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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... deep . Which action passed over , the Poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his Angels now falling into Hell described here , not in the centre ( for Heaven and Earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly ...
... deep . Which action passed over , the Poem hastens into the midst of things , presenting Satan with his Angels now falling into Hell described here , not in the centre ( for Heaven and Earth may be supposed as yet not made , certainly ...
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... deep tract of Hell ; say first , what cause Moved our grand Parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who ...
... deep tract of Hell ; say first , what cause Moved our grand Parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who ...
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... deep despair : And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer . O Prince , O Chief of many throned Powers , That led the embattled Seraphim to war Under thy conduct , and , in dreadful deeds Fearless , endanger'd Heaven's perpetual king ...
... deep despair : And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer . O Prince , O Chief of many throned Powers , That led the embattled Seraphim to war Under thy conduct , and , in dreadful deeds Fearless , endanger'd Heaven's perpetual king ...
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... deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our Foe . Seest thou yon dreary plain , forlorn and wild , The seat of Desolation , void of light , Save what the glimmering of these livid flames ...
... deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our Foe . Seest thou yon dreary plain , forlorn and wild , The seat of Desolation , void of light , Save what the glimmering of these livid flames ...
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... deep Of Hell resounded ! Princes , Potentates , Warriors , the flower of Heaven ! once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your ...
... deep Of Hell resounded ! Princes , Potentates , Warriors , the flower of Heaven ! once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your ...
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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