem John Milton. So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , Vaunting aloud , but rack'd with deep despair ... pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service as his thralls By right of war , whate ...
A Poem John Milton. So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , Vaunting aloud , but rack'd with deep despair ... pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him mightier service as his thralls By right of war , whate ...
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... pains not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obey'd ; Innumerable . As when the potent rod Of Amram's son , in Egypt's evil day , Waved round the coast , up call'd a pitchy cloud Of locusts , warping on the eastern wind ...
... pains not feel ; Yet to their General's voice they soon obey'd ; Innumerable . As when the potent rod Of Amram's son , in Egypt's evil day , Waved round the coast , up call'd a pitchy cloud Of locusts , warping on the eastern wind ...
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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