...Matt. xii. 24-27; where it "enemy." The enemy both of God and appears that with them Beelzebub and man. And courage never to submit or yield, And what is...deify his power. Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire, that were low indeed, That were an ignominy and shame beneath This downfall...

...arm'd, That durst dislike his reign, and, me preferring, His utmost power with adverse power opposed, In dubious battle on the plains of heaven, And shook...deify his power, Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire! that were low indeed! That were an ignominy, and shame beneath This downfall...

...armed, That durst dislike his reign, and, me preferring, His utmost power with adverse power opposed In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven, And shook...overcome. That glory never shall his wrath or might 1 10 Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power Who, from the...

...the unconquerable will, 1 'Beelzebub :' see 2 Kings i. 2. And study of revenge, immortal hate, 10T And courage never to submit or yield, And, what is...suppliant knee, and deify his power, Who, from the terrour of this arm so late Doubted his empire ; that were low indeed, That were an ignominy, and shame...

...considered, no doubt justly, poetry, because of the idea, the emotion and the rhythm (academically speaking): What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...submit or yield, And what is else not to be overcome. Let us paraphrase this passage and try to retain the idea, the emotion and a prose rhythm by just changing...

...refers to God as "the Potent Victor," and rallies his followers with a fitting air of hybris and virtu; What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? (1, 105-109) This is a familiar, attractive and appropriate model for Milton to use. Kept within a...

...shook his throne. What though the field be lost? All is not lost ; the unconquerable will, And stady of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit...deify his power, Who, from the terror of this arm, so late Doubted his empire ; that were low indeed ! That were an ignominy, and shame beneath This downfall...

...mind cannot really grasp the horror; and so, only a few lines later, we find him asking and declaring: What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? [1.105-09] And soon we find "the lost Arch Angel" calling upon "Th' associates and copartners of our...

...that he cannot recapture the past, to un-do and re-do it, he tries to seize control of change itself. What though the field be lost: All is not lost; the...submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? (I. 105-09) These words are fraught with telling contradictions. "Having lost, I refuse to lose; having...

...get of him rousing his compeers upon the Stygian lake. "What though the field be lost?" he exclaims, All is not lost; the unconquerable Will, And study...deify his power Who from the terror of this Arm so late Doubted his Empire, that were low indeed, That were an ignominy and shame beneath This downfall....