...that a plausibility should be suggested, to balance somewhat the absurdity of his descriptions: — What if earth Be but the shadow of Heaven, and things...Each to other like more than on earth is thought. He can only convey to us ideas of things in Heaven by clothing them in earthly garb ; he knows how...

...of a new land combining the substantial beauty of this planet with some of those fairy splendours? -What if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things...Each to other like, more than on earth is thought ?' "• . " Well," said Miss Phoebe, after a pause, which to some of the party was awkward, and to...

...The secrets of another world, perhaps Not lawful to reveal? yet for thy good This is dispensed; and what surmounts the reach Of human sense, I shall delineate...Each to other like, more than on earth is thought? As yet this world was not, and Chaos wild Reign'd where these heavens now roll, where earth now rests...

...tasks, the joys of earth the same in heaven will be, Only the little brook has widened to a sea. TRENCH. What! if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things...Each to other like, more than on earth is thought. MILTON. Those— The archetypes of these. Oh, talk to me of heaven ! I love To hear about my home above...

...spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best, though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heav'n, and things therein Each to other like more than on Earth is thought? (570-576) This much-debated passage on accommodated speech begins by likening the forthcoming epic,...

...spiritual to corporal forms, As may express them best, though what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heav'n, and things therein Each to other like more than on Earth is thought? (V. 564-76, my emphasis) Whether that shadow is interpreted Neoplatonically or typologically, the question...

...in Paradise a darkened glass of things to come: "though what if Earth / Be but the shadow of Heav'n, and things therein / Each to other like more than on Earth is thought?" (PL 5.574—76). From this perspective, Books i through 8 are a shadow of the truth that begins to...

...he proceeds to undercut what he has just said: "though what if Earth / Be but the shadow of Heav'n, and things therein / Each to other like, more than on Earth is thought?" (V. 574576). This is one of those places where, as with the Ptolemaic and Copernican theories, Milton...

...a contrast of this life. In the language of the noblest of Christian poets, "What if Earth Be but a shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought?"'3 Thus, brethren, the gospel teaches us, as the author of Ecclesiastes, not a direct assurance...

...his account of the war in heaven with the question, . . . what if Earth Be but the shadow of Heav'n, and things therein Each to other like, more than on Earth is thought? — Paradise Lost, V (lines 574-76) See William G. Madsen, "Earth the Shadow of Heaven: Typological...