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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... Abdiel , a Seraph , who in argument dissuades and opposes him , then forsakes him . Now Morn , her rosy steps in the ' eastern clime Advancing , sow'd the earth with orient pearl , When Adam waked , so custom'd ; for his sleep Was aery ...
... Abdiel , a Seraph , who in argument dissuades and opposes him , then forsakes him . Now Morn , her rosy steps in the ' eastern clime Advancing , sow'd the earth with orient pearl , When Adam waked , so custom'd ; for his sleep Was aery ...
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... Abdiel , than whom none with more zeal adored The Deity , and divine commands obey'd , Stood up , and in a flame of zeal severe The current of his fury thus opposed . O argument blasphémous , false , and proud ! Words which no ear ever ...
... Abdiel , than whom none with more zeal adored The Deity , and divine commands obey'd , Stood up , and in a flame of zeal severe The current of his fury thus opposed . O argument blasphémous , false , and proud ! Words which no ear ever ...
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... Abdiel , faithful found Among the faithless , faithful only he ; Among innumerable false , unmoved , Unshaken , unseduced , unterrified , His loyalty he kept , his love , his zeal ; Nor number , nor example , with him wrought To swerve ...
... Abdiel , faithful found Among the faithless , faithful only he ; Among innumerable false , unmoved , Unshaken , unseduced , unterrified , His loyalty he kept , his love , his zeal ; Nor number , nor example , with him wrought To swerve ...
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... Abdiel that sight endured not , where he stood Among the mightiest , bent on highest deeds , And thus his own undaunted heart explores . O Heaven ! that such resemblance of the Highest Should yet remain , where faith and reälty Remain ...
... Abdiel that sight endured not , where he stood Among the mightiest , bent on highest deeds , And thus his own undaunted heart explores . O Heaven ! that such resemblance of the Highest Should yet remain , where faith and reälty Remain ...
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... Abdiel stern replied . Apostate ! still thou err'st , nor end wilt find Of erring , from the path of truth remote : Unjustly thou depravest it with the name Of servitude , to serve whom God ordains , Or Nature : God and Nature bid the ...
... Abdiel stern replied . Apostate ! still thou err'st , nor end wilt find Of erring , from the path of truth remote : Unjustly thou depravest it with the name Of servitude , to serve whom God ordains , Or Nature : God and Nature bid the ...
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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