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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... thought Both of lost happiness , and lasting 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 ...
... thought Both of lost happiness , and lasting 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 ...
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... thoughts and counsels , equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise , Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin ! Into what pit thou seest , From what height fallen ; so much the stronger proved He with his thunder ...
... thoughts and counsels , equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise , Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin ! Into what pit thou seest , From what height fallen ; so much the stronger proved He with his thunder ...
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... thoughts , and chase Anguish , and doubt , and fear , and sorrow , and pain , From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they , Breathing united force , with fixed thought , Moved on in silence to soft pipes , that charm'd Their painful steps ...
... thoughts , and chase Anguish , and doubt , and fear , and sorrow , and pain , From mortal or immortal minds . Thus they , Breathing united force , with fixed thought , Moved on in silence to soft pipes , that charm'd Their painful steps ...
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... thoughts Full counsel must mature : Peace is despair'd ; For who can think submission ? War then , War , Open or understood , must be resolved . He spake : and , to confirm his words , out - flew Millions of flaming swords , drawn from ...
... thoughts Full counsel must mature : Peace is despair'd ; For who can think submission ? War then , War , Open or understood , must be resolved . He spake : and , to confirm his words , out - flew Millions of flaming swords , drawn from ...
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... thoughts From Heaven ; for e'en in Heaven his looks and Were always downward bent , admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement , trodden gold , Than aught , divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also ...
... thoughts From Heaven ; for e'en in Heaven his looks and Were always downward bent , admiring more The riches of Heaven's pavement , trodden gold , Than aught , divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also ...
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