Paradise Lost: A Poem, Volume 1Sharpe, 1821 In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the center of this story, he also created an intensely human tragedy on the Fall of Man. Written when Milton was in his fifties blind, bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, and briefly in danger of execution, Paradise Lost's apparent ambivalence toward authority has led to intense debate about whether it manages to justify the ways of God to men, or exposes the cruelty of Christianity. |
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... battle of Naseby , so fatal to the royal cause . In this year also he published his " Treatise on Education , " and his " Areopagitica , " in defence of the freedom of the press . In 1647 he lost his father , who expired in his arms ...
... battle of Naseby , so fatal to the royal cause . In this year also he published his " Treatise on Education , " and his " Areopagitica , " in defence of the freedom of the press . In 1647 he lost his father , who expired in his arms ...
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... battle ; their chief leaders named , according to the idols known after- wards in Canaan and the countries adjoining . To these Satan directs his speech , comforts them with hope yet of regaining Heaven , but tells them lastly of a new ...
... battle ; their chief leaders named , according to the idols known after- wards in Canaan and the countries adjoining . To these Satan directs his speech , comforts them with hope yet of regaining Heaven , but tells them lastly of a new ...
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... battle proud , With vain attempt . Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the etherial sky , With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durst ...
... battle proud , With vain attempt . Him the Almighty Power Hurl'd headlong flaming from the etherial sky , With hideous ruin and combustion , down To bottomless perdition ; there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire , Who durst ...
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... battle on the plains of Heaven , And shook his throne . 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 ...
... battle on the plains of Heaven , And shook his throne . 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 ...
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... battle when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage and revive ; though now they lie Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire , As we erewhile , astounded and amazed ; No wonder , fallen ...
... battle when it raged , in all assaults Their surest signal , they will soon resume New courage and revive ; though now they lie Groveling and prostrate on yon lake of fire , As we erewhile , astounded and amazed ; No wonder , fallen ...
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Abdiel Adam adore Almighty Angels appear'd arm'd arms battle Beelzebub behold Belial bliss Buckinghamshire burning lake call'd celestial chariot Cherub Cherubim cloud creatures dark deeds deep delight divine dread earth eternal etherial evil fair Fair Angel fall Father fear fell Fiend fierce fiery fill'd fire flames flowers gates glory Gods gold golden grace hand happy hast hate hath Heaven heavenly Hell highth hill honour horrid host infernal Ithuriel JOHN MILTON JOHN SHARPE join'd King legions less light Messiah Moloch morn night o'er once ordain'd pain PARADISE LOST pass'd praise rage reign revenge RICHARD WESTALL round Satan seat seem'd Seraph Seraphim shade shalt shape sight soon sov'reign spake Spirits stood sweet taste Thammuz thee thence thine things thither thou thoughts throne thunder thyself turn'd Uriel vex'd whence winds wings wonder Zephon