 | James Chapman - Elocution - 286 pages
...from what state 214 Ah ! wherefore ?— He deserv'd no such return From me, whom he created what 1 was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none : nor was his service hard. What could be less than to afford him praise, — The easiest recompense ; and pay him... | |
 | John Milton - Bible - 1968 - 376 pages
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 | Holly Jackson - 1975 - 556 pages
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 | Thomas F. Merrill - Literary Criticism - 1976 - 206 pages
..."Heav'n's matchless King" (IV, 41). He also acknowledges God as undeserving of his apostasy because God "created what I was / In that bright eminence, and with his good / Upbraided none" (IV, 43-45). God is acclaimed an easy taskmaster, deserving of thanks, and fair in the dispensation... | |
 | Lee A. Jacobus - 1976 - 236 pages
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Ah, wherefore! he deserved no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none; nor was his service hard. 
