Quotes from bookParadise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton . The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books with minor revisions throughout. It is considered by critics to be Milton's major work, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time.The poem concerns the biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to "justify the ways of God to men."
“Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell.”
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“Who overcomes
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.”
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“Farewell happy fields,
Where joy forever dwells: Hail, horrors, hail.”
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“Ah, why should all mankind
For one man's fault, be condemned,
If guiltless?”
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“Long is the way and hard, that out of Hell leads up to light.”
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“This horror will grow mild, this darkness light.”
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“To reign is worth ambition though in Hell:
Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven.”
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i.262-263
Paradise Lost (1667)
