[오늘의 한문장] 실낙원 PARADISE LOST

Who first seduc‘d them to that fowl revolt?
Th‘ infernal Serpent; he it was, whose guile Stird up with Envu and Revenge, deceiv‘d the Mother of Mankinde, what time his Pride Had cast him out from Heav‘n, with all his Host Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in Glory above his Peers, He trusted to have equal‘d the most High, If he oppos‘d; and with ambitious aim Against the Throne and Monarchyof God Rais‘d impious awar in Heav‘n and Battle proud With vain attempt.
- P12

[오늘의 한문장] 실낙원 PARADISE LOST

Say first, for Heav‘n hides nothing from thy view Nor the deep Tract of Hell, say first what cause Mov‘d our Grand Parents in that happy state.
Favour‘d of Heav‘n so highly, to fall off From their creator, and transgress his Will For one restraint. Lords of the World besides?
- P12

[오늘의 한문장] 실낙원 PARADISE LOST

And chiefly Thou O Spirit, that dost prefer Before all Temples th‘ upright heart and pure, Instruct me, for Thou know‘st; Thou from the first Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss And mad‘st it pregnant: What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument I may assert th‘ Eternal Providence, And justifie the wayes of God to men.
- P11

[오늘의 한문장] 실낙원 PARADISE LOST

BOOK I.

Of mans first disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal task Brought Death into the World and all our woe, With loss of EDEN, till one greater man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav‘nly Muse, that on the secret top OF OREB, or of SINAI, didst inspire That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed, In the Beginning how the Heav‘ns and Earth Rose out of CHAOS: Or if SION Hill Delight thee more, and SILOA‘S Brook that flow‘d Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence Invoke thy aid to my adventurous Song, That with no middle flight intends to soar Above th‘ AONIAN Mount, while it pursues Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.
- P11

[오늘의 한문장] 실낙원 PARADISE LOST

■ 저자 소개

존 밀턴은 1608년 영국 런던에서 태어나 케임브리지 대학에서 문학을 전공했습니다. 밀턴은 크롬웰 공화국의 핵심인사로 활동했는데, 이 때문에 1660년 왕정복고 후 가혹한 정치적 탄압을 받았습니다. 감옥에 갇혀 있는 동안 <<실낙원>>, <<복낙원>>, <<투사 삼손>> 등 3대 거작을 집필하였습니다.
- P3