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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... fire , Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded , though immortal : But his doom Reserved ...
... fire , Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms . Nine times the space that measures day and night To mortal men , he with his horrid crew Lay vanquish'd , rolling in the fiery gulf , Confounded , though immortal : But his doom Reserved ...
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... fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and named Beelzebub . To whom the Arch - Enemy , And thence in Heaven call'd Satan , with bold words ...
... fire , He soon discerns ; and weltering by his side One next himself in power , and next in crime , Long after known in Palestine , and named Beelzebub . To whom the Arch - Enemy , And thence in Heaven call'd Satan , with bold words ...
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... fire , Or do his errands in the gloomy deep ; What can it then avail , though yet we feel Strength undiminish'd , or eternal being , To undergo eternal punishment ? Whereto with speedy words the 125-154 . BOOK 1 . PARADISE LOST .
... fire , Or do his errands in the gloomy deep ; What can it then avail , though yet we feel Strength undiminish'd , or eternal being , To undergo eternal punishment ? Whereto with speedy words the 125-154 . BOOK 1 . PARADISE LOST .
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... fire : And such appear'd in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Ætna , whose combustible And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublimed with ...
... fire : And such appear'd in hue , as when the force Of subterranean wind transports a hill Torn from Pelorus , or the shatter'd side Of thundering Ætna , whose combustible And fuel'd entrails thence conceiving fire , Sublimed with ...
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... fire , As we erewhile , astounded and amazed ; No wonder , fallen such a pernicious height . He scarce had ceased , when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield , Etherial temper , massy , large , and round ...
... fire , As we erewhile , astounded and amazed ; No wonder , fallen such a pernicious height . He scarce had ceased , when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore : his ponderous shield , Etherial temper , massy , large , and round ...
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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