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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... Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin ! Into what pit thou seest , From what height fallen ; so much the stronger proved He with his thunder : and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? Yet not for those ...
... Join'd with me once , now misery hath join'd In equal ruin ! Into what pit thou seest , From what height fallen ; so much the stronger proved He with his thunder : and till then who knew The force of those dire arms ? Yet not for those ...
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... join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium , on each side Mix'd with auxiliar Gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights ; And all who since , baptized or infidel , Jousted in ...
... join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium , on each side Mix'd with auxiliar Gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights ; And all who since , baptized or infidel , Jousted in ...
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... youngest son , Fall circumvented thus by fraud , though join'd With his own folly ? That be from thee far , That far be from thee , Father , who art judge Of all things made , and judgest only right . 125-154 . BOOK III . PARADISE LOST .
... youngest son , Fall circumvented thus by fraud , though join'd With his own folly ? That be from thee far , That far be from thee , Father , who art judge Of all things made , and judgest only right . 125-154 . BOOK III . PARADISE LOST .
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... join'd sons and daughters born First from the ancient world those giants came With many a vain exploit , though then renown'd : The builders next of Babel on the plain Of Sennaar , and still with vain design , New Babels , had they ...
... join'd sons and daughters born First from the ancient world those giants came With many a vain exploit , though then renown'd : The builders next of Babel on the plain Of Sennaar , and still with vain design , New Babels , had they ...
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... join'd , their songs Divide the night , and lift our thoughts to Heaven . Thus talking , hand in hand alone they pass'd On to their blissful bower : it was a place Chosen by the sov'reign Planter , when he framed All things to Man's ...
... join'd , their songs Divide the night , and lift our thoughts to Heaven . Thus talking , hand in hand alone they pass'd On to their blissful bower : it was a place Chosen by the sov'reign Planter , when he framed All things to Man's ...
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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