 What though the field be lost ? All is not lost : the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield : And what is else not to be overcome ? That glory never shall his wrath or might 110 Extort from me.  The Monthly magazine - Page 203by Monthly literary register - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Ben Bova - Fiction - 2001 - 384 pages
...man when you come back from Venus." He stared at me a moment, then said, "Satan sums it up neatly: All is not lost — the unconquerable will, And study...immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield." "That is precisely how I feel," he said, with fervor. "All these years you've nursed a hatred against... | |
 | Pat Rogers - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 580 pages
...defiant words sound heroic but ring hollow, since the fallen angels' consignment to Hell is irrevocable: What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate. And coutage never to submit or yield. (L 103-8l Satan moves from the glamour of their attack on God to... | |
 | Greg Cox - Fiction - 2002 - 354 pages
...Lucifer's immortal words with rancorous passion: "What though the field be lost? All is not lost; th' unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield." Cutting off his soliloquy, he sneered at Ament with sardonic amusement. "Resign yourself to the facts,... | |
 | David Loewenstein - Literary Collections - 2004 - 160 pages
...in defeat. We are meant to notice the militant Satan's extraordinary courage, defiance, and pride: What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...Glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me. These lines, from the first speech we hear Satan deliver in Hell (1.105-1 1). express his fierce determination... | |
 | John Milton - Poetry - 2003 - 1084 pages
...In dubious Battle on the Plains of Heav'n, And shook his throne. What though the field be lost? 105 All is not lost; the unconquerable Will, And study...overcome? That Glory never shall his wrath or might no Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power Who from the terror... | |
 | John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes - Poetry - 2003 - 388 pages
...god- Son of God" (III, 309) and entitles him And shook his throne. What though the field be lost? 105 All is not lost; the unconquerable Will, And study...overcome? That Glory never shall his wrath or might HO Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power Who from the terror... | |
 | E. D. Blodgett - Literary Criticism - 2004 - 388 pages
...cited in Gay, Survol de la litterature canadienne-franfaise, 180. 8 Ibid., 180. The full quotation is: 'What though the field be lost? / All is not lost;...or yield: / And what is else not to be overcome?' The lines constitute a central parainesis in Satan's first speech (Paradise Lost 1.105-9). 9 Gay, Survol... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...power with adverse power opposed In dubious battle on the plains of heaven,0 And shook his throne. What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate,0 And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? That glory never... | |
 | Eva Hänssgen - Classical literature - 2003 - 300 pages
...Shall teach us highest deeds, by proof to try / Who is our equal [...]." (PL 5, 864-6). Beide teilen "the unconquerable will, / And study of revenge, immortal hate, / And courage never to submit or yield" (PL l, 106-8), trotzen den Gewalten und sinnen auf Rache ("Hurling defiance toward the vault of heav'n"... | |
 | Neil Forsyth - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 398 pages
...us to go back and look again, to hear the inner despair within the outward pride that boasts of his "unconquerable Will, / And study of revenge, immortal hate, / And courage never to submit or yield" (1.106-8). ^ WB Hunter. Jr., "Milton Translates the Psalms." Philological Quarterly 40 (1961): 485-94.... | |
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