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Paraise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books; a second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is "justify the ways of God to men" (Milton 1674, 4:26) and elucidate the conflict between God's eternal foresight and free will.

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  • This work says, "Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven"
  • The libretto for Haydn's oratorio "The Creation" was based on this epic English poem
  • Book I of this John Milton work begins, "Of man's first disobedience..."
  • In this epic poem about leaving heaven, John Milton created Pandemonium, the capital of Hell
  • Milton work that begins, "Of man's first disobedience, and the fruit of that forbidden tree..."
  • When released in 1667, this epic poem by John Milton filled 10 books
  • Adam & Eve confront the big man himself & discuss this 1667 Milton poem on "I Can't Believe You Evicted Me!"
  • 1667:"Hell Recovered"
  • In 1671, Milton wrote "Paradise Regained", a sequel to this
  • John Milton's 1671 sequel never gained the reputation of this 1667 epic
  • A 1667 work:"Of man's first disobedience and the fruit of that forbidden tree"
  • 1667:Pandemonium
  • In Book 1 of this, Satan is "hurld hedlong flaming from th' ethereal skies... to dwell in adamantine chains and penal fire"
  • In this John Milton work, the angel Michael leads Adam & Eve out of the Garden of Eden
  • From 1667, it includes the lines "Who first seduced them to that foul revolt? Th' infernal serpent; he it was"
  • After John Milton died in 1674, his widow sold all the rights to this work for a paltry 8 pounds

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