Robo poem for 2023-01-22
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Fall'n Cherube, to cloath his sleep and Snow,
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or Kid, that Hell scarce the Center
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hung. If our foes a LIMBO large field, and with
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innumerable tongues A Beavie of whose Conduct MICHAEL thus, of
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Bulls and obedience paid, Thou interposest, that Saphire
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Fount of unextinguishable fire Victorious. Thus began Is this
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portentous Bridge of Light, when time shall
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receive Thir Glory of Man residing through
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expectation when ADAM could yeild. For should conceal,
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and with insolence and smoak: Such as
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they a full Legion might find grace; For
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Understanding rul'd the Congregation call'd; For thee
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being gav'st me; Woman to skirt to his decent
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steps Over the brow of huge
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of Cherub rode of Hell scap't the Maker, be
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bounteous still I suffer change, and joy
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Sparkl'd in Herb, of anyone anywhere at choice Of
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SARRA, worn with warring Winds, and ANCIENT
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NIGHT, I call him, life ambrosial frutage
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bear, Our second rout, Confusion all
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thir looks, words, that mortal prowess, yet
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loss Irreparable; tearms of talk Of EVE,
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easily as equal all, receives him MOLOC,
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Scepter'd Angels Demi-gods. Nor long detain'd
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In recompence In duskie or woe or shame; O
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Sacred, Wise, and Grandchild both, from
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the slumber, on thoughts, and eat Against God above, From
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those bad act won The warlike sound Of tenfold Adamant,
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his onely Son here on Earth; with shining heav'nly
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fraught. Hail holy Hill a dream,
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And hight'nd as this diurnal Starr Of God,
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Delectable both precedes. If so endur'd, till on herb,
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tree, fruit, and full. After soft fires the Books
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of wandring course advance Thy praise Shall
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teach us when the coming on
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NORWEGIAN hills, to impose: He who renounce
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Thir glittering Starr-light without Feminine, Her sacred
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Songs, In sad exclusion from Eternitie, appli'd To
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perish rather, swallowd up sprung: amazement
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of works: therefore on a lower facultie Of tenfold Adamant,
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his Rebell Foes right endu'd My Storie, which
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will And Spirit to impart; Both Harp
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Had in Gods Whom they dread, and nature
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breeds, Perverse, all Her stores were
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I suppose If Natures works of this
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mournful gloom were come unsought. Wouldst thou know'st He
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lookd and steep wilderness, whose hither Unlicenc't from
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the Hall Of blowing Myrrh and
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nature and interrupt the rather not, and drew
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Aire, Fire, as bountie of Spirits aspire, to
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help, Or undiminisht brightness, nor example good, Where now
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prov'd fond hopes of terrestrial Moon Eclipses at
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hand, rejoycing in Heav'n Pursuing drive All seemd
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Entring on the same voutsaf't To
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mortal tast Brought Death to fight rallied
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Arms and blest voices, uttering thus With Incense,
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I else set them shall from outside
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bare Earth, who knows, Let no assault, In whatsoever
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shape Spangl'd with wondrous he fram'd. From what
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Pit shall temper chang'd From us naked
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on, MAMMON, the arched roof Pendant by Judy Boss
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eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on Bitnet (Judy now learn by command To
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mortal combat or stand, a rumord Warr, My
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sudden all assaults Their Seats long
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debate, Synod met Solid or grey,
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Till many as fast, With me immutablie
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foreseen, They heard, here in foresight much
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advanc't, Created or hate, Sad instrument of
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Cherubim Put forth Infinite goodness, grace Elect
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above fould Voluminous and call'd RAPHAEL,
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the Climes of dawne Obtains the Flood
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Through dark oblivion let mee encampt on
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by command Of Nights and miserable Doing or
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do ill become my sense, yet much remit
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His Cattel pastur'd late, now Advanc't
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in face Thrice chang'd thir harm, crush't
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in Paradise, your wings mantling Vine curles on
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Bitnet (Judy now Such I stand fast; to
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disturb his heavier on despair And boldly venture down
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as here, nor shade, a horrid Circles;
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two Of force Death a shooting Starr bright
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the Books of anyone anywhere at
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once. As Battel on Thrones; Though to perfet
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have bin then, In EDEN were then
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all; but favour'd more swift race contend, And no
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sooner had formd, For haste; such dear delight
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till I Adore the Zenith like these, Above th'
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ambrosial frutage bear, Our Heav'nly overpowerd, Companions
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deare, Found worthy well Seem twilight sheds On half
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on men, he suppos'd, all those bright
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Arms, in fears and at play,
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Strait side Or cast him disfigur'd, more train of
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blustring winds, which both Grip't in Glory unobscur'd, And
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hence the winged course Melodious part, such a Raven
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flies, And banisht from SYRIAN ground,
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more in PALESTINE, and longing eye; Nor did
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they onely over equals to hold Caelestial Spirits be
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our Foe; Which when the dire example and with
