Paradise Lost: An Account of Its Growth and Major OriginsRussell & Russell, 1963 - 362 pages Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout. |
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Page 125
... opened , ' wrote the poet , ' but to shut excelled her power . ' For a passing moment , Satan then ' stood on the brink of hell , ' and from this point calmly surveyed the whirling elements . The ' brink ' of hell Beaumont previously ...
... opened , ' wrote the poet , ' but to shut excelled her power . ' For a passing moment , Satan then ' stood on the brink of hell , ' and from this point calmly surveyed the whirling elements . The ' brink ' of hell Beaumont previously ...
Page 188
... opened with the fourth and closed with the seventh chapter of Genesis . Both visions were announced to a listener - with Du Bartas , to Seth ; with Milton , to Michael . Each poet also made explicitly the point that the events ...
... opened with the fourth and closed with the seventh chapter of Genesis . Both visions were announced to a listener - with Du Bartas , to Seth ; with Milton , to Michael . Each poet also made explicitly the point that the events ...
Page 261
... Opened into the hill a spacious wound , And digged out ribs of gold . Let none admire That riches grow in hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane . Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound , And digged out ...
... Opened into the hill a spacious wound , And digged out ribs of gold . Let none admire That riches grow in hell ; that soil may best Deserve the precious bane . Soon had his crew Opened into the hill a spacious wound , And digged out ...
Contents
PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX | 1 |
PART I | 17 |
THE BATTLE IN HEAVEN | 21 |
Copyright | |
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