...with the mightiest raised me to contend, And to the fierce contention brought along 100 Innumerable force of spirits armed That durst dislike his reign,...And shook his throne. What though the field be lost ? 105 All is not lost ; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never...

...And shook his throne. What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, [105 And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never...overcome ; That glory never shall his wrath or might 110 Extort from me : to bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power, Who from the...

...with the Mightiest raised me to contend, And to the fierce contention brought along 100 Innumerable force of Spirits armed, That durst dislike his reign,...overcome. That glory never shall his wrath or might no Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power Who, from the...

...dying, Eleuloro There shall he be lying. T!,r La} ,-/ On Last .-.,•• ..,•-:. Cant. iii. DEFEAT. ayer, "Theao may Paraditc Liai, Book \. MILTON. At a frown they in their glory die. The painful warrior, famoused for...

...on the plains of heav'n, And shook his throne. What though the field be lost? All is not lost ; th" unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal...overcome; That glory never shall his wrath or might no Extort from me : to bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power, "Who from the...

...remind us that Satan had sought to exhort Beelzebub in very similar terms, though for different ends: What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yeild: And what is else not to be overcome? (I. 105-9) The reversing pattern continues emphatically...

...refers to God as "the Potent Victor," and rallies his followers with a fitting air of hybris and virtu; What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? (1, 105-109) This is a familiar, attractive and appropriate model for Milton to use. Kept within a...

...me from the crown to the toe top full Of direst cruelty. . . (Macbeth, i, v, 26-31, 41-4) Or Milton: What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield. (Paradise Lost, i, 105-8) In all these passages, evil is portrayed as involving immense concentrations...

...raised me to contend ; And to the fierce contention brought along Iunumerable force of spirits arm'd, That durst dislike his reign; and, me preferring,...lost? All is not lost ; the unconquerable will, And stady of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield, And what is else not to be overcome....

...mind cannot really grasp the horror; and so, only a few lines later, we find him asking and declaring: What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the...submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? [1.105-09] And soon we find "the lost Arch Angel" calling upon "Th' associates and copartners of our...