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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... sweet and harmonious , and his ear excel- lent . In his habits he was remarkably frugal and regular , rising in summer at four , and in winter at five . A chapter of the Hebrew Scriptures being read to him as soon as he was up , he ...
... sweet and harmonious , and his ear excel- lent . In his habits he was remarkably frugal and regular , rising in summer at four , and in winter at five . A chapter of the Hebrew Scriptures being read to him as soon as he was up , he ...
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... sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or freeze , with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon , Nor great ...
... sweet , Built like a temple , where pilasters round Were set , and Doric pillars overlaid With golden architrave ; nor did there want Cornice or freeze , with bossy sculptures graven : The roof was fretted gold . Not Babylon , Nor great ...
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... sweet Extend his evening beam , the fields revive , The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds Attest their joy , that hill and valley rings . O shame to men ! Devil with Devil damn'd Firm concord holds ; men only disagree Of ...
... sweet Extend his evening beam , the fields revive , The birds their notes renew , and bleating herds Attest their joy , that hill and valley rings . O shame to men ! Devil with Devil damn'd Firm concord holds ; men only disagree Of ...
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... sweet ( For eloquence the soul , song charms the sense ) , Others apart sat on a hill retired , In thoughts more elevate , and reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate ; Fix'd fate , free will , foreknowledge ...
... sweet ( For eloquence the soul , song charms the sense ) , Others apart sat on a hill retired , In thoughts more elevate , and reason'd high Of providence , foreknowledge , will , and fate ; Fix'd fate , free will , foreknowledge ...
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... sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink ; But Fate withstands , and to oppose the attempt Medusa with Gorgonian terror guards The ford , and of itself the water flies All taste of living wight ...
... sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe , All in one moment , and so near the brink ; But Fate withstands , and to oppose the attempt Medusa with Gorgonian terror guards The ford , and of itself the water flies All taste of living wight ...
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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