Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained (Collins Classics)HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘Greedily she engorged without restraint, Milton’s Paradise Lost is a poem of epic proportions that tells of Satan’s attempts to mislead Eve into disobeying God in the Garden of Eden, by eating from the tree of knowledge. His interpretation of the biblical story of Genesis is vivid and intense in its language, justifying the actions of God to men. In his sequel poem, Paradise Regained, Milton shows Satan trying to seduce Jesus in a similar way to Eve, but ultimately failing as Jesus remains steadfast. |
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... Satan, with bold words Breaking the horrid silence, thus began:— “If thou beest he—but O how fallen! how changed From him who, in the happy realms of light Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine Myriads, though bright!—if ...
... Satan, with bold words Breaking the horrid silence, thus began:— “If thou beest he—but O how fallen! how changed From him who, in the happy realms of light Clothed with transcendent brightness, didst outshine Myriads, though bright!—if ...
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... Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the fables name ...
... Satan, talking to his nearest mate, With head uplift above the wave, and eyes That sparkling blazed; his other parts besides Prone on the flood, extended long and large, Lay floating many a rood, in bulk as huge As whom the fables name ...
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... Satan spake ; and him Beelzebub Thus answered : - " Leader of those armies bright Which , but th ' Omnipotent , none could have foiled ! If once they hear that voice , their liveliest pledge Of hope in fears and dangers - heard so oft.
... Satan spake ; and him Beelzebub Thus answered : - " Leader of those armies bright Which , but th ' Omnipotent , none could have foiled ! If once they hear that voice , their liveliest pledge Of hope in fears and dangers - heard so oft.
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... Satan and his peers. Their summons called From every band and squared regiment By place or choice the worthiest: they anon With hundreds and with thousands trooping came Attended. All access was thronged; the gates And porches wide, but ...
... Satan and his peers. Their summons called From every band and squared regiment By place or choice the worthiest: they anon With hundreds and with thousands trooping came Attended. All access was thronged; the gates And porches wide, but ...
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... Satan exalted sat , by merit raised To that bad eminence ; and , from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope , aspires Beyond thus high , insatiate to pursue Vain war with Heaven ; and , by success untaught , His proud imaginations thus ...
... Satan exalted sat , by merit raised To that bad eminence ; and , from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope , aspires Beyond thus high , insatiate to pursue Vain war with Heaven ; and , by success untaught , His proud imaginations thus ...
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