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WORKS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Book I of Paradise Lost<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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BOOK \u00a0I \u00a0OF \u00a0PARADISE \u00a0LOST<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis first Book proposes, first in brief, the whole Subject, Man\u2019s disobedience, and the loss thereupon of Paradise wherein he was plac\u2019t:<\/em> Then touches the prime cause of his fall, the Serpent, or rather<\/em> Satan in the Serpent; who revolting from God, and drawing to his side many Legions of Angels, was by the command of God driven out of Heaven with all his Crew into the great Deep.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Which action past over, the Poem hastes into the midst of things, presenting Satan with his Angels now fallen into Hell,<\/em> describ\u2019d here, not in the Centre<\/em> (for Heaven and Earth may be suppos\u2019d as yet not made, certainly not yet accurst) but in a place of utter darkness, fitliest call\u2019d<\/em> Chaos: Here<\/em> Satan with his Angels lying on the burning Lake, thunder-struck and astonisht, after a certain space recovers, as from confusion, calls up him who next in Order and Dignity lay by him; they confer of thir miserable fall.<\/em>\u00a0 \u00a0Satan awakens all his Legions, who lay till then in the same manner confounded; They rise, thir Numbers, array of Battle, thir chief Leaders nam\u2019d, according to the Idols known afterwards in<\/em> Canaan and the Countries adjoining.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 To these<\/em> Satan directs his Speech, comforts them with hope yet of regaining Heaven, but tells them lastly of a new World and new kind of Creature to be created, according to an ancient Prophecy or report in Heaven;<\/em> for that Angels were long before this visible Creation, was the opinion of many ancient Fathers.\u00a0\u00a0 To find out the truth of this Prophecy, and what to determine thereon he refers to a full Council.\u00a0\u00a0 What his Associates thence attempt.<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 Pandemonium the Palace of<\/em> Satan rises, suddenly built out of the Deep: The infernal Peers there sit in Council.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2014 John Milton, \u201cThe Argument,\u201d Book I of Paradise Lost<\/em> (1674 edition)<\/p>\n

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Satan Summoning His Legions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>
\n1796\u201397
\nMedium<\/strong>
\nOil on canvas
\nDimensions<\/strong>
\nHeight: 431.8 cm
\nWidth: 274.3 cm
\nLocation<\/strong>
\nRoyal Academy of Arts<\/a>, London
\nPL<\/em> Lines<\/strong>
\n\u201c\u2026on the Beach
\nOf that inflamed Sea, he stood and call\u2019d
\nHis Legions.\u2026
\nHe call\u2019d so loud, that all the hollow Deep
\nOf Hell resounded.\u2026
\nAwake, arise, or be for ever fall\u2019n.\u201d
\n(Paradise Lost<\/em>, Book I, 299\u2013301, 314\u201315, 330)<\/p>\n

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Preparatory study for Satan Summoning His Legions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date<\/strong>
\nca. 1796\u201397
\nMedium<\/strong>
\nPencil on wove paper
\nDimensions<\/strong>
\nHeight: 32.5 cm
\nWidth: 9.3 cm
\nLocation<\/strong>
\nRoyal Academy of Arts<\/a>, London
\nPL<\/em> Lines<\/strong>
\n\u201c\u2026on the Beach
\nOf that inflamed Sea, he stood and call\u2019d
\nHis Legions.\u2026
\nHe call\u2019d so loud, that all the hollow Deep
\nOf Hell resounded.\u2026
\nAwake, arise, or be for ever fall\u2019n.\u201d
\n(Paradise Lost<\/em>, Book I, 299\u2013301, 314\u201315, 330)<\/p>\n

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Satan and Beelzebub<\/em><\/strong>
\n[Preparatory study for Satan Summoning His Legions<\/em>]<\/strong><\/p>\n

Date<\/strong>
\nca. 1795\u201397
\nMedium<\/strong>
\nBlack chalk, white highlights on brown paper
\nDimensions<\/strong>
\nHeight: 104 cm
\nWidth: 67.4 cm
\nLocation<\/strong>
\nThe Louvre<\/a>, Paris
\nPL<\/em> Lines<\/strong>
\n\u201c\u2026on the Beach
\nOf that inflamed Sea, he stood and call\u2019d
\nHis Legions.\u2026
\nHe call\u2019d so loud, that all the hollow Deep
\nOf Hell resounded.\u2026
\nAwake, arise, or be for ever fall\u2019n.\u201d
\n(Paradise Lost<\/em>, Book I, 299\u2013301, 314\u201315, 330)<\/p>\n

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Satan as the Fallen Angel<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date<\/strong>
\nca. 1797
\nMedium<\/strong>
\nRed, black and white chalk
\nDimensions<\/strong>
\nHeight: 24.5 cm
\nWidth: 20.4 cm
\nLocation<\/strong>
\nPrivate collection
\n[See Sotheby\u2019s<\/a>]
\n[See also Olga\u2019s Gallery<\/a>]
\nPL<\/em> Lines<\/strong>
\n\u201cIs this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime,
\nSaid then the lost Arch-Angel, this the seat
\nThat we must change for Heav\u2019n, this mournful gloom
\nFor that celestial light? Be it so.\u2026
\nThe mind is its own place, and in itself
\nCan make a Heav\u2019n of Hell, a Hell of Heav\u2019n.\u2026
\nHere we may reign secure, and in my choice
\nTo reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
\nBetter to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav\u2019n.\u201d
\n(Paradise Lost<\/em>, Book I, 242\u201345, 254\u201355, 261\u201363)<\/p>\n

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The Fallen Angels<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Engraver<\/strong>
\nWilliam Say, after Thomas Lawrence
\nDate<\/strong>
\n1796\u201397
\nMedium<\/strong>
\nMezzotint
\nDimensions<\/strong>
\nHeight: 19.3 cm
\nWidth: 18.4 cm
\nLocation<\/strong>
\nNational Portrait Gallery<\/a>, London
\nPL<\/em> Lines<\/strong>
\n\u201cIs this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime,
\nSaid then the lost Arch-Angel, this the seat
\nThat we must change for Heav\u2019n, this mournful gloom
\nFor that celestial light? Be it so.\u2026
\nThe mind is its own place, and in itself
\nCan make a Heav\u2019n of Hell, a Hell of Heav\u2019n.\u2026
\nHere we may reign secure, and in my choice
\nTo reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
\nBetter to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav\u2019n.\u201d
\n(Paradise Lost<\/em>, Book I, 242\u201345, 254\u201355, 261\u201363)<\/p>\n

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WORKS Book I of Paradise Lost   BOOK \u00a0I \u00a0OF \u00a0PARADISE \u00a0LOST \u201cThis first Book proposes, first in brief, the whole Subject, Man\u2019s disobedience, and the loss thereupon of Paradise wherein he was plac\u2019t: Then touches the prime cause of his fall, the Serpent, or rather Satan in the Serpent; who revolting from God, and… <\/p>\n

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