I know not whence possessed you: Is Milton trying to tell us that being bad is more fun than being good?

I know not whence possessed you

08 January 2025

Is Milton trying to tell us that being bad is more fun than being good?

scribbled out by Johnny Grovemumbler on 14:56

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Would thou hadst hearkened to my words, and stayed
With me, as I besought thee, when that strange
Desire of wandering, this unhappy morn,
I know not whence possessed thee! We had then
Remained still happy—not, as now, despoiled
Of all our good, shamed, naked, miserable!
Let none henceforth seek needless cause to approve
The faith they owe; when earnestly they seek
Such proof, conclude they then begin to fail.

from Milton’s Paradise Lost

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