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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... Heaven , but tells them lastly of a new world and new kind of creature to be created , according to an ancient prophecy or report in Heaven ; for , that Angels were long before this visible creation , was the opinion of many ancient ...
... Heaven , but tells them lastly of a new world and new kind of creature to be created , according to an ancient prophecy or report in Heaven ; for , that Angels were long before this visible creation , was the opinion of many ancient ...
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... Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or if Sion hill Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by ... Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world ...
... Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or if Sion hill Delight thee more , and Siloa's brook that flow'd Fast by ... Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world ...
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... Heaven , with all his host Of rebel Angels ; by whose aid , aspiring To set himself in glory above his peers , He trusted to have equal'd the Most High , If he opposed ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God ...
... Heaven , with all his host Of rebel Angels ; by whose aid , aspiring To set himself in glory above his peers , He trusted to have equal'd the Most High , If he opposed ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God ...
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... Heaven As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . O , how unlike the place from whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by ...
... Heaven As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . O , how unlike the place from whence they fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by ...
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... Heaven , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; the unconquerable will , And study of revenge , immortal hate , And courage never to submit or yield , And what is else not to be overcome ; That glory ...
... Heaven , And shook his throne . What though the field be lost ? All is not lost ; the unconquerable will , And study of revenge , immortal hate , And courage never to submit or yield , And what is else not to be overcome ; That glory ...
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