Paradise Lost and Paradise RegainedHere in one volume are the complete texts of two of the greatest -and most controversial -epic poems in English literature, each a profound exploration of the moral problems of God's justice. Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained demonstrate Milton's genius for fusing sense and sound, classicism and innovation, narrative and drama, fortifying not merely our sense of what is beautiful but what is human as well. It leaves readers with no choice but to commit themselves totally with their minds and with their hearts. |
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Page 127
... field , and where the unpierc't shade Embrown'd the noontide Bow'rs : Thus was this place , A happy rural seat of various view ; Groves whose rich Trees wept odorous Gums and Balm , Others whose fruit burnisht with Golden Rind O Hung ...
... field , and where the unpierc't shade Embrown'd the noontide Bow'rs : Thus was this place , A happy rural seat of various view ; Groves whose rich Trees wept odorous Gums and Balm , Others whose fruit burnisht with Golden Rind O Hung ...
Page 208
... field , which ere it was in the Earth God made , and every Herb , before it grew On the green stem ; God saw that it was good : So Ev'n and Morn recorded the Third Day . Again th'Almighty spake : ' Let there be Lights 340 High in th ...
... field , which ere it was in the Earth God made , and every Herb , before it grew On the green stem ; God saw that it was good : So Ev'n and Morn recorded the Third Day . Again th'Almighty spake : ' Let there be Lights 340 High in th ...
Page 273
... Field ; Upon thy Belly grovelling thou shalt go , And dust shalt eat all the days of thy Life . Between Thee and the Woman I will put Enmity , and between thine and her Seed ; Her Seed shall bruise thy head , thou bruise his heel . " So ...
... Field ; Upon thy Belly grovelling thou shalt go , And dust shalt eat all the days of thy Life . Between Thee and the Woman I will put Enmity , and between thine and her Seed ; Her Seed shall bruise thy head , thou bruise his heel . " So ...
Contents
Introduction | vii |
A General Note on the Text | xxxi |
A Note on This Edition | xxxiii |
Copyright | |
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Adam Angels answer'd appear'd arm'd Arms Asmodai aught Beast behold bliss call'd Cherubim Christopher Ricks Clouds Creatures dark Death deeds deep delight Divine dread dwell Earth Eternal Ev'ning evil eyes fair fall'n Father fear Fiend fierce fire Flow'rs Fruit Gates giv'n glory Gods grace hand happy hath heard heart Heav'n heav'nly heighth Hell Hill John Milton join'd King less lest light live mankind Messiah Milton Milton's God mind Morn Night o'er ordain'd pain Paradise Lost Paradise Regained pleas'd poem praise rais'd reign repli'd return'd round Samson Agonistes Sapience Satan seat seem'd Serpent shalt sight Smectymnuus Son of God soon spake Spirits Stars stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thou art thou hast thought Throne thyself Tree turn'd vext virtue voice wand'ring whence William Empson wings words World