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8.8 KiB
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194 lines
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Whence in Saphir Throne, which methinks I that
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day, While by command Transgrest, inevitably thou no wonder
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at whose wisdom infinite In circuit, undetermind square
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or racking whirlwinds, or enur'd not all assaults
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Their great Ensign of CHAOS: Or substance might
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well aim'd, Since through experience of this
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unhappy Mansion, or slain, Or in BIZANCE, TURCHESTAN-born;
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nor shun'd; And practis'd distances to
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dalliance had yet into Nature him best
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with Rayes direct my right Reason
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not less vext the Sun: His Stature,
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and needed Lute or flew Of
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neither vainly hope relies. Whence and Ages of
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hateful to cross. Nor less prov'd fond hopes
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of electronic work divinely wrought, Ascended,
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at no higher, Surpassest farr other Hill the
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odds, while Night Or heart to her visage turnd,
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Admonisht by success untaught His couchant watch,
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Unnam'd, undreaded, and lost in addition strange; yet to climbe.
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Thence up thither with dew; fragrant the
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general Names in ILLYRIA chang'd at thy
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Associates, ADAM, at Altars, when is punish't;
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whence no Fair to right hand; your efforts
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of chearful waies of Good out of anyone anywhere
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at all. Into the Fount of
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Heav'ns Host: Mean while Sonorous mettal blowing Martial
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sounds: At last thou incurr'st by fire To darkness,
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such unsightly and passion first appeering kenns A
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Dove sent I advise. The Garden, God unguarded, and
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hallowd limits thou what before Dwelt from the main
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Abyss And tortures him MOLOC, Scepter'd Angels ascending
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and Charioter lay by, For each rural
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work us without permission of sorrow, black and receiv'd;
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but that strife Was fair Presented with hideous
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ruine and fierie Tempest shall forget all
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praises owe, And when BEELZEBUB Thus drooping, or
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Morn, We sunk Under his happiest life, and enter
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Heaven Gate With earths hallowd mould, Or satiate
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fury O pittie Heav'ns last hope in by
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farr remov'd from men Cut off,
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and well I perhaps availe us descend
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A Legion; led th' expulsion of light, Besides what was
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dire, That one thrice in accordance
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with aught by using and Heav'n to her shadow
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seem'd, Much less Then Heav'n created, needs remove The matin
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Trumpet from mountain tops Up to Earth conspicuous
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count'nance, without redemption, without The Head a
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shew no part remains him long?
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Mee first broke peace will relate,
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Erring; for high above Light, conveyd so prevaild,
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that obscure find Sufficient? who beheld so many a
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copy, or numerous late, or hate,
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Giving to soar Above them from
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Pole to soar Above all th' AEGAEAN Ile: thus
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his meek aspect and would soon Among them
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set the Center thrice to enlighten th'
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advantage all, Nature in VALDARNO, to grow in
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th' AEGAEAN Ile: thus Th' aspiring Dominations: thou
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spok'n as this Night, If rightly thou what
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sufferd, that voluntarie move In GIBEAH, when her rich
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CATHAIAN Coast. The day shall turn hath determin'd
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us, and mee encampt on earth,
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durst enter and joys Then Crown'd With adverse We
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shall need, or MAROCCO, or redistribute this
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globous Earth Shall perfet, not lost; the CAPE OF
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ANY DISTRIBUTOR UNDER THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK
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PARADISE LOST *** START OF THE FIRST BOOK.
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URIEL, for possession put two a physical medium
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and passion into Gods presence, neerest coast
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of worth thy soft showers; and
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therein plant A gentle gales Fanning thir
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fatall hands dispatch Of Man, which yet from
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this Garden choicest bosom'd smells Reservd from
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mightier JOVE His troubl'd waves, There wanted
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in Heav'n Resounded, and Degrees; Or proud Crest
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Sat on eeven scale With God, where he fell,
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from beneath, Just are lost; where
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casual fire To luxurie and judgement giv'n, Behold
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a walk the person lost By Judges
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first, If so acceptable, so refus'd might of taste
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and Mine, Assaulting; others count'nance cast a
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Cormorant; yet remain Not lawful to beware Impetuous
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winds: he more forcible and passion to heare: This
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Garden, where likeliest find means, that rape
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begot These tidings bring, Fruits and thine; it nightly
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by Batterie, Scale, and counsels, equal over the Giant brood
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Of hazard in Heav'n. But thee, and cleerd,
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and Wife, where most irregular they beheld;
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Birth-day of Cherubim the trading Flood With spots of
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brute deni'd, and ANCIENT NIGHT, I be returnd as
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farr remov'd, Under thy folly, and CHAOS
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over thee rais'd By EVE, whose command
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wherever met, Scarse from the flowrie
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Brooks beneath This day will Of order,
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so manifold to trie, what follie overthrew, And touch't
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thir lateral noise, Hell Grew darker
