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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... Hast thou forgot me then , and do I seem Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heaven , when at the assembly , and in sight Of all the Seraphim with thee combined In bold conspiracy against Heaven's King , All on a sudden ...
... Hast thou forgot me then , and do I seem Now in thine eye so foul ? once deem'd so fair In Heaven , when at the assembly , and in sight Of all the Seraphim with thee combined In bold conspiracy against Heaven's King , All on a sudden ...
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... hast made ? So should thy goodness and thy greatness both Be question'd and blasphemed without defence . To whom the great Creator thus replied . O Son , in whom my soul hath chief delight , Son of my bosom , Son who art alone My word ...
... hast made ? So should thy goodness and thy greatness both Be question'd and blasphemed without defence . To whom the great Creator thus replied . O Son , in whom my soul hath chief delight , Son of my bosom , Son who art alone My word ...
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... Death wreak all his rage ; Under his gloomy power I shall not long Lie vanquish'd ; thou hast given me to possess Life in myself for ever ; by thee I live , E Though now to Death I yield , and am his BOOK III . 215-244 . PARADISE LOST .
... Death wreak all his rage ; Under his gloomy power I shall not long Lie vanquish'd ; thou hast given me to possess Life in myself for ever ; by thee I live , E Though now to Death I yield , and am his BOOK III . 215-244 . PARADISE LOST .
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... Nor shalt thou , by descending to assume Man's nature , lessen or degrade thine own . Because thou hast , though throned in highest bliss Equal E 2 BOOK III . 275-304 . PARADISE LOST . Found out for mankind under wrath! O thou ...
... Nor shalt thou , by descending to assume Man's nature , lessen or degrade thine own . Because thou hast , though throned in highest bliss Equal E 2 BOOK III . 275-304 . PARADISE LOST . Found out for mankind under wrath! O thou ...
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A Poem John Milton. Because thou hast , though throned in highest bliss Equal to God , and equally enjoying Godlike fruition , quitted all , to save A world from utter loss , and bast been found By merit more than birthright Son of God ...
A Poem John Milton. Because thou hast , though throned in highest bliss Equal to God , and equally enjoying Godlike fruition , quitted all , to save A world from utter loss , and bast been found By merit more than birthright Son of God ...
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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