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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... equal'd the Most High , If he opposed ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God , Raised impious war in Heaven , and battle proud , With vain attempt . Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the ...
... equal'd the Most High , If he opposed ; and , with ambitious aim Against the throne and monarchy of God , Raised impious war in Heaven , and battle proud , With vain attempt . Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the ...
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... equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise , Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin ! Into what pit thou seest , From what height fallen ; so much the stronger proved He with his thunder : and till then who ...
... equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise , Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin ! Into what pit thou seest , From what height fallen ; so much the stronger proved He with his thunder : and till then who ...
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... equal'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell , happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrors ! hail , Infernal world ! And thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessor ! one who brings A mind not to ...
... equal'd , force hath made supreme Above his equals . Farewell , happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrors ! hail , Infernal world ! And thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessor ! one who brings A mind not to ...
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... equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills , to be the mast Of some great ammiral , were but a wand , He walk'd with , to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle , not like those steps On Heaven's azure ; and the torrid ...
... equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills , to be the mast Of some great ammiral , were but a wand , He walk'd with , to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle , not like those steps On Heaven's azure ; and the torrid ...
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... equal'd with one stroke Both her first - born and all her bleating Gods . Belial came last , than whom a Spirit more lewd Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to him no temple stood Or altar smoked : yet who ...
... equal'd with one stroke Both her first - born and all her bleating Gods . Belial came last , than whom a Spirit more lewd Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to him no temple stood Or altar smoked : yet who ...
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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