Poem

Paradise Lost

First released 1994English49 recordingson 3 releases

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Recordings

Performance	By
Book I, line 1: 'Of Man's First Disobedience and the Fruit'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	7:51
Book I, line 128: 'O Price, O Chief of many Throned Powers'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	4:48
Book I, line 242: 'Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	6:39
Book I, line 375: 'All these and more came flocking; but with looks'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	5:31
Book I, line 622: 'O Myriads of immortal Spirits, O Powers'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	5:35
Book I, line 722: ' … Th'ascending pile'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	4:21
Book II, line 1: 'High on a Throne of Toyal State, which far'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	7:32
Book II, line 119: 'I should be much for open War, O Peers'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	6:46
Book II, line 229: 'Either to disinthrone the King of Heav'n'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	4:43
Book II, line 310: 'Thrines and imperial Powers, off-spring of heav'n'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	5:18
Book II, line 390: 'Well have ye judg'd, well ended long debate'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	2:39
Book II, line 430: 'O Progeny of Heav'n, Empyreal thrones'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	3:02
Book II, line 506: 'The Stygian Council thus dissolved; and forth'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	5:52
Book II, line 704: 'So spake the griesly terrour, and in shape'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	8:38
Line 850: 'The key of this infernal Pit by due'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	6:59
Line 968: 'T' whom Satan turning boldly thus. Ye Powers'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	5:05
Book III Paraphrase: God, sitting on his throne	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	1:54
Book IV Line 1: 'O for that warning voice, which he who saw'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	7:24
Line 114: 'Thus while he spake, each passion dimm'd his face'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	3:18
Line 172: 'No to th'ascent of that steep savage Hill'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	3:36
Line 246: '............Thus was this place'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	6:20
Line 358: 'O Hell! what do mine eyes with grief behold'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	5:30
Line 440: 'To whom thus Eve repli'd. O thou for whom'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	3:17
Line 492: 'So spake our general Mother, and with eyes'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	3:09
Book V-VIII Paraphase: 'Meanwhile, Uriel, descending'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	2:17
Book IX Line 1: 'No more talk of where God or Angel Guest'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	5:33
Line 99: 'O Earth, how like to Heav'n, if not preferr'd'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	6:58
Line 194: 'And Eve first to her Husband thus began.'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	3:48
Line 270: 'To whom the Virgin Majesty of Eve'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	5:28
Line 376: 'So spake the Patriarch of Mankind, but Eve'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	7:05
Book IX Line 494: 'So spake the Enemy of Mankind, enclos'd'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	4:13
Line 567: 'To whom the guileful Tempter thus repli'd'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	2:37
Line 612: 'Serpent, thy overpraising leaves in doubt'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	3:40
Line 679: 'O Sacred, Wise and Wisdom-giving Plant'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	4:13
Line 745: 'Great are thy Virtues, doubtless, best of Fruits'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	6:56
Line 856: 'Hast thou not wonder'd Adam, at my stay?'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	2:35
Line 896: 'O fairest of Creation, last and best'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	4:43
Line 960: 'So Adam, and thus Eve to him repli'd.'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	4:43
Line 1034: 'So said he, and forbore not glance or toy'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	6:18
Line 1134: 'Would thou hadst heark'n'd to my words, & stay'd'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	3:16
Book X Paraphrase: 'Man's disobedience known'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	0:38
Line 68: 'Father Eternal, thine is to decree'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	9:07
Line 229: 'Meanwhile ere thus was sinn'd & judg'd on Earth	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	4:58
Line 354: 'O Parent, these are thy magnific deeds'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	3:57
Line 460: 'Thrones, Dominations, Princedoms, Virtues, Powers'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	7:19
Books XI and XII Paraphrase: 'Meanwhile Sin and Death rejoice'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	1:52
Book XII Line 553: 'How soon hath thy prediction, Seer blest'	John Milton read by Anton Lesser	7:51
Epigraph	Philip Pullman, John Milton	1:13
Paradise Lost (excerpt)	John Milton read by Julian Glover	3:16

On these albums

Paradise LostJohn Milton read by Anton Lesser · 1994

The Best Poetry Album in the World…Ever!Various Artists · 1996

His Dark Materials, Book I: The Golden CompassPhilip Pullman · 1999

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