What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men.
— John Milton Early Modern

Paradise Lost

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Paradise Lost, Book I

Date / Period

1667

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20/20-h/20-h.htm

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