Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Aug 20– From "Paradise Lost" by John Milton (1667)

 Metallica comes up when you look for Paradise Lost on Youtube. Apparently due to a documentary title.

Aug 20– From Paradise Lost by John Milton (1667)

Summary: Satan is stuck on Earth, so he goes to creep on Adam and Eve.

Commentary: Maybe after most of a year of reading THE CLASSICS I'll have a newfound appreciation for Milton.

I do get the famous "Fainting Victorian Satan" engraving today:

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"His Lithe Proboscis; close the Serpent sly"

That's a real line in this poem.

Milton is still bad.

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