Paradise Lost' is an epic poem written by the 17th century English author John Milton ... According to Milton himself, the purpose of the work was to 'justify the ways of God to men'.

formerly Surveyor General of the Works to his Majesty King George the first. Rysbrack was the statuary who cut it. In his 1742 history of the Abbey J. Crull quotes the verses by John Dryden, usually ...