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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... strength of Gods And this empyreal substance cannot fail ; Since through experience of this great event In arms not worse , in foresight much advanced , We may with more successful hope resolve To wage , by force or guile , eternal war ...
... strength of Gods And this empyreal substance cannot fail ; Since through experience of this great event In arms not worse , in foresight much advanced , We may with more successful hope resolve To wage , by force or guile , eternal war ...
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... strength , or chance , or fate ; Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow , and foul defeat , Hath lost us Heaven , and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low , As far as Gods and heavenly ...
... strength , or chance , or fate ; Too well I see and rue the dire event , That with sad overthrow , and foul defeat , Hath lost us Heaven , and all this mighty host In horrible destruction laid thus low , As far as Gods and heavenly ...
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... strength , Not by the sufferance of supernal Power . Is this the region , this the soil , the clime , Said then the lost Arch - Angel , this the seat That we must change for Heaven ; this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it ...
... strength , Not by the sufferance of supernal Power . Is this the region , this the soil , the clime , Said then the lost Arch - Angel , this the seat That we must change for Heaven ; this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be it ...
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... strength of bones , Like cumbrous flesh ; but , in what shape they choose , Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure , Can execute their airy purposes , And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Israel oft forsook Their ...
... strength of bones , Like cumbrous flesh ; but , in what shape they choose , Dilated or condensed , bright or obscure , Can execute their airy purposes , And works of love or enmity fulfil . For those the race of Israel oft forsook Their ...
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... his heart Distends with pride , and hardening in his strength Glories : for never , since created man , Met such imbodied force , as named with these Could merit more than that small infantry Warr'd on by 545-574 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
... his heart Distends with pride , and hardening in his strength Glories : for never , since created man , Met such imbodied force , as named with these Could merit more than that small infantry Warr'd on by 545-574 . BOOK I. 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