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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... Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the etherial sky , With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the ...
... Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the etherial sky , With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the ...
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... Almighty , since no less. Than. such. could. have. o'erpower'd. such. force. as. ours. ) Have left us this our spirit and strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him ...
... Almighty , since no less. Than. such. could. have. o'erpower'd. such. force. as. ours. ) Have left us this our spirit and strength entire Strongly to suffer and support our pains , That we may so suffice his vengeful ire , Or do him ...
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... Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and , in my choice , To reign is worth ambition , though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we ...
... Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and , in my choice , To reign is worth ambition , though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell , than serve in Heaven ! But wherefore let we ...
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... Almighty ! and that strife Was not inglorious , though the event was dire , As this place testifies , and this dire change Hateful to utter : but what power of mind , Foreseeing or presaging , from the depth Of knowledge past or present ...
... Almighty ! and that strife Was not inglorious , though the event was dire , As this place testifies , and this dire change Hateful to utter : but what power of mind , Foreseeing or presaging , from the depth Of knowledge past or present ...
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... almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder ; and , for lightning , see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his Angels ; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His BOOK 11 . 39-68 ...
... almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder ; and , for lightning , see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his Angels ; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His BOOK 11 . 39-68 ...
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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