Re: Satan in Miltons 'Paradise Lost'
Hallo lowri,
urteile selbst:
... he above the rest
In shape and gesture proudly eminent
Stood like a Towr; his form had yet not lost
All her Original brightness, nor appear'd
Less than Arch-Angel ruind, and th'excess
Of Glory obscur'd: As when the Sun new ris'n
Looks through the Horizontal misty Air
Shorn of his Beams, or from behind the Moon
In dim Eclipse disastrous twilight sheds
On half the Nations, and with fear of change
Perplexes Monarchs. Darkened so, yet shon
Above them all th'Archangel: but his face
Deep scars of Thunder had intrencht, and care
Sat on his faded cheek, but under Brows
Of dauntless courage, and considerat Pride
Waiting revenge: cruel his eye, but cast
Signes of remorse and passion to behold
The fellows of his crime, the followers rather
(Far other once beheld in bliss) condemnd
For ever now to have thir lot in pain,
Millions of Spirits for his fault amerc't
Of Heav'n, and from Eternal Splendors flung
For his revolt, yet faithful how they stood,
Thir Glory witherd. ...
John Milton
Paradise Lost
Book I, 589 - 611
zitiert nach der zweiten revidierten Ausgabe von 1674 in:
John Milton
The Complete Poems
Text edited by B. A. Wright
J M Dent & Sons Ltd
London Melbourne Toronto 1980
ISBN 0-460-10384-9 [Buch anschauen]