Paradise Lost and Paradise RegainedHere in one volume are the complete texts of two of the greatest -and most controversial -epic poems in English literature, each a profound exploration of the moral problems of God's justice. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained demonstrate Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama, fortifying not merely our sense of what is beautiful but what is human as well. It leaves readers with no choice but to commit themselves totally with their minds and with their hearts. |
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Page 133
... fair indeed and tall , Under a Platan , yet methought less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , O Than that smooth wat'ry image ; back I turn'd , Thou following cried'st aloud , ' Return fair Eve , Whom fli'st thou ? whom thou ...
... fair indeed and tall , Under a Platan , yet methought less fair , Less winning soft , less amiably mild , O Than that smooth wat'ry image ; back I turn'd , Thou following cried'st aloud , ' Return fair Eve , Whom fli'st thou ? whom thou ...
Page 151
... fair it seem'd , Much fairer to my Fancy than by day : 50 And as I wond'ring lookt , beside it stood One shap'd and wing'd like one of those from Heav'n By us oft seen ; his dewy locks distill'd Ambrosia ; on that Tree he also gaz'd ...
... fair it seem'd , Much fairer to my Fancy than by day : 50 And as I wond'ring lookt , beside it stood One shap'd and wing'd like one of those from Heav'n By us oft seen ; his dewy locks distill'd Ambrosia ; on that Tree he also gaz'd ...
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... fair Morning first smiles on the World , And let us to our fresh employments rise Among the Groves , the Fountains , and the Flow'rs That open now their choicest bosom'd smells Reserv'd from night , and kept for thee in store . " So ...
... fair Morning first smiles on the World , And let us to our fresh employments rise Among the Groves , the Fountains , and the Flow'rs That open now their choicest bosom'd smells Reserv'd from night , and kept for thee in store . " So ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
A General Note on the Text | xxxi |
A Note on This Edition | xxxiii |
Copyright | |
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Adam Angels answer'd appear'd arm'd Arms Asmodai aught Beast behold bliss call'd Cherubim Christopher Ricks Clouds Creatures dark Death deeds deep delight Divine dread dwell Earth Eternal Ev'ning evil eyes fair fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire Flow'rs Fruit Gates giv'n glory Gods grace hand happy hath heard heart Heav'n heav'nly heighth Hell Hill John Milton join'd King less lest light live mankind Messiah Milton Milton's God mind Morn Night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pleas'd poem praise rais'd reign repli'd return'd round Samson Agonistes Sapience Satan seat seem'd Serpent shalt sight Smectymnuus Son of God soon spake Spirits Stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought Throne thyself Tree turn'd vext virtue voice wand'ring whence William Empson wings words World