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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... noblest panegyric , that his works are not less the just expression of his character , than the monuments of his genius . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft ,. "Paradise Regained" was composed during his temporary ...
... noblest panegyric , that his works are not less the just expression of his character , than the monuments of his genius . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft ,. "Paradise Regained" was composed during his temporary ...
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A Poem John Milton. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air . L.225 . PARADISE LOST . BOOK I. DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL , R.A . ENGRAVED BY CHARLES HEATH ; PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE , PICCADILLY ...
A Poem John Milton. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air . L.225 . PARADISE LOST . BOOK I. DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALL , R.A . ENGRAVED BY CHARLES HEATH ; PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE , PICCADILLY ...
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... wings outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast abyss , And madest it pregnant : What in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And ...
... wings outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast abyss , And madest it pregnant : What in me is dark , Illumine ; what is low , raise and support ; That to the height of this great argument I may assert Eternal Providence , And ...
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... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our Foe . Seest ...
... Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our Foe . Seest ...
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... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid , fire : And such appear'd in hue , as when the ...
... wings he steers his flight Aloft , incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight ; till on dry land He lights , if it were land that ever burn'd With solid , as the lake with liquid , fire : And such appear'd in hue , as when the ...
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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