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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A Poem John Milton. Of hope in fears and dangers , heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage and revive ; though now they ...
A Poem John Milton. Of hope in fears and dangers , heard so oft In worst extremes , and on the perilous edge Of battle when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage and revive ; though now they ...
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... Satan exalted sat , by merit raised To that bad eminence : and , from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope , aspires Beyond thus high ; insatiate to pursue Vain war with Heaven ; and , by success , PARADISE LOST. ...
... Satan exalted sat , by merit raised To that bad eminence : and , from despair Thus high uplifted beyond hope , aspires Beyond thus high ; insatiate to pursue Vain war with Heaven ; and , by success , PARADISE LOST. ...
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... hope of end , The vassals of his anger , when the scourge Inexorably , and the torturing hour , Calls us to penance ? More destroy'd than thus , We should be quite abolish'd , and expire . What fear we then ? what doubt we to incense ...
... hope of end , The vassals of his anger , when the scourge Inexorably , and the torturing hour , Calls us to penance ? More destroy'd than thus , We should be quite abolish'd , and expire . What fear we then ? what doubt we to incense ...
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... hope Is flat despair : We must exasperate The 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 ...
... hope Is flat despair : We must exasperate The 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 ...
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... hope the never ending flight Of future days may bring , what chance , what change Worth waiting ; since our present ... hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield To fickle Chance , and Chaos judge the strife : The former , vain to hope ...
... hope the never ending flight Of future days may bring , what chance , what change Worth waiting ; since our present ... hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield To fickle Chance , and Chaos judge the strife : The former , vain to hope ...
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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