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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... 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 , Nor what the potent victor in his rage Can else 65-94 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
... 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 , Nor what the potent victor in his rage Can else 65-94 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
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... thunder , Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our ...
... thunder , Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or satiate fury , yield it from our ...
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... thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and , in my choice , To reign is worth ambition , though in Hell : Better ...
... thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy ; will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure , and , in my choice , To reign is worth ambition , though in Hell : Better ...
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... thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek , but under brows Of dauntless courage , and considerate pride Waiting revenge : cruel his eye , but cast Signs of remorse and passion , to behold The fellows BOOK I. 575-604 ...
... thunder had intrench'd ; and care Sat on his faded cheek , but under brows Of dauntless courage , and considerate pride Waiting revenge : cruel his eye , but cast Signs of remorse and passion , to behold The fellows BOOK I. 575-604 ...
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... engine he shall hear Infernal thunder ; and , for lightning , see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his Angels ; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His BOOK 11 . 39-68 . PARADISE LOST .
... engine he shall hear Infernal thunder ; and , for lightning , see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage Among his Angels ; and his throne itself Mix'd with Tartarean sulphur , and strange fire , His BOOK 11 . 39-68 . 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