 O thou that, with surpassing glory crown'd, Look'st from thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads, to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 sun, to tell thee how...  Paradiso perduto di Milton - Page 180by John Milton - 1852Full view - About this book
 | Regina M. Schwartz - Literary Criticism - 1993 - 162 pages
...23-26) Satan hates beams that only remind him of his paralysis of the will: "to thee I call, ... O Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams / That bring to my remembrance from what state / 1 fell' ' (IV. 35 - 39). The sun inspires memory of his loss, but no ritual recompense, not in mourning - which... | |
 | William Riley Parker - Poets, English - 1996 - 708 pages
...Thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world, at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads, to Thee I call, But with no friendly voice,...my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down Warring in Heaven against Heaven's... | |
 | Fiona J. Stafford, Howard Gaskill - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1998 - 284 pages
...to Paradise Lost, and Satan's address to the sun in the fourth book (32-41): Hide their diminished heads; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice,...my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere; Till pride and worst ambition threw me down Warring in heaven against heaven's... | |
 | Mervyn Nicholson - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 284 pages
...sole dominion like the god Of this new world — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice,...my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's... | |
 | John Milton, Merritt Yerkes Hughes - Poetry - 2003 - 388 pages
...thy sole dominion, like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminish'd heads; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice;...remembrance, from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere; Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven, against Heaven's... | |
 | David Loewenstein - Literary Collections - 2004 - 160 pages
...thy sole Dominion like the God Of this new World: at whose sight all the Stars Hide thir diminisht heads: to thee I call, But with no friendly voice,...my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy Sphere: Till Pride and worse Ambition threw me down Warring in Heav'n against Heav'n's... | |
 | John Milton - English literature - 2003 - 1012 pages
...thy sole dominion like the god Of this new world; at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice,...beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere; Till pride and worse ambition threw me down 40 Warring... | |
 | Neil Forsyth - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 398 pages
...thy sole Dominion like the Cod Of this new World; at whose sight all the Starrs Hide thir diminisht heads; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice,...beams That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy Spheare. (PL 4.27-39) It is the discrepancy between sun and Satan,... | |
 | Francis Blessington - Epic poetry, English - 2004 - 161 pages
...thy sole Dominion like the God Of this New World; at whose sight all the Stars Hide their diminish'd Heads; to thee I call, But with no friendly Voice;...Beams That bring to my remembrance, from what State I fell; how Glorious once above thy Sphere; Till Pride and worse Ambition threw me down, Warring in... | |
 | Steve Clark, Masashi Suzuki - Literary Criticism - 2006 - 362 pages
...image as an illustration to Paradise Lost IV, where Satan's sense of exile turns to anger at the sun: to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add...That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell (IV: 35-39) This is a role that Equiano had already taken in Tlie Interesting Narrative of 1789 where... | |
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