Paradiso Perduto Di Milton

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General Books, 2013 - 220 pages
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1852 edition. Excerpt: ...of men Sad task and hard: for how shall I relate To human sense the invisible exploits Of warring spirits? how, without remorse, The ruin of so many glorious once And perfect while they stood? how last uufokl The secrets of another world, perhaps Not lawful to reveal? yet for thy good This is dispens'd; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate so, By likening spiritual to corporeal forms, As may express them best; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Cui il nostro gran progenitor: Tuoi detti Attento e con piu dilettato orecchio, Divin maestro, udii, che quando canti Cherubici dai colli intorno in notte Melode aerea impongono. Io sapea Volonta ed opre a liberta create; Pur che noi mai non scorderem d'amare II nostro Autore, e d'obbedir suo impero Uno e si giusto, mio pensier costante M'affido e ognor m'affida: or qual narrasti Caso su in cicl, di dubbio il cor mi tenta, Ma piu di brama a udir, se te non grava, L'istoria tutta, eh' esser dee superba E a udir ben degna di silenzio sacro; Molto per anco e il di, che il sole appena Meta compi del corso, e imprende appena L' altra meta per la gran zona in ciclo. Cosi Ce' prego Adamo, e Rafaello Posato alquanto incomincio cortese. Alto subbietto mi chiedesti, Adamo, E triste e forte: e come a senso umano lo ridire invisibili certami Di spiriti guerrieri? E senza duolo l danni dir di tanti illustri a un tempo E grandi mentre stero? Infin gli arcani Come spiegar d'un altro mondo, forse Negati a disvelar? Pur cio mi lece Per ben tuo; e quanto la virtude avanza Dell' uman senso, io ritrarro simili Le spiritali alle corporee forme Come fin meglio: ma la...

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John Milton, English scholar and classical poet, is one of the major figures of Western literature. He was born in 1608 into a prosperous London family. By the age of 17, he was proficient in Latin, Greek, and Hebrew. Milton attended Cambridge University, earning a B.A. and an M.A. before secluding himself for five years to read, write and study on his own. It is believed that Milton read everything that had been published in Latin, Greek, and English. He was considered one of the most educated men of his time. Milton also had a reputation as a radical. After his own wife left him early in their marriage, Milton published an unpopular treatise supporting divorce in the case of incompatibility. Milton was also a vocal supporter of Oliver Cromwell and worked for him. Milton's first work, Lycidas, an elegy on the death of a classmate, was published in 1632, and he had numerous works published in the ensuing years, including Pastoral and Areopagitica. His Christian epic poem, Paradise Lost, which traced humanity's fall from divine grace, appeared in 1667, assuring his place as one of the finest non-dramatic poet of the Renaissance Age. Milton went blind at the age of 43 from the incredible strain he placed on his eyes. Amazingly, Paradise Lost and his other major works, Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes, were composed after the lost of his sight. These major works were painstakingly and slowly dictated to secretaries. John Milton died in 1674.

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