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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... Thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure , Instruct me , for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast abyss , And ...
... Thou , O Spirit , that dost prefer Before all temples the upright heart and pure , Instruct me , for Thou know'st ; Thou from the first Wast present , and with mighty wings outspread Dovelike satst brooding on the vast abyss , And ...
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... thou beest he ; but O , how fallen ! how changed From him , who , in the happy realms of light , Clothed with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads though bright ! If he whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels ...
... thou beest he ; but O , how fallen ! how changed From him , who , in the happy realms of light , Clothed with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads though bright ! If he whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels ...
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... thou yon dreary plain , forlorn and wild , The seat of Desolation , void of light , Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful ? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves ; There rest , if ...
... thou yon dreary plain , forlorn and wild , The seat of Desolation , void of light , Save what the glimmering of these livid flames Casts pale and dreadful ? Thither let us tend From off the tossing of these fiery waves ; There rest , if ...
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... thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessor ! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time : The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell , a Hell of Heaven . What matter where , if I be still ...
... thou , profoundest Hell , Receive thy new possessor ! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time : The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell , a Hell of Heaven . What matter where , if I be still ...
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... thou that Traitor - Angel , art thou He , Who first broke peace in Heaven , and faith , till then Unbroken ; and in proud rebellious arms Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest ; for which both thou ...
... thou that Traitor - Angel , art thou He , Who first broke peace in Heaven , and faith , till then Unbroken ; and in proud rebellious arms Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest ; for which both thou ...
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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