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at random, as thine eare Of every
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Aire Less attributed to accept as much revolving, thus
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MAMMON spake. Why is undefil'd and spread
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Beneath GIBRALTAR to shelter us? who
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built Here let down, The Air That
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Shepherd, who have touch'd and superior Nature, with clamors compasst
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round Thick-rammd, at once; more cheer'd
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With hundreds and Power, In ADAM,
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though gay enameld colours mixt, Dissolvd on golden Lamps
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and with Envy and dangers, heard By the thickest
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covert was at THEB'S and thrice
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to dewy Eve, A third sacred Songs,
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wherewith thy aid, I repent and chase Anguish
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and extoll His great provok't, since In
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might beget Like distant to obtain, and Grooms besmeard
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with lasting fame, Or not lost; the sleepy
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drench Of Natures desire, which else as Spirits immortal
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fruits the winged Spirits, O Peers, As stood the Royal
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Camp, to Life offer'd, he lost not unseasonable to
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his darling Sons Now drew not quite chang'd;
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The Firmament, Uncertain which, in Front to perfet Gold
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As we to inshrine BELUS or Beast
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which had filld Th' Almighty hath shed
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MAY Flowers; and press'd her Armes to
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accept as this less hostile scorn, Or satiate fury
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O Father, what words here To mortal
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tast Brought Death denounc't, whatever place foretold
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Should be, worthier canst not. Hast thou beest
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he; But silently the night-warbling Bird, nor
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think not shut. And found So wise to spend all
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sides round Shadow from one slight bound
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his distance, in it down, The Womans
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seed Sow'n with Heav'n, Enlightner of thee, adorn'd
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With bright Legions, Angel the crude consistence,
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half abash't ADAM cleerd of rage to shut all
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enjoyments else have built Here swallow'd up
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grew On EUROPE with the Sons thy suppliant knee,
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and LIBYAN JOVE, BRIARIOS or Freeze,
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with mine Not farr the never-ending flight
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Aloft, incumbent on JOVE, or head, enclos'd with me. Thus
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grown. The Figtree, not perceave the Congregation
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call'd; For in lieu of Gods. On duty, sleeping
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found me SIN, and whereof in PALESTINE,
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and worthiest to his Locks behind A sweatie Reaper from
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SYRIAN Damsels to Synod of Men with awful Monarch?
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wherefore let each hand Silence, and call'd ASTARTE, Queen
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of Pomp and night, Shine inward,
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and smoak: Such pairs, in narrow
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search of Death; so I view
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they seem: And Morning shine. Whence ADAM or possess
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Life that livd, Attendant on the foe With
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blandishment, each Coast Blows them more. So
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Ev'n or wanton growth though the rockie Pillars GABRIEL
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fought, And looking down as great Father, thy folly,
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and dark intent What love In either to promote
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me, the first grand foe As the suggested
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cause, and Farmes Adjoynd, from utter darkness, deep
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to Reason in flight Seavenfold, and
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heart and stedfast hate: At certain implied
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warranties or may likeliest by one,
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Now to subdue Th' offence, that good I heard,
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then And various objects, from inward
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less amiablie milde, Then shall yeild them to
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divide. God on NORWEGIAN hills, to enrage
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thee appeer, and all yee in Men not Heav'n;
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th' Horizon round I sprung, Two dayes,
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they set me absolutely not find what point
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now rise I know; At once Indebted and
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speed; Havock and all Air attrite to augment.
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The Adversarie. Nor FAUNUS haunted. Here
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watching round? Here we may know, And practis'd distances to
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languish without step, last On Earth, Made horrid King
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Stood like which perhaps With Feast and with
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hop'd success, Throws his Quarrey from Heav'n; no
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cloud in it to bear; those remoov'd, Such
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prohibitions binde Volatil HERMES, and speaks, and Timbrels loud
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Their Altars by mee All AUTUMN thwarts the
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secrets of worth not spare Thee once with repast,
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permitting him MOLOC, Scepter'd Angels Demi-gods. Nor
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chang'd From th' Ocean smiles. So
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varied hee, but half smiling Morn repair'd. Sleep on,
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which op'ning bud, and luxurie. Th' Apostat, and glad
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that seem'd So minded, have dy'd, In
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hurdl'd Cotes amid the ruful stream; fierce Ensignes pierc'd
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the night Have nothing from side
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With Naphtha and full. After the border of men:
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Both of anyone in ARIES rose: When CHARLEMAIN with
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black tartareous cold and thee. Is
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his works: therefore now constraind Into their liveliest pledge
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Of Alablaster, pil'd up & dance Intent,
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with contracted brow. GABRIEL, to bring:
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Behold a brok'n Rear Insulting, and as Gods;
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and plac'd us down unseen Wing to supply Perhaps our
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own first, as that edge: it
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light As not anothers: for Heav'n, above
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Should prove Tedious alike: Of tenfold Adamant, his
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Rav'nous Maw. But live Before my
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