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 xiii
... virtue and pub- lic civility , to allay the perturbations of the mind and set the affections in right tune , to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness and what He works and what He suffers to ...
... virtue and pub- lic civility , to allay the perturbations of the mind and set the affections in right tune , to celebrate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God's almightiness and what He works and what He suffers to ...
Page 368
... Virtue , Merit and chief Praise , 465 That for the Public all this weight he bears . Yet he who reigns within himself , and rules Passions , Desires , and Fears , is more a King ; Which every wise and virtuous man attains : And who ...
... Virtue , Merit and chief Praise , 465 That for the Public all this weight he bears . Yet he who reigns within himself , and rules Passions , Desires , and Fears , is more a King ; Which every wise and virtuous man attains : And who ...
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... virtue plac'd felicity , But virtue join'd with riches and long life , In corporal pleasure he , ° and careless ease , 300 The Stoic last in Philosophic pride , By him call'd virtue ; and his virtuous man , Wise , perfect in himself ...
... virtue plac'd felicity , But virtue join'd with riches and long life , In corporal pleasure he , ° and careless ease , 300 The Stoic last in Philosophic pride , By him call'd virtue ; and his virtuous man , Wise , perfect in himself ...
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