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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... fill'd With lust and violence the house of God ? In courts and palaces he also reigns , And in luxurious cities , where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers , And injury , and outrage : And when night Darkens the ...
... fill'd With lust and violence the house of God ? In courts and palaces he also reigns , And in luxurious cities , where the noise Of riot ascends above their loftiest towers , And injury , and outrage : And when night Darkens the ...
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... fill'd each hollow nook ; As in an organ , from one blast of wind , To many a row of pipes the soundboard breathes . Anon , out of the earth , a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation , with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet ...
... fill'd each hollow nook ; As in an organ , from one blast of wind , To many a row of pipes the soundboard breathes . Anon , out of the earth , a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation , with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet ...
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... fill'd With armed watch , that render all access Impregnable : oft on the bordering deep Encamp their legions ; or , with obscure wing Scout far and wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or could we break our way By force ...
... fill'd With armed watch , that render all access Impregnable : oft on the bordering deep Encamp their legions ; or , with obscure wing Scout far and wide into the realm of night , Scorning surprise . Or could we break our way By force ...
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... fill'd The assembly , as when hollow rocks retain The sound of blustering winds , which all night long Had roused the sea , now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men o'erwatch'd , whose bark by chance . Or pinnace , anchors in a craggy ...
... fill'd The assembly , as when hollow rocks retain The sound of blustering winds , which all night long Had roused the sea , now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men o'erwatch'd , whose bark by chance . Or pinnace , anchors in a craggy ...
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... fill'd Immeasurably , all things shall be your prey . He ceased , for both seem'd highly pleased ; and Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile , to hear His famine should be fill'd ; and bless'd his maw D3 BOOK II . 817-846 . PARADISE ...
... fill'd Immeasurably , all things shall be your prey . He ceased , for both seem'd highly pleased ; and Death Grinn'd horrible a ghastly smile , to hear His famine should be fill'd ; and bless'd his maw D3 BOOK II . 817-846 . PARADISE ...
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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