Paradise Lost: A Poem, Volume 1Sharpe, 1821 - Bible 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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... rise With blackest insurrection , to confound Heaven's purest light ; yet our great Enemy , All incorruptible , would on his throne Sit unpolluted ; and the etherial mould , Incapable of stain , would soon expel Her mischief , and purge ...
... rise With blackest insurrection , to confound Heaven's purest light ; yet our great Enemy , All incorruptible , would on his throne Sit unpolluted ; and the etherial mould , Incapable of stain , would soon expel Her mischief , and purge ...
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... rise By policy , and long procéss of time , In emulation opposite to Heaven . Which when Beelzebub perceived , than whom Satan except , none higher sat , with grave Aspéct he rose , and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state ; deep on ...
... rise By policy , and long procéss of time , In emulation opposite to Heaven . Which when Beelzebub perceived , than whom Satan except , none higher sat , with grave Aspéct he rose , and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state ; deep on ...
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... rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote . Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone ; and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven : Nor fail'd they to express how much they praised , That for the ...
... rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote . Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone ; and as a God Extol him equal to the Highest in Heaven : Nor fail'd they to express how much they praised , That for the ...
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... rising world of waters dark and deep , Won from the void and formless infinite . Thee I revisit now with bolder wing , Escaped the Stygian pool , though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn , while in my flight Through utter and ...
... rising world of waters dark and deep , Won from the void and formless infinite . Thee I revisit now with bolder wing , Escaped the Stygian pool , though long detain'd In that obscure sojourn , while in my flight Through utter and ...
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... rise victorious , and subdue My vanquisher , spoil'd of his vaunted spoil ; Death his death's wound shall then receive , and stoop Inglorious , of his mortal sting disarm'd . I through the ample air in triumph high Shall lead Hell ...
... rise victorious , and subdue My vanquisher , spoil'd of his vaunted spoil ; Death his death's wound shall then receive , and stoop Inglorious , of his mortal sting disarm'd . I through the ample air in triumph high Shall lead Hell ...
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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