Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or abjure? Sung with the voice, and this the argument. The other service was thy chosen task, Flies to his place, nor rests, but in mid air I am; this chiefly, that my way must lie That all the Angels and Æthereal Powers, Following, as seem'd, the quest of some stray Ewe, [ 315 ] Will bring me hence, no other Guide I seek. And answers, oracles, portents and dreams. Perus'd him, then with words thus utt'red spake. And last the sum of all, my Father's voice. Through many a hard assay even to the death, Or work Redemption for mankind, whose sins. To verifie that solemn message late, For what he bids I do; though I have lost To the flood Jordan, came as then obscure, What from within I feel my self, and hear Men generally think me much a foe Musing and much revolving in his brest, [ 185 ] And sends his Spirit of Truth henceforth to dwell Praying or vowing, and vouchsaf'd his voice [ 490 ] Not knew by sight) now come, who was to come E're I the promis'd Kingdom can attain, [ 265 ] “Much of the Soul they talk, but all awry; “So spake Israel's true king, and to the Fiend, “Thither he bent his way, determined there. Against a Winters day when winds blow keen. Never did wrong or violence, by them Whate're his cruel malice could invent. By winning words to conquer willing hearts, At least to try, and teach the erring Soul, These growing thoughts my Mother soon perceiving. Whereas Paradise Lost is ornate in style and decorative in its verse, Paradise Regained … The Spirit descended, while the Fathers voice Night with her sullen wing to double-shade. Permission from above; thou canst not more. To exercise him in the Wilderness, Within thick Clouds and dark ten-fold involv'd. Which they who ask'd have seldom understood. What from without comes often to my ears, And ruine Adam, and the exploit perform'd That fellowship in pain divides not smart, Our Fathers here with Manna; in the Mount As such, Barbara K. Lewalski has labelled the work a "brief epic". So they in Heav'n their Odes and Vigils tun'd: To all truth requisite for men to know. By one mans disobedience lost, now sing Refus'd on me his Baptism to confer, Proceeding from the mouth of God; who fed [ 350 ] To her a Virgin, that on her should come Induces best to hope of like success. Whom thus answer'd th' Arch Fiend now undisguis'd. Of hazard, which admits no long debate, [ 95 ] By mixing somewhat true to vent more lyes. And out of Heav'n the Sov'raign voice I heard, All righteous things: therefore above my years, Nor sleeping him nor waking harm'd, his walk Of righteous Job, then cruelly to afflict him [ 425 ] Think'st thou such force in Bread? So spake our Morning Star then in his rise, "I, who erewhile the happy Garden sung / By one man's disobedience lost, now sing / Recovered Paradise to all mankind, / By one man's firm obedience fully tried / Through all temptation, and the Tempter foiled / In all his wiles, defeated and repulsed, / And Eden raised in the waste Wilderness” And what will he not do to advance his Son? “Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools, “ That who advances his glory, not their own, Them he himself to glory will advance.”, “ His weakness shall o'ercome Satanic strength, And all the world, and mass of sinful flesh; That all the Angels and aethereal Powers— They now, and men hereafter—may discern From what consummate virtue I have chose This perfet man, by merit called my Son, To earn salvation for the sons of men." And he himself among them was baptiz'd, Our hated habitation; well ye know Return'd the wiser, or the more instruct Dissembl'd, and this Answer smooth return'd. To all the Host of Heaven; the happy place And said to me apart, high are thy thoughts Through many a hard assay even to the death, The Baptist, (of whose birth I oft had heard, [ 270 ] Thou Spirit, who ledst this glorious Eremite Regents and Potentates, and Kings, yea gods O ancient Powers of Air and this wide world, This our old Conquest, then remember Hell. (Hughes): Paradise Regained (1671), Books I-II, p. 471 Bible: Matthew 4:1-11 Mark 1:1-13 Luke 4:1-14 And vaunts of his great cunning to the throng [ 145 ] And he still on was led, but with such thoughts Though inly stung with anger and disdain, His first-begot we know, and sore have felt, John Milton. Of God; I saw and heard, for we sometimes [ 330 ] Which they who ask'd have seldom understood, Into the Heav'n of Heavens; thou com'st indeed, Comes to the place where he before had sat. Following, as seem'd, the quest of some stray Ewe, Or wither'd sticks to gather; which might serve. This wounds me most (what can it less) that Man, He saw approach; who first with curious eye By fallacy surpriz'd. Of all his flattering Prophets glibb'd with lyes [ 375 ] Guided the Wise Men thither from the East, [ 250 ] [ 200 ] Her dictates from thy mouth? And told them the Messiah now was born, [ 245 ] For lying is thy sustenance, thy food. Unfold her Crystal Dores, thence on his head What might improve my knowledge or their own; That out of these hard stones be made thee bread; So shalt thou save thy self and us relieve. And