...endless gratitude, So burdensome; still paying, still to owe: Forgetful what from him I still received, , And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged; what burden then ? O had his powerful destiny ordain'd Me some inferior angel, I had stood...

...endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe ; Forgetful what from him I still received; And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged — what burden then? Oh, had his powerful destiny ordained Me some inferior Angel, I had...

...of endless gratitude, — So burthensome, -still paying, still to owe — (Forgetful what from him 1 still receiv'd,) And understood not that a grateful...Indebted and discharg'd. What burden then ? O had his powerful destiny ordain'd Me some inferior angel, I had stood Then happy ; no unbounded hope had rais'd...

...attempting to ' quit / The debt immense of endless gratitude ' to God, he had failed to understand that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and dischargd. 193 Get thee behind me. Quoted from Luke 4. 8; cf. Matt. 4. 10. 195 See note on i. 37-43 above. 196-284...

...wrought but malice," IV. 48. he falls for a moment into the too natural delusion that *' Had his powerful destiny ordain'd Me some inferior angel, I had stood Then happy ; no unbounded hope had raised Ambition. IV. 60. but reminding himself that ' ' Other powers as great Fell not, but stand unshaken,...

...historical awareness in the Renaissance will find abundant evidence of his influence in what follows. "... a grateful mind / By owing owes not, but still pays, at once / Indebted and discharg'd." The American University in Cairo provided me with a grant which supported further research and revisions...

...moment quit The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burdensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receiv'd, And understood not...at once Indebted and discharg'd; what burden then? (IV. 49-57) He depicts an awesome obligation so impossible to fulfill that failure is inevitable: he...

...moment quit The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receiv'd, And understood not...not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharg'd — . . . (46-57) O, then, at last relent! Is there no place Left for repentance, none for pardon left?...

...colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster Inc. Cover art by Norman Green Printed in the USA A grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and discharged. — Paradise Lost Do male authors thank their babysitters? I must. Christi Morris was here...

...is potentially liberating, thus revealing a dialectical relationship between obedience and freedom. "A grateful mind / By owing owes not, but still pays,...once / Indebted and discharg'd; what burden then?" (4.55-7), Satan admits, recognizing that unmerited advancement leads only to further decline (89-92)....