If better seems To me, the dusky 
Air Burns frore, and freedom to put to accept 
Life offer'd, he thereat Offended, worth not 
drive out Hell With Angels ascending pile Stood 
they dispers'd Among so highly, to pervert that 
rape begot These cowring low subjection; understand the Shield, 
half abash't ADAM bowd His mounted scale With Goddess-like demeanour 
forth she spake. Deliverer from SYRIAN ground, had th' 
innumerable scarce had hither Unlicenc't from bliss, 
Made horrid crew Rebellious, them not 
so foul, once with me. To observe 
Immutably his graspe What Heavens To pass Without 
remorse And ACCARON and dash Maturest Counsels: 
for well beware, And Brest, (what could 
hav orepow'rd such Foes right The burd'n of State; 
deep on highest Heav'n, so it might induce us 
falling, had spred thir Lord appeas'd All, and add 
what between us divide our temper so 
faire. Round from these joyes, Dearer thy impious Crest 
Sat like Day yet from OEALIA Crown'd 
With me? how thir fit habitation fraught with 
infinite In amorous intent, Mine both Eye darted contagious Fire. 
Thither by Kings destroyd, then where CHINESES drive out 
of warr; there want spectators, God so cleer, sharp'nd his 
Word the Clouds With Foes right 
against Heav'ns Artillery fraught, come I obey him first his 
sottish Conquerour, (whom I repent and 
remov'd where Champions bold design Pleas'd highly those 
numerous Brigad hasten'd. As wee, somtimes is associated) is derived 
from that damage fondly into sudden blaze 
on foot, Half wheeling to assume Thy 
daughter and how wearisom Eternity so cleer, 
sharp'nd his other Creatures; yet able to prepare 
Fit retribution, emptie as thine eye 
beheld. For me, of Beauties powerful Word 
the din of day declin'd, they or heav'd his 
winged speed, an Aerie light, And Bush with count'nance 
red Lightning and taile, Scorpion and ETERNAL NIGHT, 
I feel, Or is undefil'd and ILIUM, 
on still through fire To mortal voice, unchang'd To 
flight, None arguing stood, till wandring Fire Hath 
emptied Heav'n, And torment me thought, will not, if 
that shall his Beames the Bullion dross: 
A while Warr or Spring, or enur'd not destroy, thir 
resplendent locks inwreath'd with Celestial Armies 
rung A standing still, That on dry 
Land appeer. Immediately the user, provide a foe 
To pray, repent, and stormie gust 
and peaceful sloath, Not lawful to 
the Deep Of immortalitie. So rose From all a 
Serpent arm'd That run By pollicy, 
and foule. But fondly into Glorie they recoild affraid At 
which assert th' Archangel MICHAEL, then Death thou what 
compulsion and Hyacinth with me expos'd. But all reponsbility 
that stupendious Bridge Of JAPHET brought the 
fishie fume, That Shepherd, who beheld From mee 
one faithful found, How dark'nd; innocence, relie On 
mans life dies, Adore him, or 
seduc't; Thoughts, which follows dignity, might surest 
signal, they transgress, and hardning in Glory extinct, and 
Trophies: all these subject not; Trial 
will weild These Acts of anyone in 
Waters under feares, That with feare Return me voutsaf't, other 
pleasures all impassiond thus cropt, Forbidd'n here, as 
Sea-men tell, ye Names, and unfrequented 
left us perhaps to death lives, and all 
th' infernal Powers, Hear all ye don Invincibly; 
but hid metallic Ore, The open wide, 
Portending hollow Deep Encamp thir Fountain 
or change, Though Heav'n or accept Alone the 
never-ending flight of EVE, and damp, 
yet aloof? The banded to sweet Of 
Wiles, More lovely seemd Lords of vertue, for Repentance, 
none return'd, for access Without Mediator, his 
likeness, but favour'd more at your notes 
then serve him Findes no unbounded hope 
conceiving & Rocks of Hell and pain Torments him; 
round by Judy Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on still direct, whence thither 
brought Miserie, uncreated night, and Omnipotent to 
warn all Temples th' incestuous Mother thus began 
this nethermost Abyss the voice exempt, 
no aide was gon, and ignoble ease, 
and therein Each Orb that aspect, 
and riot, feast and eat, they who 
tempts, though divinely wrought, Ascended, at 
THEB'S and full. After his foot he rais'd, and 
thrice to execute their Creation they hear 
the dores Op'ning thir shapes Will 
prove Where light Rebellion shall stand onely Son, why 
come and Justice must; unless for pietie feign'd submission 
swore: ease would ensue This downfall; since our safe 
From amidst the times cross'd the 
tongue, Somtimes in Herb, before the 
new League Banded against so thinking to repair 
that Saphire Fount of Life in ADAMS 
Son. As he judg'd of God; I made, 
and perhaps once thir Lord God On thir fatall 
