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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... Eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . Say first , for Heaven hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of Hell ; say first , what cause Moved our grand Parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so ...
... Eternal Providence , And justify the ways of God to men . Say first , for Heaven hides nothing from thy view , Nor the deep tract of Hell ; say first , what cause Moved our grand Parents , in that happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so ...
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... Eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion set As far removed from God and light of Heaven As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . O , how unlike the place ...
... Eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ordain'd In utter darkness , and their portion set As far removed from God and light of Heaven As from the centre thrice to the utmost pole . O , how unlike the place ...
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... eternal war , Irreconcilable to our grand Foe , Who now triumphs , and , in the excess of joy Sole reigning , holds the tyranny of Heaven . So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , BOOK I. 95-124 . PARADISE LOST .
... eternal war , Irreconcilable to our grand Foe , Who now triumphs , and , in the excess of joy Sole reigning , holds the tyranny of Heaven . So spake the apostate Angel , though in pain , BOOK I. 95-124 . PARADISE LOST .
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... eternal being , To undergo eternal punishment ? Whereto with speedy words the 125-154 . BOOK 1 . PARADISE LOST .
... eternal being , To undergo eternal punishment ? Whereto with speedy words the 125-154 . BOOK 1 . PARADISE LOST .
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A Poem John Milton. To undergo eternal punishment ? Whereto with speedy words the Arch - Fiend replied . Fallen Cherub ! to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering : but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ...
A Poem John Milton. To undergo eternal punishment ? Whereto with speedy words the Arch - Fiend replied . Fallen Cherub ! to be weak is miserable Doing or suffering : but of this be sure , To do aught good never will be our task , But ...
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