Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained

Published in 1667 and often considered the greatest epic poem in any modern language, Paradise Lost tells the story Of man's first disobedience and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden. In 1671, on the suggestion of a Quaker friend, Milton published Paradise Regained, telling of Jesus' triumphant resistance to Satan's temptation, regaining the Paradise lost by Adam and Eve.