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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... hath Man His fixed seat , or fixed seat hath none , But all these shining Orbs his choice to dwell ; That I may find him , and with secret gaze , Or open admiration him behold 645 650 655 660 665 670 On whom the great Creator hath ...
... hath Man His fixed seat , or fixed seat hath none , But all these shining Orbs his choice to dwell ; That I may find him , and with secret gaze , Or open admiration him behold 645 650 655 660 665 670 On whom the great Creator hath ...
Page 259
... hath been tasted such : the Serpent wise , Or not restrain'd as wee , or not obeying , Hath eat'n of the fruit , and is become , Not dead , as we are threat'n'd , but thenceforth Endu'd with human voice and human sense , Reasoning to ...
... hath been tasted such : the Serpent wise , Or not restrain'd as wee , or not obeying , Hath eat'n of the fruit , and is become , Not dead , as we are threat'n'd , but thenceforth Endu'd with human voice and human sense , Reasoning to ...
Page 354
... hath been thy craft , By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies . But what have been thy answers , what but dark 435 Ambiguous and with double sense deluding , Which they who ask'd have seldom understood , And not well understood as ...
... hath been thy craft , By mixing somewhat true to vent more lies . But what have been thy answers , what but dark 435 Ambiguous and with double sense deluding , Which they who ask'd have seldom understood , And not well understood as ...
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