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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... happy years of romantic leisure that he passed in Buckinghamshire under his father's roof , he composed the Comus in 1634 , the Lycidas in 1637 , and probably about the same period , the Arcades , L'Allegro , and II Penseroso . There 6 ...
... happy years of romantic leisure that he passed in Buckinghamshire under his father's roof , he composed the Comus in 1634 , the Lycidas in 1637 , and probably about the same period , the Arcades , L'Allegro , and II Penseroso . There 6 ...
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... happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose ...
... happy state , Favour'd of Heaven so highly , to fall off From their Creator , and transgress his will For one restraint , lords of the world besides ? Who first seduced them to that foul revolt ? The infernal Serpent ; he it was , whose ...
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... happy realms of light , Clothed with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads though bright ! If he whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels , equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise , Join'd with me once , now ...
... happy realms of light , Clothed with transcendent brightness , didst outshine Myriads though bright ! If he whom mutual league , United thoughts and counsels , equal hope And hazard in the glorious enterprise , Join'd with me once , now ...
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... happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , since no less Than such could have o'erpower'd such force as ours ) Have left us this our spirit and strength entire ...
... happy state Here swallow'd up in endless misery . But what if he our Conqueror ( whom I now Of force believe Almighty , since no less Than such could have o'erpower'd such force as ours ) Have left us this our spirit and strength entire ...
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... happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrors ! hail , Infernal world ! And thou , profoundest Hell , 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 ...
... happy fields , Where joy for ever dwells ! Hail , horrors ! hail , Infernal world ! And thou , profoundest Hell , 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 ...
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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