Michael tries to explain to Adam that even though Eve and him have fallen from grace and must leave Paradise, they can still lead a fruitful life. This is a recording of the text of Milton’s first edition of 1667, which had ten books, unlike the second edition (1674) which was redivided into twelve books in the manner of Virgil’s Aeneid. After Adam and Eve wake up the next morning, Eve recalls a dream she has had in which an angel told her to eat from the Tree of Knowledge. Raphael does not refer to the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in his remarks to Adam in Book 5, but Eve mentions it in the description of her dream at. 575 587 ) These lines are spoken by Michael to Adam in Book XII just before Adam and Eve are led out of Paradise.

His work, which was dictated from memory and transcribed by his daughter, remains as one of the most powerful English poems. The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep Witness if I be silent, morn or even, To hill, or valley, fountain, or fresh shade, Made vocal by my song, and. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Homer, Virgil, and Dante, and sought to create a work of art which fully represented the most basic tenets of the Protestant faith. She relates to him the disturbing dream she has had. Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. Adam awakes from a peaceful sleep, but Eve appears to have been restless during the night.

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