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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... chariot wheels : so thick bestrown , Abject and lost lay these , covering the flood , Under amazement of their hideous change . He call'd so loud , that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded ! Princes , Potentates , Warriors , the ...
... chariot wheels : so thick bestrown , Abject and lost lay these , covering the flood , Under amazement of their hideous change . He call'd so loud , that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded ! Princes , Potentates , Warriors , the ...
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... chariots rank'd in loose array : So wide they stood , and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame . Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark [ highth , Illimitable ocean ...
... chariots rank'd in loose array : So wide they stood , and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame . Before their eyes in sudden view appear The secrets of the hoary deep ; a dark [ highth , Illimitable ocean ...
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... Dominations : Thou that day Thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare , Nor stop thy flaming chariot - wheels , that shook Heaven's everlasting frame , while o'er the necks Thou drovest 365-394 . BOOK IM . PARADISE LOST .
... Dominations : Thou that day Thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare , Nor stop thy flaming chariot - wheels , that shook Heaven's everlasting frame , while o'er the necks Thou drovest 365-394 . BOOK IM . PARADISE LOST .
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... chariot drawn by fiery steeds . The stairs were then let down , whether to dare The Fiend by easy ascent , or aggravate His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss : Direct against which open'd from beneath , Just o'er the blissful seat ...
... chariot drawn by fiery steeds . The stairs were then let down , whether to dare The Fiend by easy ascent , or aggravate His sad exclusion from the doors of bliss : Direct against which open'd from beneath , Just o'er the blissful seat ...
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... chariot and thunder driving into the midst of his enemies , pursues them unable to resist towards the wall of Heaven : which opening , they leap down with horror and confusion into the place of punishment prepared for them in the deep ...
... chariot and thunder driving into the midst of his enemies , pursues them unable to resist towards the wall of Heaven : which opening , they leap down with horror and confusion into the place of punishment prepared for them in the deep ...
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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