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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... divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures , better hid . Soon had his ...
... divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures , better hid . Soon had his ...
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... , to the height enraged , Will either quite consume us , and reduce To nothing this essential ; happier far Than miserable to have eternal being : Or if our substance be indeed divine , And cannot 69-98 . BOOK II . PARADISE LOST .
... , to the height enraged , Will either quite consume us , and reduce To nothing this essential ; happier far Than miserable to have eternal being : Or if our substance be indeed divine , And cannot 69-98 . BOOK II . PARADISE LOST .
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A Poem John Milton. Or if our substance be indeed divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our power sufficient to disturb his heaven , And with perpetual inroads to ... divine, ...
A Poem John Milton. Or if our substance be indeed divine , And cannot cease to be , we are at worst On this side nothing ; and by proof we feel Our power sufficient to disturb his heaven , And with perpetual inroads to ... divine, ...
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... divine justice : Man hath offended the majesty of God by aspiring to Godhead , and , therefore , with all his progeny , devoted to death , must die , unless some one can be found sufficient to answer for his offence , and undergo his ...
... divine justice : Man hath offended the majesty of God by aspiring to Godhead , and , therefore , with all his progeny , devoted to death , must die , unless some one can be found sufficient to answer for his offence , and undergo his ...
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... divine ; But cloud instead , and everduring dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom at one ...
... divine ; But cloud instead , and everduring dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom at one ...
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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