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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... heart , not else dismay'd . Now drew they nigh The western point , where those half - rounding guards Just met , and closing stood in squadron join'd Awaiting next command . To whom their Chief Gabriel from the Front thus call'd aloud ...
... heart , not else dismay'd . Now drew they nigh The western point , where those half - rounding guards Just met , and closing stood in squadron join'd Awaiting next command . To whom their Chief Gabriel from the Front thus call'd aloud ...
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... heart I bear thee , and unwitting have offended , Unhappily deceiv'd ; thy suppliant I beg , and clasp thy knees ; bereave me not , Whereon I live , thy gentle looks , thy aid , 920 Thy counsel in this uttermost distress , My only ...
... heart I bear thee , and unwitting have offended , Unhappily deceiv'd ; thy suppliant I beg , and clasp thy knees ; bereave me not , Whereon I live , thy gentle looks , thy aid , 920 Thy counsel in this uttermost distress , My only ...
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... heart - sick Agony , all feverous kinds , Convulsions , Epilepsies , fierce Catarrhs , Intestine Stone and Ulcer , Colic pangs , Demoniac Frenzy , moping Melancholy And Moon - struck madness , pining Atrophy , Marasmus , and wide ...
... heart - sick Agony , all feverous kinds , Convulsions , Epilepsies , fierce Catarrhs , Intestine Stone and Ulcer , Colic pangs , Demoniac Frenzy , moping Melancholy And Moon - struck madness , pining Atrophy , Marasmus , and wide ...
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