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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... fell " clustering " upon his shoulders . His voice was delicately sweet and harmonious , and his ear excel- lent . In his habits he was remarkably frugal and regular , rising in summer at four , and in winter at five . A chapter of the ...
... fell " clustering " upon his shoulders . His voice was delicately sweet and harmonious , and his ear excel- lent . In his habits he was remarkably frugal and regular , rising in summer at four , and in winter at five . A chapter of the ...
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... fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and ...
... fell ! There the companions of his fall , o'erwhelm'd With floods and whirlwinds of tempestuous fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and ...
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... fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day ; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea ...
... fell To idols foul . Thammuz came next behind , Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day ; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea ...
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... fell flat , and shamed his worshippers : Dagon his name , sea - monster , upward man And downward fish : yet had his temple high Rear'd in Azotus , dreaded through the coast Of Palestine , in Gath and Ascalon , And Accaron and Gaza's ...
... fell flat , and shamed his worshippers : Dagon his name , sea - monster , upward man And downward fish : yet had his temple high Rear'd in Azotus , dreaded through the coast Of Palestine , in Gath and Ascalon , And Accaron and Gaza's ...
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... Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to him no temple stood Or altar smoked : yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist , as did Eli's sons , who fill'd With lust and ...
... Fell not from Heaven , or more gross to love Vice for itself : to him no temple stood Or altar smoked : yet who more oft than he In temples and at altars , when the priest Turns atheist , as did Eli's sons , who fill'd With lust and ...
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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