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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... they , outcast from God , are here condemn'd To waste eternal days in woe and pain ? And reckon'st thou thyself with Spirits of Heaven , Hell - doom'd ! and breathest defiance here and scorn 667-696 . BOOK II . PARADISE LOST .
... they , outcast from God , are here condemn'd To waste eternal days in woe and pain ? And reckon'st thou thyself with Spirits of Heaven , Hell - doom'd ! and breathest defiance here and scorn 667-696 . BOOK II . PARADISE LOST .
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... Thyself in me thy perfect image viewing Becamest enamour'd , and such joy thou took'st With me in secret , that my womb conceived A growing burden . Meanwhile war arose , And fields were fought in Heaven ; wherein remain'd ( For what ...
... Thyself in me thy perfect image viewing Becamest enamour'd , and such joy thou took'st With me in secret , that my womb conceived A growing burden . Meanwhile war arose , And fields were fought in Heaven ; wherein remain'd ( For what ...
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... thyself Abolish thy creation , and unmake For him , what for thy glory thou hast made ? So should thy goodness and thy greatness both Be question'd and blasphemed without defence . To whom the great Creator thus replied . O Son , in ...
... thyself Abolish thy creation , and unmake For him , what for thy glory thou hast made ? So should thy goodness and thy greatness both Be question'd and blasphemed without defence . To whom the great Creator thus replied . O Son , in ...
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... thyself Man among men on earth , Made flesh , when time shall be , of virgin seed , By wondrous birth : Be thou in Adam's room The head of all mankind , though Adam's son . As in him perish all men , so in thee , As from a second root ...
... thyself Man among men on earth , Made flesh , when time shall be , of virgin seed , By wondrous birth : Be thou in Adam's room The head of all mankind , though Adam's son . As in him perish all men , so in thee , As from a second root ...
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... thyself invisible Amidst the glorious brightness where thou sit'st Throned inaccessible , but when thou shadest The full blaze of thy beams , and , through a cloud Drawn round about thee like a radiant shrine , Dark with excessive ...
... thyself invisible Amidst the glorious brightness where thou sit'st Throned inaccessible , but when thou shadest The full blaze of thy beams , and , through a cloud Drawn round about thee like a radiant shrine , Dark with excessive ...
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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