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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... glory above his peers , He trusted to have 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 ...
... glory above his peers , He trusted to have 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 ...
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... glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me . To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee , and deify his power , Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire ; that were low indeed , That were an ignominy , and ...
... glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me . To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee , and deify his power , Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire ; that were low indeed , That were an ignominy , and ...
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... glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , since no less. Than. such. could. have. o'erpower'd. such. force. as. ours. ) Have left us this our ...
... glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , since no less. Than. such. could. have. o'erpower'd. such. force. as. ours. ) Have left us this our ...
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... Glory of him that made them to transform Oft to the image of a brute , adorn'd With gay religions full of pomp and gold , And Devils to adore for Deities : Then were they known to men by various names , And various idols through the ...
... Glory of him that made them to transform Oft to the image of a brute , adorn'd With gay religions full of pomp and gold , And Devils to adore for Deities : Then were they known to men by various names , And various idols through the ...
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... glory obscured : as when the sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon , In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations , and with fear of change Perplexes ...
... glory obscured : as when the sun , new risen , Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams ; or from behind the moon , In dim eclipse , disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations , and with fear of change Perplexes ...
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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