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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... never been paid to him : his other property , amounting , notwithstanding his heavy losses , to about fifteen hundred pounds , he bequeathed to his widow ; but from the unfortunate omission of some material forms in the will , which was ...
... never been paid to him : his other property , amounting , notwithstanding his heavy losses , to about fifteen hundred pounds , he bequeathed to his widow ; but from the unfortunate omission of some material forms in the will , which was ...
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... never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With everburning sulphur unconsumed : Such place Eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ...
... never dwell ; hope never comes That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges , and a fiery deluge , fed With everburning sulphur unconsumed : Such place Eternal Justice had prepared For those rebellious ; here their prison ...
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... never to submit or yield , And what is else not to be overcome ; That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me . To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee , and deify his power , Who from the terror of this arm so late ...
... never to submit or yield , And what is else not to be overcome ; That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me . To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee , and deify his power , Who from the terror of this arm so late ...
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... never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of ...
... never will be our task , But ever to do ill our sole delight , As being the contrary to his high will Whom we resist . If then his providence Out of our evil seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of ...
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... never from her frozen loins , to pass Rhene or the Danaw , when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the South , and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands . Forthwith from every squadron , and each band , The heads and ...
... never from her frozen loins , to pass Rhene or the Danaw , when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the South , and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands . Forthwith from every squadron , and each band , The heads and ...
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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