High on a throne of royal state, which far.

Thus while god spake, ambrosial fragrance fill'd.

Showrs on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd.

Book 2 (1674 version) by john milton.

Man therefore shall find grace, the other none:

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That, to the height of this great argument, i may assert eternal providence, and justify the ways of god to men.

Paradise was lost for us.

Then touches the prime cause of his fall, the serpent, or rather satan in the serpent;

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As one who in his journey bates at noone, though bent on speed, so heer the archangel paus'd.

Outshon the wealth of ormus and of ind, or where the gorgeous east with richest hand.

He tells them about how their scheme worked and mankind has fallen, giving them complete dominion over paradise.

Of oreb, or of sinai, didst inspire.

Milton’s tenure as latin secretary under the puritan government, his subsequent imprisonment upon the restoration of the monarchy, and his blindness are all briefly discussed.

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As he finishes his speech, however, the fallen angels around him become hideous snakes, and soon enough, satan himself turns into a snake, deprived of limbs and unable to talk.

Book 12 (1674 version) by john milton.

What in me is dark illumine, what is low raise and support;

Brought death into the world, and all our woe, with loss of eden, till one greater man.

The invocation to paradise lost is read and analyzed.

It tells the story of the fall of satan and his compatriots, the creation of man, and, most significantly, of man’s act of disobedience and its consequences:

Betwixt the world destroy'd and world restor'd, if adam aught perhaps might interpose;

This first book proposes, first in brief, the whole subject, mans disobedience, and the loss thereupon of paradise wherein he was plac't:

Who revolting from god, and drawing to his side many legions of angels, was by the command of god driven out of heaven.

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All heav'n, and in the blessed spirits elect.

In mercy and justice both, through heav'n and earth, so shall my glorie excel, but mercy first and last shall brightest shine.

Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal tast.

Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, sing heav’nly muse, that on the secret top.

Beyond the abyss discover the redemption in solace of the fallen.

Of mans first disobedience, and the fruit.