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capacious mind thou art, Happier thou Visit'st my
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sole cause to som suppos'd with horror chil'd
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At certain revolutions all th' expanse of all, To mortal
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crime, Long after better seems the power, when the
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heat of PEGASEAN wing. The sense exprest? The
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God aright, and hurried him as frail World;
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by things else, and humane; A dewie ray,
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and humane; A Leper once of sorrow, doleful
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shades, where stood Vaild with Winds worse confounded; and
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full. After these most in despair,
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to mitigate and damp, yet remain'd;
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There in Hell: Better to adorne Her
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hand Watches, no Creature is dispenc't, and wild,
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under hope excluded thus, how the Enemie
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hath been your thrall, and wonderful
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indeed Divine, And Devils to bloom, but stand
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front to be visited, Thy praises, with
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me exercise and grace The sport and
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ZEPHIR with touch Th' undaunted Fiend his onely in
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Orbes hath fail'd, who since, Baptiz'd or
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JUNO'S, that disgorge Into th' Eternal Father where
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highest deeds, Thy ofspring, sole Auditress;
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Her spots of this Gate rouling her
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fertil ground Outstretcht he lifted high, with SATURN old
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now abated, for that bright degrees,
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Crownd them enemies: From hard by
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me, how gladly then Heav'n so I bent down
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Thus what was bent down Thus said, Let in
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sin derive his head draw me:
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Flesh of Pomp and Grey, with
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Mankind they slept Fannd with Heav'n Shall
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leave i'th' midst of this happy
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state Can turn, or nightly toward the
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Empire neighbouring Moon, as inclination or
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Firr With gratefull Smell, Herbs, Fruits, & rowld Of
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mortal foe, and dangers, heard no account,
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But Knowledge grew Transform'd: but on Bitnet (Judy now
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the signal high Noon Culminate from
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Heav'n; wherein no satietie. So prevalent Encamping, plac'd us
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highest Heav'n. They looking round, Kindl'd through
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Mazes, lead Safest and smoak: Such wondrous works,
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honor dishonorable, Sin-bred, how far? For us highest Agents,
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deemd so Divine, Sweet is sweet.
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But have chosen Seed, In wealth and judg'd us,
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how the chosen Seed, And twentie thousand fadom deep,
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Themselves invaded next, free the chosen Seed, In
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progress through their revenge. First, what sort
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by various mould, had need rest; so cleer,
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sharp'nd his thy words Touchd onely, I
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foreknew, Foreknowledge had gon to advance,
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or therein plant A Goddess feign'd Of DORIC Land; or
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reflection gaines Of TERNATE and as great Conference
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to do they durst abide JEHOVAH thundring
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out the Acts of light, When this frail
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Man finally be with grasped arm's Clash'd on
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Arch-Angel from SYRIAN ground, as Night
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This downfall; since our small store hereafter
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from the fervent Angel, this can proceed,
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and Omnipotent to share with crescent Horns; To future
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evil onely, I sate them forth In
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shadier Bower More of danger or
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humid Bow, When suddenly inflict; that way
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Pursues, as Princes, Potentates, Warriers, the baser fire had
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thither hast givn sincere Of force of worse
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destroy'd: what we break our intestine broiles Weakning
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the Thrones, Princedoms, Powers, Hear all works In posture
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coucht. Character set himself collected, while Universal
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blanc Of Justice, sending thee above rule Us
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here, This one, Equal in narrow room
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Natures Womb, that at www.gutenberg.net Whence and
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all about found so cleere, not
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quite abolisht and superior Spirits immortal bliss, condemn'd
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In naked else Inhospitable appeer Hell By
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death lives, And various Spirit That run Potable Gold,
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Whose progenie you but thee, Author of Creation
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might There went hautie on, with conscious terrours vex me
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downe By center, or indirectly from the World,
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Still unfulfill'd with Spawn abundant, living Creatures, on
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thoughts, and drew not of sorrow,
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black with me round he came,
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his voice; the Swan with me
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most, when Sin opening, who live
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without leave them yet unwounded Enemies,
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or round illumin'd hell: highly pleasd, and cleer
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HYALINE, the uttermost convex of dim
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thine Equivalent or since he assayd,
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and all access Without Copartner? so lately
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what we longer hold it: here
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A darksom Gulf Hath vext the Seas And Earth
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rise Victorious, and Sword upon thir
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Petition, then projecting Peace is bliss, Made head all
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Temples th' anointed King; all assaults Their great
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dislike his Angels; and havoc hewn, And now ope
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thine own, and Omnipotent Decree, The
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season, prime of replacement copy, or enur'd not safe. Assemble
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thou looking on, and Power, and eyes
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That wish'd the path leads where Vertue
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tri'd. And ore the Land From him, life dies,
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death brought along Innumerable force urg'd
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