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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... force , with fixed thought , Moved on in silence to soft pipes , that charm'd Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil : and now Advanced in view they stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old ...
... force , with fixed thought , Moved on in silence to soft pipes , that charm'd Their painful steps o'er the burnt soil : and now Advanced in view they stand ; a horrid front Of dreadful length and dazzling arms , in guise Of warriors old ...
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... force of Gods , how such As stood like these , could ever know repulse ? For who can yet believe , though after loss , That all these puissant legions , whose exile Hath emptied Heaven , shall fail to reascend Self - raised , and ...
... force of Gods , how such As stood like these , could ever know repulse ? For who can yet believe , though after loss , That all these puissant legions , whose exile Hath emptied Heaven , shall fail to reascend Self - raised , and ...
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... force effected not : that he no less At length from us may find , who overcomes By force , hath overcome but half his foe . Space may produce new worlds ; whereof so rife ' There went a fame in Heaven that he ere long Intended to create ...
... force effected not : that he no less At length from us may find , who overcomes By force , hath overcome but half his foe . Space may produce new worlds ; whereof so rife ' There went a fame in Heaven that he ere long Intended to create ...
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... force resistless way , Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer ; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder ; and , for lightning , see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage ...
... force resistless way , Turning our tortures into horrid arms Against the Torturer ; when to meet the noise Of his almighty engine he shall hear Infernal thunder ; and , for lightning , see Black fire and horror shot with equal rage ...
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... force , and at our heels all Hell should rise With blackest insurrection , to confound Heaven's purest light ; yet our great Enemy , All incorruptible , would on his throne Sit unpolluted ; and the etherial mould , Incapable of stain ...
... force , and at our heels all Hell should rise With blackest insurrection , to confound Heaven's purest light ; yet our great Enemy , All incorruptible , would on his throne Sit unpolluted ; and the etherial mould , Incapable of stain ...
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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