“I now must change Those notes to TRAGIC.”
4. Heaven;—extended, wheresoever the good Angels go.
These Four greatly dissimilar aspects are each amply displayed:—and much as they differ, are wonderfully reconciled.
SEWARD.
Milton sets before our eyes in utmost opposition, God and Satan—i. e. Good and Evil, namely—Good, as Holiness and Bliss inseparably united in God—Evil, as Wickedness and Misery united inseparably in Satan.
NORTH.
The Poem represents the necessary eternal War irreconcilable of the Two—throughout the Creation of God—namely, first in Heaven the abode of Angels—next upon Earth the abode of Men.
SEWARD.
The Poem represents in Heaven and upon Earth, God as the willing infinite Communicator of Good:—as, in Heaven and upon Earth the perpetual Victor over Evil.
TALBOYS.