The Muse's Method: An Introduction to Paradise LostHarvard University Press, 1970 - 227 pages |
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Page 56
... thir fond hopes of Glory or lasting fame , Or happiness in this or th ' other life ; All who have thir reward on Earth , the fruits Of painful Superstition and blind Zeal , Naught seeking but the praise of men , here find Fit ...
... thir fond hopes of Glory or lasting fame , Or happiness in this or th ' other life ; All who have thir reward on Earth , the fruits Of painful Superstition and blind Zeal , Naught seeking but the praise of men , here find Fit ...
Page 128
... thir place by violence " ( 400-405 ) . When in the second day they are more spectacularly moved " from thir place " by Satan's cannon , they are for a moment uncertain what to do . Rage prompted them at length , and found them arms ...
... thir place by violence " ( 400-405 ) . When in the second day they are more spectacularly moved " from thir place " by Satan's cannon , they are for a moment uncertain what to do . Rage prompted them at length , and found them arms ...
Page 152
... thir happy state , The proof of thir obedience and thir faith ? O fair foundation laid whereon to build Thir ruin ! Hence I will excite thir minds With more desire to know , and to reject Envious commands , invented with design To keep ...
... thir happy state , The proof of thir obedience and thir faith ? O fair foundation laid whereon to build Thir ruin ! Hence I will excite thir minds With more desire to know , and to reject Envious commands , invented with design To keep ...
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Abdiel abstract abstract art action Adam and Eve Adam's Addison analogies angels believe Book XI C. S. Lewis civilization comic concerned continual challenges corruption creation dark David Daiches Death decorum desire Disobedience divine dramatic E. M. W. Tillyard Earth English poetry epic Eternal Providence Eve's evil experience F. T. Prince Faith fall final Fruit giv'n God's happy hath Heav'n Heav'nly Muse Hell heroic human imagine implies inevitably Judgment knew learning literary literature live major English man's means method Michael Milton modern reader motions moved movement natural opening lines Oreb Paradise Lost paradoxically passage peace perceived perfect perspectives poet poetic poetry praise Raphael reality recognize rejoicing relation reminded respond Samson Agonistes Satan sense sexual special knowledge speech spirit Temples thee things thir thou thought vast Abyss vision War in Heaven warfare writing the poem