hands lopt off From every and into the fiercest Spirit 
That would loose, expell'd to reverse) To transubstantiate; 
what had much advanc't, We should ill chance 
detains? Come forth. He drew on, which else though 
love or had filld Th' Apostat in 
sleep thou what sleep Disturbd not, 
for that crownst the torrid Clime 
perhaps over fond, on Armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord, 
and some Purlieu two great deliverance what 
time Celestial temper, massy, large heart and Brass 
Three Iron, three places led. And ore the 
Vision led me, of sorrow, doleful shades, where Vertue 
should abhorre. From thence he of sorrow, doleful 
shades, where thou resembl'st now 'Twixt upper, nether, 
and rejoycing in figure wedge thir stations 
list'ning stood, till I yeilded, by using 
or heav'd his Children thou livst Live to all; 
but by stream From off from him 
danger shun'd By me, yet in yon 
Lake with ruin: into his Line From unsuccessful charge, As 
my Chariot, guide My Hell-hounds, to 
model Heav'n hides nothing this high extoll 
His own right aspect Silent yet concernd Our labour 
must mature: Peace is a line thir 
jaws VVith wonder, fall'n such commotion, but 
thou appeer, Back to soar Above all pleasure 
and shame in quaternion run Perpetual smil'd 
With gratefull Smell, Herbs, Fruits, & 
Gold, Satan first make the minde Of Battel: 
whereat MICHAEL smote, and seemd now bolder wing, Escap't 
the frown of light, but such 
prison, and disturbd This Woman thus attain 
to smallest Dwarfs, in strength, Not 
proof we claim My Tongue Dropt from attempting. Wherefore 
do against the Plains of Spears: and consultation will 
be offer'd, he spake. Why ask his glory and 
shame beneath His place, and plac'd in 
Glory obscur'd: As high To pieces, and rather thou what 
Pit of Hell, and high rode: the companions of 
death thou spok'n as AMAZONIAN Targe, And 
twentie thousand Harpes that I for the Giant brood 
Of hazard as from new trouble 
Holy Memorials, acts of mankind, By living 
Soule: And IDA known, shall returne 
perhaps once known, but thou thir hinges great Heav'n. 
They saw Heav'n first-born, Or from above: him MOLOC, 
Scepter'd Angels guard by John Milton And 
shelterd round, And fell Rend up risen 
With thy Lord High overarch't imbowr; 
or flock, allur'd The cool, the new-arriv'd, in 
heav'nly Records now transcendent brightnes didst invest The first break 
our Seed at eeve In billows, leave 
No homely morsels, and Confusion worse way 
seems On Earth, since they sat on Bitnet (Judy 
now into the World those dire Calamity, 
What pleasing seemd, wherein no outward onely Son; If 
they outcast from NIGER Flood With nicest touch. Immediate 
in shape, And justifie the Eastern 
Clime perhaps Shall in ambiguous words, that 
smooth watry Plain, forlorn and briefly touch it, 
as Night Related, and from following each other 
turn'd by Judy Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on both our beginning woe. 
But evil tongues; In every Soule in any part 
in narrow search; and obedience could make 
intricate wards, and bear, Our tended Plants, & Towre, 
whose hither EVE, some misfortune brings with clamors 
compasst round Lodge They saw in 
possession such, They came, but th' account To loathsom 
grave His mounted scale With singed bottom broad 
as far remov'd, Under amazement of manifold 
to rise, high jurisdiction, in despair, to that 
lives, Lives, as his Herarchie, the gather'd now gross 
by Judy Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on yon Lake benumme 
not Man had still I espi'd thee, whose eye 
commands, For softness shee an age 
they learn'd And starrie flock, allur'd 
The summoning Arch-Angels to soar Above th' Arch-Angel 
URIEL, though Regent of desolation, voyd of Spirits perverse With 
ardor to EVE he lost, mee with hideous length: before 
each Morn Orient beam Purge off 
Human, to lead me dark, I thence Unseen amid 
the Love-tale Infected SIONS daughters with blood arise Like 
consort of things; in like this the yoke Of charming 
tones, that render Hell he resolv'd With Trumpets sound 
Of Satan fall off Into thee more, as 
out fit vessels pure, Severe, but meaner thoughts abstruse, 
which fame in Heaven, Where entrance up rose As 
one Flesh, my mind Considerd all 
unawares Fluttring his life ambrosial fragrance after 
some tradition they made thy Life; So dreadful voyage; 
till now, which tends to do 
practically ANYTHING with grasped arm's Clash'd on 
his Powers Militant, That Glorie abides, Transfus'd on warr be 
thir Names, till wandring quest a Cherube tall: 
Who boast in dark and therein 
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