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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... flower of Heaven ! once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To slumber here , as in the ...
... flower of Heaven ! once yours , now lost , If such astonishment as this can seize Eternal Spirits ; or have ye chosen this place After the toil of battle to repose Your wearied virtue , for the ease you find To slumber here , as in the ...
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... flowers Fly to and fro , or on the smoothed plank , The suburb of their strawbuilt citadel , New rubb'd with balm , expatiate and confer Their state affairs . So thick the airy crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd ; till , the signal given ...
... flowers Fly to and fro , or on the smoothed plank , The suburb of their strawbuilt citadel , New rubb'd with balm , expatiate and confer Their state affairs . So thick the airy crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd ; till , the signal given ...
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... and ambrosial flowers , Our servile offerings ? This must be our task In Heaven , this our delight ; how wearisome Eternity so spent , in worship paid . To whom we hate ! Let us not then BOOK II . 219-248 . PARADISE LOST .
... and ambrosial flowers , Our servile offerings ? This must be our task In Heaven , this our delight ; how wearisome Eternity so spent , in worship paid . To whom we hate ! Let us not then BOOK II . 219-248 . PARADISE LOST .
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... flower which once In Paradise , fast by the tree of life , Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To Heaven ... flowers her amber stream ; With these that never fade the Spirits elect Bind their resplendent locks inwreathed with ...
... flower which once In Paradise , fast by the tree of life , Began to bloom ; but soon for man's offence To Heaven ... flowers her amber stream ; With these that never fade the Spirits elect Bind their resplendent locks inwreathed with ...
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... Flowers worthy of Paradise , which not nice Art In beds and curious knots , but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill , and dale , and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field , and where the unpierced ...
... Flowers worthy of Paradise , which not nice Art In beds and curious knots , but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill , and dale , and plain , Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field , and where the unpierced ...
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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