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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... received at Paris with distinc- tion by Lord Scudamore , the ambassador from England , by whom he was introduced to the celebrated Grotius . From thence he proceeded to Genoa , to Florence , and to Rome , at- tended by the applauses and ...
... received at Paris with distinc- tion by Lord Scudamore , the ambassador from England , by whom he was introduced to the celebrated Grotius . From thence he proceeded to Genoa , to Florence , and to Rome , at- tended by the applauses and ...
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... received us falling ; and the thunder , Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or ...
... received us falling ; and the thunder , Wing'd with red lightning and impetuous rage , Perhaps hath spent his shafts , and ceases now To bellow through the vast and boundless deep . Let us not slip the occasion , whether scorn , Or ...
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... Receive thy new possessor ! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time : The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell , a Hell of Heaven . What matter where , if I be still the same , And what I ...
... Receive thy new possessor ! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time : The mind is its own place , and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell , a Hell of Heaven . What matter where , if I be still the same , And what I ...
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... Their noxious vapour ; or , inured , not feel ; Or changed at length , and to the place conform'd In temper and in nature , will receive Familiar the fierce heat , and void of pain ; 189-218 . BOOK II . PARADISE LOST ,
... Their noxious vapour ; or , inured , not feel ; Or changed at length , and to the place conform'd In temper and in nature , will receive Familiar the fierce heat , and void of pain ; 189-218 . BOOK II . PARADISE LOST ,
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... receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forced Hallelujahs : while he lordly sits Our envied Sov'reign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial odours and ambrosial flowers , Our ...
... receive Strict laws imposed , to celebrate his throne With warbled hymns , and to his Godhead sing Forced Hallelujahs : while he lordly sits Our envied Sov'reign , and his altar breathes Ambrosial odours and ambrosial flowers , Our ...
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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