The Epic of the Fall of Man: A Comparative Study of Caedmon, Dante and MiltonG. P. Putnam's sons, 1896 - 449 pages |
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Abyss Adam Almighty Angel of Presumption Anglo Anglo-Saxon literature Anglo-Saxon poem Arch-Fiend Archangel Beatific Vision beauteous Beda Beelzebub beneath Beowulf bliss bright burning lake Cadmon's poem Cæd Cædmon celestial Chaos Circle concave creation creatures Dante Dante's dark deep Deity depicts Devil Divina Commedia divine doom dread e'en Earth Empyrean erelong eternal evermore evil eyes Fall favour Fiend fierce fire flames Fréa fruit God's hand hast hath heart Heaven Heavenly Hebrew Hell Hell's hero holy hurled imagination Inferno infinite space Ithuriel King length Light Lord Lucifer manuscript Mephistopheles mighty Milton Milton's epic mind monastery narrative naught Night o'er opening Paradise Lost pass passage poet poetic pride punishment realm rebel Angels rebel host revenge ruin Satan Saxon Serpent shalt sorrow soul spake SPHERE spirits Starry Universe stars stood tells thee thou thought throne tion torture-house treason Tree of Death words World
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Page 156 - How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning. . . . For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God ; I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in
Page 85 - Heaven opened wide Her ever-during gates, harmonious sound On golden hinges moving, to let forth The King of Glory, in his powerful Word, And Spirit coming to create new worlds. On Heavenly ground they stood, and from the shore They viewed the vast immeasurable Abyss, Outrageous as a sea, dark, wasteful, wild.
Page 156 - toward Eve Addressed his way—not with indented wave, Prone on the ground, as since, but on his rear, Circular base of rising folds, that towered Fold above fold, a surging maze ; his head Crested aloft, and carbuncle his eyes ; With burnished neck of verdant gold, erect Amidst his circling spires, that on the grass Floated redundant.
Page 71 - that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd who first taught the chosen seed In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of Chaos ; ' . . . I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventrous song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above
Page 114 - Satan, . . . with his horrid crew, Lay vanquished, rolling in the fiery gulf, Confounded, though immortal. But his doom Reserved him to more wrath ; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes, That witnessed huge affliction and dismay, Mixed with obdurate pride and steadfast hate.
Page 75 - Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky, With hideous ruin and combustion, down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms. In this
Page 123 - Our first eruption—thither, or elsewhere ; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor the Abyss Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts Full counsel must mature. Peace is despaired ; For who can think submission ? War, then, war Open or understood, must be resolved.
Page 108 - he descries, Ascending by degrees magnificent Up to the wall of Heaven, a structure high ; At top whereof, but far more rich, appeared The work as of a kingly palace-gate, With frontispiece of diamond and gold Embellished ; thick with sparkling orient gems The portal shone, inimitable on Earth By model, or by shading pencil drawn.
Page 85 - Then stayed the fervid wheels, and in his hand He took the golden compasses, prepared In God's eternal store, to circumscribe This Universe, and all created things. One foot he centered, and the other turned Round through the vast profundity obscure.
Page 110 - Our puissance is our own, our own right hand Shall teach us highest deeds, by proof to try Who is our equal. Then thou shalt behold Whether by supplication we intend Address, and to begirt the Almighty Throne Beseeching or besieging. This report, These tidings, carry to the Anointed King ; And fly, ere evil intercept thy flight.