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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... gold , And Devils to adore for Deities : Then were they known to men by various names , And various idols through the Heathen world . Say , Muse , their names then known ; who first , who last , Roused from the slumber , on that fiery ...
... gold , And Devils to adore for Deities : Then were they known to men by various names , And various idols through the Heathen world . Say , Muse , their names then known ; who first , who last , Roused from the slumber , on that fiery ...
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... disguised in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel scape The infection , when their borrow'd gold composed The calf in Oreb ; and the rebel king Doubled that sin in Bethel and in Dan , Likening BOOK I. 455-484 . PARADISE LOST .
... disguised in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel scape The infection , when their borrow'd gold composed The calf in Oreb ; and the rebel king Doubled that sin in Bethel and in Dan , Likening BOOK I. 455-484 . PARADISE LOST .
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... gold , Than aught , divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures , better ...
... gold , Than aught , divine or holy , else enjoy'd In vision beatific : by him first Men also , and by his suggestion taught , Ransack'd the centre , and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures , better ...
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... gold . Not Babylon , Nor great Alcairo , such magnificence Equal'd in all their glories , to enshrine Belus or Sérapis , their Gods ; or seat Their kings , when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury . The ascending pile Stood ...
... gold . Not Babylon , Nor great Alcairo , such magnificence Equal'd in all their glories , to enshrine Belus or Sérapis , their Gods ; or seat Their kings , when Egypt with Assyria strove In wealth and luxury . The ascending pile Stood ...
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... gold , Satan exalted sat , by merit raised To that bad eminence : and , from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope , aspires Beyond thus high ; insatiate to pursue Vain war with Heaven ; and , by success , PARADISE LOST. ...
... gold , Satan exalted sat , by merit raised To that bad eminence : and , from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope , aspires Beyond thus high ; insatiate to pursue Vain war with Heaven ; and , by success , PARADISE LOST. ...
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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