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Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse.
Paradise Lost. : Book 1 (1674 version) By John Milton. OF Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit. Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal tast. Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man. Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse, that on the secret top.
Paradise Lost, epic poem in blank verse, of the late works by John Milton, originally issued in 10 books in 1667. Many scholars consider Paradise Lost to be one of the greatest poems in the English language.
Paradise Lost title page of 1667 edition, second imposition. See Milton's Poetical Works, Facsimile Edition (Fletcher, 1945) for a discussion of the title pages.
A 2005 Norton Critical Edition, edited by Gordon Teskey, of the Early Modern epic by John Milton.
John Milton's Paradise Lost: The Complete Poem. www.paradiselost.org. (Switch to desktop view)
Paradise Lost is an epic poem by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books and written in blank verse.
In Paradise Lost—first published in 10 books in 1667 and then in 12 books in 1674, at a length of almost 11,000 lines—Milton observed but adapted a number of the Classical epic conventions that distinguish works such as Homer’s The Iliad and The Odyssey and Virgil’s The Aeneid.
By John Milton. HAil holy Light, ofspring of Heav'n first-born, Or of th' Eternal Coeternal beam. May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light. Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethereal stream,
Paradise Lost tells the story of the Fall of mankind in the Garden of Eden, and before it, the rise of the rebel angels in heaven, led by Satan, and their defeat and casting into hell. Milton’s rewrite of the Book of Genesis in the Bible is extensive; to call it daring is an understatement.