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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... heavenly Muse , that on the secret top Of Oreb , or of Sinai , didst inspire That shepherd , who first taught the chosen seed , In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or if Sion hill Delight thee more , and ...
... heavenly Muse , that on the secret top Of Oreb , or of Sinai , didst inspire That shepherd , who first taught the chosen seed , In the beginning how the Heavens and Earth Rose out of Chaos : Or if Sion hill Delight thee more , and ...
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... heavenly essences Can perish : for the mind and spirit remains Invincible , and vigour soon returns , Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of ...
... heavenly essences Can perish : for the mind and spirit remains Invincible , and vigour soon returns , Though all our glory extinct , and happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of ...
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... heavenly records now Be no memorial ; blotted out and rased By their rebellion from the books of life . Nor had they yet among the sons of Eve 1 Got them new names ; till , wandering o'er BOOK 1 . 335-364 . PARADISE LOST .
... heavenly records now Be no memorial ; blotted out and rased By their rebellion from the books of life . Nor had they yet among the sons of Eve 1 Got them new names ; till , wandering o'er BOOK 1 . 335-364 . PARADISE LOST .
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... heavenly fair , a goddefs arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : L.756 . PARADISE LOST . JAN.1.1822 . PARADISE LOST . BOOK II . The consultation begun ,. DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALLR.A . ENGLAVED BY GEORGE CORBOULD : PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE ...
... heavenly fair , a goddefs arm'd , Out of thy head I sprung : L.756 . PARADISE LOST . JAN.1.1822 . PARADISE LOST . BOOK II . The consultation begun ,. DRAWN BY RICHARD WESTALLR.A . ENGLAVED BY GEORGE CORBOULD : PUBLISHED BY JOHN SHARPE ...
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... heavenly grace : and , God proclaiming peace , Yet live in hatred , enmity , and strife , Among themselves , and levy cruel wars , Wasting the earth , each other to destroy : As if ( which might induce us to accord ) Man had not hellish ...
... heavenly grace : and , God proclaiming peace , Yet live in hatred , enmity , and strife , Among themselves , and levy cruel wars , Wasting the earth , each other to destroy : As if ( which might induce us to accord ) Man had not hellish ...
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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