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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... Beelzebub . To whom the Arch - Enemy , And thence in Heaven call'd 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 ...
... Beelzebub . To whom the Arch - Enemy , And thence in Heaven call'd 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 ...
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... Beelzebub perceived , than whom Satan except , none higher sat , with grave Aspéct he rose , and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state ; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat , and public care ; And princely counsel in his face ...
... Beelzebub perceived , than whom Satan except , none higher sat , with grave Aspéct he rose , and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state ; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat , and public care ; And princely counsel in his face ...
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... Beelzebub Pleaded his devilish counsel , first devised By Satan , and in part proposed : For 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 ...
... Beelzebub Pleaded his devilish counsel , first devised By Satan , and in part proposed : For 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 ...
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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