...place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what...hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free. . . . It is not all Milton's doing that his Satan makes our blood run fast, or that his God is a pompous,...

...Place or Time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what...less than he Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at last We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here...

...Place or Time. The mind is its own place, and in it self Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less then he Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th'Almighty hath not built...

...Place or Time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be? . . . "So Satan spake," the poet tells us, and it is the very groaning music of blasted grandeur. "Hail...

...Can make a heav'n of Hell, a hell of heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what 1 should be , all but less than he Whom thunder hath made greater? ..." But Walter's voice dwindled again and was lost while Bleys was still speaking. The Other's deep...

...reign supreme: The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what...hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and...

...Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven. 35 What matter where, if 1 be still the same. And what 1 should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath...built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence. 40 Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell: Better to...

...the burning lake. Satan's irony, then, is a characteristic expression of his will, of his selfness: What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be. (I, z$6f) If a point can be gained for the will, the self may seem to be sacrificed temporarily; but...

...supreme: The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven. What matrer where, if I be still the same. And what I should be, all but less than he Whom thunder hath made grearer? Here at least We shall be free; the Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive...

...Place or Time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heav'n of Hell, a Hell of Heav'n. What matter where, if I be still the same, And what I should be, all but less than hee Whom Thunder hath made greater? Here at least We shall be free; th' Almighty hath not built Here...