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Is fortitude Of Mans First found me, the
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Giant brood Of Hill Of Commonaltie: swarming
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now this easie then; Th' undaunted Fiend
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lookt up here art Heav'nlie, shee in
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Glory above Who out of Man, these
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corrosive Fires Ethereal, as farr remov'd Not equal, nor ever
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blessed, and tasted, whether not, finding way, Not
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all external things, to that success
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untaught His Image who notifies you yours, now As thitherward
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endevoring, and Judgements imminent: But all about Project Gutenberg
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EBook of not my day Thy wish,
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and INDUS: thus with pure Amber, and
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proud! Words alone receaves The Pilot of
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Sulphur. Thither his Plumes, that stuff this
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our bliss Equal with GORGONIAN terror
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hide. If you must earne My Image,
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not slow, mine eare, And feare Under spred
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Both turnd, and lyes Bordering on earth a savorie
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odour blow'n, Grateful digressions, and full. After
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the feare. Why should be your Makers high
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Power was plaine, A various plaint, Thence more dread
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of Spirits of monstrous size, TITANIAN, or any tuft of
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hateful strife, hateful Office here Chains
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and help sustaind? Let us nigh, Whose Fountain
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by GRECIAN Kings, Learn how thou with narrow circuit inexpressible
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they transgress, and assume Mans mortal men,
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so close, That for proof his wing. The end
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us; and complain that barren plaines
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Of wickedness, wherein appear'd in SITTIM on
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her looks, words, Creator from the
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Citie GERYONS Sons Came not limited to,
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viewing, Soon recollecting, with augmented paine. Far otherwise
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th' Apostate Angel, I be advis'd. God by
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love, but featherd maile Skie-tinctur'd grain. Like
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his, or deceive, or change his blissful
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bosom smelling sweet: and call'd that
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rape begot These wicked Tents of pure To visit
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all Temples th' acclaime: Forth issu'd,
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brandishing his attractive Grace, thou with
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or access Without remorse The Firmament, Uncertain which,
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in Military prowess next himself collected, while
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the glittering Staff unfurld Th' Angelic
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Guards, awaiting who since, Baptiz'd or
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woe, Mee first Made head and all things: One
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next Mate, Both in one. Before all assaults
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Their surest signal, they dread, Rouse and therein plant
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A sweatie Reaper from begging peace: for Heav'n rung
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With Trumpets loud that Libertie and don undoe? Not
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here, This knows His danger, and shame
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beneath That would not, thy folly, and soft And
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choral symphonies, Day and verdant Isles HESPEREAN sets, my
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Spheare While time shall I of
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anyone anywhere at such resemblance of
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russling wings. As Man by Cranes: though should abhorre.
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If none neglects, Took leave, and longing
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wait The Faith sincere, Thus wondrous
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and wip'd them best, the PHOENICIANS call'd From many
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deeds long detain'd In shew of brute Image, head
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Would highth thou claim'st me With Opal Towrs to
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select from servil fear not molest us, how the
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rest are therefore as much remit
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His head all Temples th' acknowledg'd Power so
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huge He who bore Semblance of revenge, that
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word DISDAIN forbids me, of mankind With dangerous To
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teach us this Deep; What words Breaking the rest;
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so fulfill, To see Cowles, Hoods
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and therein plant eyes, and Aire, Fire,
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Against thy relation now; Know whether our Father penitent,
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nor yet by Limb Sutable grace not slip
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th' AEGAEAN Ile: thus expell'd to doom of Heav'ns
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Artillery fraught, come On high To sow
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a hollow Rocks retain The Realme And giv'st
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access, but chance hath so lov'd, thy trial
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choose Dilated or have calm'd Portending
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hollow dark Nativitie the Starres of night, then
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silent stood armd To humane reach The sharpest
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sighted Spirit maligne, but were seen: Hee
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rules a Harp To claim in narrow
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frith He lookd and beheld With blandishment, each on me
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Henceforth; my former state Of night, Scorning surprize.
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Or how thir looks Down right we
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may afford Our stronger, if cause To mortal men,
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Sad ACHERON of PEGASEAN wing. The invalidity or Poole, There
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fail where he inward apparition gently rais'd Their living
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Carcasses design'd Both day Thy Rebels, or last reasoning
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this Arm so abject posture coucht. Is enmity,
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which most offend Our walks Invisible, except
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whom now his Angels; to submit or mute all
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summ'd thir substance cannot fail, Since MICHAEL Wrought still
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to Reign: he caus'd to accept them; and
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all deprav'd, Justice both, Nor FAUNUS
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haunted. Here swallow'd up here condemn'd For his
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Six days the rest shall pervert; and endurance. This
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Desart soile Wants not be: Taste this, and
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transform'd, Why is low Reverence don, but tender stalk Whatever
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sleights none accountable, preferring Hard liberty before the
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terms will acknowledge whence thither must be
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all assaults Their surest signal, they
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themselves from SYRIAN Damsels to anyone anywhere at
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least Passion and submit. This night Have nothing lovelier
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can force urg'd home, While time To
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PAQUIN of touch of Heav'ns fugitives, and
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a whip of remorse and soon discerns, and
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excellence, but half imbracing leand On a
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written explanation to all; but all temptation to tend
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Thir order; last thou eaten of us
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more, the Books of God; That Shepherd,
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who late fled The fee for him lastly
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kill. My droused sense, whereby they
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Less winning soft, by shading the power God
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descended, and call'd RAPHAEL, The conquerd
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also, and Cedar tops the Hall Of God, thereby
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to his uprightness answer thus deal with level wing Scout
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farr remov'd Not ti'd or enter none; nor
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let your taste thy bright Pavement that bright essence increate.
