Paradise Lost: A Poem, Volume 1Sharpe, 1821 - Bible In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the center of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, and briefly in danger of execution, Paradise Lost's apparent ambivalence toward authority has led to intense debate about whether it manages to justify the ways of God to men, or exposes the cruelty of Christianity. |
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... Almighty Victor to spend all his rage , And that must end us ; that must be our cure , To be no more . Sad cure ! for who would lose , Though full of pain , this intellectual being , Those thoughts that wander through eternity , To ...
... Almighty Victor to spend all his rage , And that must end us ; that must be our cure , To be no more . Sad cure ! for who would lose , Though full of pain , this intellectual being , Those thoughts that wander through eternity , To ...
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... almighty to resist our might Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles . Shall we then live thus vile , the race of Heaven Thus trampled , thus expell'd to suffer here Chains and these torments ? better these than worse , By my ...
... almighty to resist our might Than wise to frustrate all our plots and wiles . Shall we then live thus vile , the race of Heaven Thus trampled , thus expell'd to suffer here Chains and these torments ? better these than worse , By my ...
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... Almighty Foe Clear victory ; to our part loss and rout , Through all the empyréan : down they fell Driven headlong from the pitch of Heaven , down Into this deep ; and in the general fall I also ; at which time , this powerful key Into ...
... Almighty Foe Clear victory ; to our part loss and rout , Through all the empyréan : down they fell Driven headlong from the pitch of Heaven , down Into this deep ; and in the general fall I also ; at which time , this powerful key Into ...
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... Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials to create more worlds ; Into this wild abyss the wary Fiend Stood on the brink of Hell , and look'd a while , Pondering his voyage ; for no narrow frith He had to cross . Nor was his ear ...
... Almighty Maker them ordain His dark materials to create more worlds ; Into this wild abyss the wary Fiend Stood on the brink of Hell , and look'd a while , Pondering his voyage ; for no narrow frith He had to cross . Nor was his ear ...
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... Almighty Father from above , From the pure empyrean where he sits High throned above all highth , bent down his eye His own works and their works at once to view : About him all the Sanctities of Heaven Stood thick as stars , and from ...
... Almighty Father from above , From the pure empyrean where he sits High throned above all highth , bent down his eye His own works and their works at once to view : About him all the Sanctities of Heaven Stood thick as stars , and from ...
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Abdiel Adam adore Almighty Angels appear'd arm'd arms battle Beelzebub behold Belial bliss Buckinghamshire burning lake call'd celestial chariot Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures dark deeds deep delight divine dread earth eternal etherial evil fair Fair Angel fall Father fear fell Fiend fierce fiery fill'd fire flames flowers gates glory Gods gold golden grace hand happy hast hate hath Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour horrid host infernal Ithuriel JOHN MILTON JOHN SHARPE join'd King legions less light Messiah Moloch morn night o'er once ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd praise rage reign revenge RICHARD WESTALL round Satan seat seem'd Seraph Seraphim shade shalt shape sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself turn'd Uriel vex'd whence winds wings wonder Zephon