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 xxiv
... mean to say that the question of God's justice is not something that the poem explores , but something postulated as a datum before the poem can even start ? The bland piety which invokes a donnée simply removes from the poem its reason ...
... mean to say that the question of God's justice is not something that the poem explores , but something postulated as a datum before the poem can even start ? The bland piety which invokes a donnée simply removes from the poem its reason ...
Page 378
... means , Without means us'd , what it predicts revokes . But say thou wert possess'd of David's Throne By free consent of all , none opposite , " O Samaritan or Jew ; how couldst thou hope 360 Long to enjoy it quiet and secure , Between ...
... means , Without means us'd , what it predicts revokes . But say thou wert possess'd of David's Throne By free consent of all , none opposite , " O Samaritan or Jew ; how couldst thou hope 360 Long to enjoy it quiet and secure , Between ...
Page 384
... Means there shall be to this , but what the means , Is not for thee to know , nor me to tell . " To whom the Tempter ... mean to give for naught ; All these which in a moment thou behold'st The Kingdoms of the world to thee I give ; For ...
... Means there shall be to this , but what the means , Is not for thee to know , nor me to tell . " To whom the Tempter ... mean to give for naught ; All these which in a moment thou behold'st The Kingdoms of the world to thee I give ; For ...
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