The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . departed Heavens eternal KingLeaving to Man the Garden as his evermore, performing Heavens behestsThey dwelt in holy joy, nor sorrow knew ;—Dear to the Lord their Maker while they keptInviolate His high decree. The corresponding passage in Paradise Lost is notamong the happiest of Miltons verses : , . but of the tree. Which tasted works knowledge of good and evil Thou mayst not ; in the day thou eatst, thou diest. Death is the penalty imposed ; beware, And govern well thy appetite, lest Sin
The epic of the fall of man; a comparative study of Caedmon, Dante and Milton . departed Heavens eternal KingLeaving to Man the Garden as his evermore, performing Heavens behestsThey dwelt in holy joy, nor sorrow knew ;—Dear to the Lord their Maker while they keptInviolate His high decree. The corresponding passage in Paradise Lost is notamong the happiest of Miltons verses : , . but of the tree. Which tasted works knowledge of good and evil Thou mayst not ; in the day thou eatst, thou diest. Death is the penalty imposed ; beware, And govern well thy appetite, lest Sin Surprise thee, and her black attendant, Death. In the finale of this part of the Epic Caedmon tells,in a few words, how, . . the Creator gazed with blissful joyUpon the grandeur of His new stood, with beauty girt and filled with in the golden Light, Mans homeOf Paradise. Miltons ending is fuller, richer in thought andimagination, and more descriptive : Here finished He, and all that He had madeViewed, and, behold ! all was entirely A iiii e7irtuorf, pet forming llcavciCs bcluslsTliiv ihoill in holy Joy. A Comparative Study 165 Yet not till llie Creator, from his workDesisting, though unwearied, up returned,Up to the Heaven of Heavens, his high abode,Thence to behold this new-created World,The addition of his empire, how it showedIn prospect from his throne, how good, how his great idea. Up he rode,Followed with acclamation, and the soundSymphonious of ten thousand harps, that tunedAngelic harmonies. The Earth, the Air Resounded, The heavens and all the constellations rung,The planets in their stations listening stood,While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. From this passage, one might almost imagine thatMilton had seen the illumination, or rather drawing,which accompanies this part of the Junian manu-script, where the Deity is represented as havingreturned to his high abode. Thence to behold this new-created World. Neithe
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