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 88
... seem'd , 670 For each seem'd either ; black it stood as Night , Fierce as ten Furies , terrible as Hell , And shook a dreadful Dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a Kingly Crown had on . Satan was now at hand , and from his seat ...
... seem'd , 670 For each seem'd either ; black it stood as Night , Fierce as ten Furies , terrible as Hell , And shook a dreadful Dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a Kingly Crown had on . Satan was now at hand , and from his seat ...
Page 114
... seem'd other Worlds , Or other Worlds they seem'd , or happy Isles , Like those Hesperian Gardens ° fam'd of old , Fortunate Fields , and Groves and flow'ry Vales , 570 Thrice happy Isles , but who dwelt happy there He stay'd not to ...
... seem'd other Worlds , Or other Worlds they seem'd , or happy Isles , Like those Hesperian Gardens ° fam'd of old , Fortunate Fields , and Groves and flow'ry Vales , 570 Thrice happy Isles , but who dwelt happy there He stay'd not to ...
Page 166
... seem'd well pleas'd , all seem'd , but were not all . That day , as other solemn days , they spent In song and dance about the sacred Hill , 620 Mystical dance , which yonder starry Sphere Of Planets and of fixt in all her Wheels ...
... seem'd well pleas'd , all seem'd , but were not all . That day , as other solemn days , they spent In song and dance about the sacred Hill , 620 Mystical dance , which yonder starry Sphere Of Planets and of fixt in all her Wheels ...
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