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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... whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in ...
... whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in ...
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... whence these raging fires Will slacken , if his breath stir not their flames . Our purer essence then will overcome Their noxious vapour ; or , inured , not feel ; Or changed at length , and to the place conform'd In temper and in ...
... whence these raging fires Will slacken , if his breath stir not their flames . Our purer essence then will overcome Their noxious vapour ; or , inured , not feel ; Or changed at length , and to the place conform'd In temper and in ...
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... whence deep thunders roar Mustering their rage , and Heaven resembles Hell ? As he our darkness , cannot we his light Imitate when we please ? This desert soil Wants not her hidden lustre , gems and gold ; Nor want we skill or art ...
... whence deep thunders roar Mustering their rage , and Heaven resembles Hell ? As he our darkness , cannot we his light Imitate when we please ? This desert soil Wants not her hidden lustre , gems and gold ; Nor want we skill or art ...
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... whence , But from the author of all ill , could spring So deep a malice , to confound the race Of mankind in one root , and Earth with Hell To mingle and involve , done all to spite The great Creator ? But their spite still serves His ...
... whence , But from the author of all ill , could spring So deep a malice , to confound the race Of mankind in one root , and Earth with Hell To mingle and involve , done all to spite The great Creator ? But their spite still serves His ...
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... whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs ; they , on the trading flood , Through the wide Ethiopian to the Cape , Ply stemming nightly toward the pole : So seem'd Far off the flying Fiend . At last appear Hell bounds , high reaching to ...
... whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs ; they , on the trading flood , Through the wide Ethiopian to the Cape , Ply stemming nightly toward the pole : So seem'd Far off the flying Fiend . At last appear Hell bounds , high reaching to ...
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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