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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... thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song , That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose ...
... thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by the oracle of God ; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous song , That with no middle flight intends to soar Above the Aonian mount , while it pursues Things unattempted yet in prose ...
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... A thousand Demi - gods on golden seats , Frequent and full . After short silence then , And summons read , the great consult began . Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright . Then 785-798 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
... A thousand Demi - gods on golden seats , Frequent and full . After short silence then , And summons read , the great consult began . Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright . Then 785-798 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
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A Poem John Milton. Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright . Then shining heavenly fair , a goddefs arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : L.756 . PARADISE LOST . BOOK I. JAN.1.1822 . PARADISE LOST . BOOK II . The consultation begun ...
A Poem John Milton. Likest to thee in shape and countenance bright . Then shining heavenly fair , a goddefs arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : L.756 . PARADISE LOST . BOOK I. JAN.1.1822 . PARADISE LOST . BOOK II . The consultation begun ...
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... thee : Retire , or taste thy folly ; and learn by proof , Hell - born ! not to contend with Spirits of Heaven . To whom the Goblin full of wrath replied . Art thou that Traitor - Angel , art thou He , Who first broke peace in Heaven ...
... thee : Retire , or taste thy folly ; and learn by proof , Hell - born ! not to contend with Spirits of Heaven . To whom the Goblin full of wrath replied . Art thou that Traitor - Angel , art thou He , Who first broke peace in Heaven ...
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... thee more , Thy king and lord ? Back to thy punishment , False fugitive ! and to thy speed add wings ; Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering ; or with one stroke of this dart Strange horror seize thee , and pangs unfelt ...
... thee more , Thy king and lord ? Back to thy punishment , False fugitive ! and to thy speed add wings ; Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy lingering ; or with one stroke of this dart Strange horror seize thee , and pangs unfelt ...
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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