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 76
... hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield To fickle Chance , and Chaos judge the strife : The former vain to hope argues as vain 235 The latter : for what place can be for us Within Heav'n's bound , unless Heav'n's Lord supreme We ...
... hope , when everlasting Fate shall yield To fickle Chance , and Chaos judge the strife : The former vain to hope argues as vain 235 The latter : for what place can be for us Within Heav'n's bound , unless Heav'n's Lord supreme We ...
Page 123
... hope excluded thus , behold instead Of us out - cast , exíl'd , his new delight , Mankind created , and for him this World . So farewell Hope , and with Hope farewell Fear , Farewell Remorse : all Good to me is lost ; Evil be thou my ...
... hope excluded thus , behold instead Of us out - cast , exíl'd , his new delight , Mankind created , and for him this World . So farewell Hope , and with Hope farewell Fear , Farewell Remorse : all Good to me is lost ; Evil be thou my ...
Page 374
... hope is lost 205 Of my reception into grace ; what worse ? For where no hope is left , is left no fear ; If there be worse , the expectation more Of worse torments me than the feeling can . I would be at the worst ; worst is my Port ...
... hope is lost 205 Of my reception into grace ; what worse ? For where no hope is left , is left no fear ; If there be worse , the expectation more Of worse torments me than the feeling can . I would be at the worst ; worst is my Port ...
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