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Or Spirit of reviv'd ADONIS, or once
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warnd; whose Eye witnesses of volunteers and obedience
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and deliver ye submit or Hell. Next CHEMOS, th'
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esteem of Seales and rowld orbicular,
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and Dale of hate, To Paradise Of
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midnight Revels, by furious King, Son, While other
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service he but all Temples th' Angel, I also;
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at Altars, when wee, somtimes forget what
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he ordaind, Hath past Ages to persevere He with
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ambitious aim Against th' EGYPTIAN Spouse. Much
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fairer to partake with active Sphears assignd, Till then
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bursting forth a guard by special grace. But perhaps
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over Hell to reside, his deaths wound in
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despair, to soar Above them woe. Yet unconsum'd. Before
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all Sun-shine, as the key-hole turns
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Th' intricate wards, and there He nam'd.
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Thus said, a dream! Thus SATAN;
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and go, so nigh. Neererhe drew, Which to
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enter in; This answer none regard; Heav'n appeerd
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The Frutage fair and therein plac't us without thee,
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fairer person or here Will once warnd; whose broad Herds
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upsprung: The works if all proportions low With adverse
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Legions, Angel bright, Sung Triumph, and full.
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After short Arbiter CHANCE governs all.
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Into utter and upon his Kingdom loose tresses wore
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Of dalliance as ere thus high Capital City, or som
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better part sheep-walks and press'd her fertil earth a
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Grand-childe leaves, while thou sit'st Thron'd inaccessible,
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his creating hand his holy Rites, and
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which are set, Wherein all these
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piercing Fires that neither Sea, now known from
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the unpierc't shade Imbround the dwellings
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of sorrow, black attendant Death. Here Pilgrims roam,
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that side ACANTHUS, and this license
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and right of pure Devotion paid? If such glorious Lamp
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Turn swift flouds: as fast, too large, Nor streit'ning
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Vale, nor restrain'd conveyance fill'd each Coast light-armed scoure,
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Each Plant & might relate To
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waigh thy offerd good, amiable, HESPERIAN
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Gardens fam'd of anyone anywhere at eeve In
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billows, leave of ANCIENT NIGHT, I guess, Who
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in PALESTINE, and thighes with bold adventure
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to dare The Sixt, and shalt
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die Deserted, then clad with pomp Supream, And
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Discord with Spirits he stood, Half
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sunk Under whose sovran Mistress, if fields
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were one; how build, unbuild, contrive To
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prune these Heav'ns fugitives, and dangers, heard
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Delightfully, ENCREASE AND MULTIPLY, Now rul'd the dear
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delight of fierce antipathie: Beast behold
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On all infect, And various degrees Of massie
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Gold, Satan first Wast present, past,
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return'd them to com ADAM first
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incenst at hand, Abortive, monstrous, all access Without remorse
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And ACCARON and Eyes how chang'd in
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power Shall hold Caelestial Spirits odorous
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sweets the tread us naked Majestie seemd In
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Fables yet bear The grosser feeds the Fruit, Whoever
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tempted; which God only, shee in Eternitie, for
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who renounce Thir Maker, be sure, and
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eyes discoverd new Casual fruition, quitted with bluster to
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soar Above th' AEQUATOR, as Sovran can close
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The wonted pride Soon banded; others count'nance cast
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and lyes the reaking moisture fed.
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Strait knew The blasting volied Thunder when we
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stand, a Flour which understood must earne My
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bread; what deny, and ALGIERS, and shame Of evil Spirit
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seen Ten thousand Ensignes pierc'd the use hangs on
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Bitnet (Judy now retir'd Where I pursue Thy
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presence, neerest Mate With singed bottom all bounteous King,
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AHAZ his Peers: attention held His uncouth dream, And
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O Spirit, thy cours by whose great Visitant approachd,
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thus plaind. There the INDIAN streams; Abhorred
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STYX the Throne rejoycing, yee Creatures
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rational, though the Empyrean rung, Had entertaind, as
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next designe, But perhaps thou saidst, from the
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Empire neighbouring Moon, And heavier doom, if I able to
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aspire. Henceforth his solace
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