last the sum of all, my Father's voice, Guided the Wise Men thither from the East. The Desert; Fowls in thir clay nests were couch't; From Hell's deep-vaulted Den to dwell in light, To honour thee with Incense, Myrrh, and Gold. To love, at least contemplate and admire [ 380 ] At least in vain, for they shall find thee mute. From Nazareth the Son of Joseph deem'd Smooth on the tongue discourst, pleasing to th' ear, Among wild Beasts: they at his sight grew mild, [ 310 ] Ill sorting with my present state compar'd. Yet to that hideous place not so confin'd O're-shadow her: this man born and now upgrown, [ 140 ] Idolatrous; but when his purpose is To draw the proud King Ahab into fraud Against the Spiritual Foe, and broughtst him thence [ 10 ] To warm him wet return'd from field at Eve, Of the most High, who in full frequence bright John Milton’s career as a writer of prose and poetry spans three distinct eras: Stuart England; the Civil War (1642-1648) and Interregnum, including the Commonwealth (1649-1653) and Protectorate (1654-1660); and the Restoration. Recover'd Paradise to all mankind, But misery hath rested from me; where [ 470 ] Of Angels in the fields of Bethlehem sung This our old Conquest, then remember Hell O Son, but nourish them and let them soar [ 230 ] Will waft me; and the way found prosperous once, Distracted and surpriz'd with deep dismay, At these sad tidings; but no time was then. To such perfection, that e're yet my age And all the world, and mass of sinful flesh; This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son, So spake the Eternal Father, and all Heaven. And his deep thoughts, the better to converse [ 190 ] For that to me thou seem'st the man, whom late I who e're while the happy Garden sung, In manner at our will th' affairs of Earth, [ 50 ] But what have been thy answers, what but dark. Refresh and try again. Permission from above; thou canst not more. The act is Adam and Eve’s eating of the forbidden fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, as told in Genesis, the first book of the Bible. All the poem selections and ways of interacting with those are freely available, the resources in the Learning Zone, and lots of information about the Poetry By Heart competition including the competition guides. Allure, or terrifie, or undermine. Strait knew me, and with loudest voice proclaim'd [ 275 ] Unmarkt, unknown; but him the Baptist soon [ 25 ] Ventures his filial Vertue, though untri'd. The Law and Prophets, searching what was writ [ 260 ] This is my Son belov'd, in him am pleas'd. All his sollicitations, and at length Or harbour'd in one Cave, is not reveal'd; Till those days ended, hunger'd then at last. To him his Heavenly Office, nor was long But now an aged man in Rural weeds, Sonnet 15: Fairfax, whose name in arms through Europe rings. From the beginning, and in lies wilt end; And run not sooner to his fatal snare? By which they knew thee King of Israel born. So shalt thou save thyself and us relieve Brute violence and proud Tyrannick pow'r, The time prefixt I waited, when behold As thou art wont, my prompted Song else mute, And unrecorded left through many an Age, With looks agast and sad he thus bespake. Against whate're may tempt, whate're seduce, All his vast force, and drive him back to Hell, Winning by Conquest what the first man lost, There he shall first lay down the rudiments, Of his great warfare, e're I send him forth. [ 175 ] With prosperous wing full summ'd to tell of deeds O ancient Powers of Air and this wide world, Publish his God-like office now mature, At least in vain, for they shall find thee mute. Who leagu'd with millions more in rash revolt, Kept not my happy Station, but was driv'n. Nearer acquainted, now I feel by proof, [ 400 ] To rescue Israel from the Roman yoke, So far from path or road of men, who pass Who leagu'd with millions more in rash revolt With all inflictions? Under the covert of some ancient Oak, [ 305 ] To prove him, and illustrate his high worth; Of all his flattering Prophets glibb'd with lyes, For what he bids I do; though I have lost, Much lustre of my native brightness, lost. But his patience won? Into thin Air diffus'd: for now began Inspir'd; disdain not such access to me. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Small consolation then, were Man adjoyn'd: This wounds me most (what can it less) that Man. By Vision, found thee in the Temple, and spake From the beginning, and in lies wilt end; Who boast'st release from Hell, and leave to come. Temptation and all guile on him to try, Of female Seed, far abler to resist Which I believ'd was from above; but he Against whate're may tempt, whate're seduce. God hath now sent his living Oracle [ 460 ] And thou no more with Pomp and Sacrifice Who brought me hither [ 335 ] With wonder, then with envy fraught and rage Suffers the Hypocrite or Atheous Priest When his fierce thunder drove us to the deep; Who this is we must learn, for man he seems, In all his lineaments, though in his face. Yet thou pretend'st to truth; all Oracles, By thee are giv'n, and what confest more true.
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