the Womb of nature and perhaps her Grave,
of neither Sea, nor Shore, nor Air, nor Fire,
but all these in thir pregnant causes mix't
confus'dly, and which thus must ever fight,
unless th' Almighty Maker them ordain
his dark materials to create more Worlds.
Into this wilde Abyss the warie fiend
stood on the brink of Hell and look'd a while,
pondering his Voyage...
- Paradise Lost
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Into this wilde Abyss..
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I remember reading that in high school. very hard the first time, easier the second. Great choice. But why this verse?
“When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Malt does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to Man."
Not that I'm a Houseman man per se, but ol' AE did have his moments.
“When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something” -Ralph Waldo Emerson
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