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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... nature : it has all the vividness of reality , and all the redolence of genuine feeling . In 1638 , having recently lost his mother , Milton resolved on visiting the Continent . He was received at Paris with distinc- tion by Lord ...
... nature : it has all the vividness of reality , and all the redolence of genuine feeling . In 1638 , having recently lost his mother , Milton resolved on visiting the Continent . He was received at Paris with distinc- tion by Lord ...
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... nature , and of whom it constitutes the noblest panegyric , that his works are not less the just expression of his character , than the monuments of his genius . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft ,. "Paradise Regained ...
... nature , and of whom it constitutes the noblest panegyric , that his works are not less the just expression of his character , than the monuments of his genius . Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft ,. "Paradise Regained ...
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... then will overcome Their noxious vapour ; or , inured , not feel ; Or changed at length , and to the place conform'd In temper and in nature , will receive Familiar the fierce heat , and void of pain ; 189-218 . BOOK II . PARADISE LOST ,
... then will overcome Their noxious vapour ; or , inured , not feel ; Or changed at length , and to the place conform'd In temper and in nature , will receive Familiar the fierce heat , and void of pain ; 189-218 . BOOK II . PARADISE LOST ,
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... nature breeds , Perverse , all monstrous , all prodigious things , Abominable , inutterable , and worse Than fables yet have feign'd , or fear conceived , Gorgons , and Hydras , and Chimeras dire . Meanwhile , the Adversary of God and ...
... nature breeds , Perverse , all monstrous , all prodigious things , Abominable , inutterable , and worse Than fables yet have feign'd , or fear conceived , Gorgons , and Hydras , and Chimeras dire . Meanwhile , the Adversary of God and ...
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... Nature , hold Eternal anarchy , amidst the noise Of endless wars , and by confusion stand . For hot , cold , moist , and dry , four champions fierce , Strive here for mastery , and to battle bring Their embryon atoms ; they around the ...
... Nature , hold Eternal anarchy , amidst the noise Of endless wars , and by confusion stand . For hot , cold , moist , and dry , four champions fierce , Strive here for mastery , and to battle bring Their embryon atoms ; they around the ...
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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