..."Paradise Lost," published by permission from the original in the library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq. j Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we...though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, The associates and co-partners of our loss,...

...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater ? Here at least We shall be free ; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not...though in hell : Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven." I. 250. Having summoned the scattered hosts and assembled them "At Pandemonium, the high...

...sojourner: now free, Free as a bird to settle where I will, in book 1 of The Prelude with Milton's Satan: Here at least We shall be free: th' Almighty hath...drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and in my choyce To reign is worth ambition though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, then serve in Heav'n." Said...

...civilisation and reflection becomes a genuine one, and dignifies the nobility of the human spirit. SCORPIO Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign...hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n. Milton, Paradise Lost We have met in preceding chapters the realm of the archaic Mother whose theriomorphic...

...famous cry of Satan in the Hell of Milton's Paradise Lost: Here at least We shall be free; th'Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us...though in Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n.391 It is this last point, in particular, that makes Job's version of the birthday curse...

...entire discourse stands in massive opposition to the third element of Kierkegaard's triad, necessity: Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we...Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. (1.256-64) This is the utterance of one who would make a choice out of a necessity. The rivalry with...

...still the same, And what I should be, all but less than he Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at last We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here...Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n! With truly Puritan zeal, the demons set to work on the side of a volcano to build a splendiferous palace,...

...should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not...though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven. When Eve yields to Satan's temptations and bites the forbidden fruit, the effect is of loss,...

...Job's death-wish almost reminds one of the famous cry of Satan in the Hell of Milton's Paradise Lost: Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath...Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. 391 While Job, like Milton's Satan, has no particular love for the netherworld per se, he is more than...

...if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than hee Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath...Hell: Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heav'n. But wherefore let we then our faithful friends, Th' associates and copartners of our loss Lie thus...