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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... sight , of which he had been forewarned by his physicians , suc- ceeded these exertions in 1652. Early in the same year his wife died in childbed of his third daughter , Deborah . It is not ex- actly ascertained when he married his ...
... sight , of which he had been forewarned by his physicians , suc- ceeded these exertions in 1652. Early in the same year his wife died in childbed of his third daughter , Deborah . It is not ex- actly ascertained when he married his ...
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... yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe , Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where peace And B2 BOOK I. 35-64 . PARADISE LOST . Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived ...
... yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe , Regions of sorrow , doleful shades , where peace And B2 BOOK I. 35-64 . PARADISE LOST . Stirr'd up with envy and revenge, deceived ...
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... sight of this new world which he sought , HIGH on a throne of royal state , which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind , Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted ...
... sight of this new world which he sought , HIGH on a throne of royal state , which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind , Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold , Satan exalted ...
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... Sight more detestable than him and thee . To whom thus the Portress of Hell - gate replied . Hast thou forgot me then , and do I seem Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heaven , when at the assembly , and in sight Of all ...
... Sight more detestable than him and thee . To whom thus the Portress of Hell - gate replied . Hast thou forgot me then , and do I seem Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heaven , when at the assembly , and in sight Of all ...
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... sight of vernal bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human face divine ; But cloud instead , and everduring dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a ...
... sight of vernal bloom , or summer's rose , Or flocks , or herds , or human face divine ; But cloud instead , and everduring dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a ...
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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