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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... round he throws his baleful eyes , That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mix'd with obdurate pride and steadfast hate : At once , as far as Angels ken , he views The dismal situation waste and wild : A dungeon horrible on all sides ...
... round he throws his baleful eyes , That witness'd huge affliction and dismay Mix'd with obdurate pride and steadfast hate : At once , as far as Angels ken , he views The dismal situation waste and wild : A dungeon horrible on all sides ...
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... round , Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon , whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At Evening from the top of Fesolé , Or in Valdarno , to descry new lands , Rivers , or ...
... round , Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon , whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At Evening from the top of Fesolé , Or in Valdarno , to descry new lands , Rivers , or ...
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... round the coast , up call'd a pitchy cloud Of locusts , warping on the eastern wind , That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night , and darken'd all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing ...
... round the coast , up call'd a pitchy cloud Of locusts , warping on the eastern wind , That o'er the realm of impious Pharaoh hung Like night , and darken'd all the land of Nile : So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing ...
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... round ; and durst abide Jehovah thundering out of Sion , throned Between the Cherubim ; yea , often placed Within his sanctuary itself their shrines , Abominations ; and with cursed things His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned , And ...
... round ; and durst abide Jehovah thundering out of Sion , throned Between the Cherubim ; yea , often placed Within his sanctuary itself their shrines , Abominations ; and with cursed things His holy rites and solemn feasts profaned , And ...
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... round With all his peers : Attention held them mute . Thrice he assay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as Angels weep , burst forth : at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out their way . O Myriads of immortal ...
... round With all his peers : Attention held them mute . Thrice he assay'd , and thrice , in spite of scorn , Tears , such as Angels weep , burst forth : at last Words , interwove with sighs , found out their way . O Myriads of immortal ...
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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