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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... Moloch , horrid king , besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice , and parents ' tears ; Though , for the noise of drums and timbrels loud , Their children's cries unheard , that pass'd through fire To 365-394 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
... Moloch , horrid king , besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice , and parents ' tears ; Though , for the noise of drums and timbrels loud , Their children's cries unheard , that pass'd through fire To 365-394 . BOOK I. PARADISE LOST .
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... Moloch homicide ; lust hard by hate ; Till good Josiah drove them thence to Hell . With these came they , who , from the bordering flood Of old Euphrates to the brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground , had general names Of BaƤlim and ...
... Moloch homicide ; lust hard by hate ; Till good Josiah drove them thence to Hell . With these came they , who , from the bordering flood Of old Euphrates to the brook that parts Egypt from Syrian ground , had general names Of BaƤlim and ...
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... Moloch , sceptred king , Stood up , the strongest and the fiercest Spirit That fought in Heaven , now fiercer by despair : His trust was with the Eternal to be deem'd Equal in strength ; and rather than be less Cared not to be at all ...
... Moloch , sceptred king , Stood up , the strongest and the fiercest Spirit That fought in Heaven , now fiercer by despair : His trust was with the Eternal to be deem'd Equal in strength ; and rather than be less Cared not to be at all ...
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... Moloch , furious king ; who him defied , And at his chariot - wheels to drag him bound Threaten'd , nor from the Holy One of Heaven Refrain'd his tongue blasphemous ; but anon Down cloven to the waist , with shatter'd arms And uncouth ...
... Moloch , furious king ; who him defied , And at his chariot - wheels to drag him bound Threaten'd , nor from the Holy One of Heaven Refrain'd his tongue blasphemous ; but anon Down cloven to the waist , with shatter'd arms And uncouth ...
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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