Robo poem for 2022-11-20
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Would thou return Then Crown'd With ATLANTEAN shoulders
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fit help, Or Nature; God made melodious
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chime Was set, and full. After
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soft delicious Vines, And snow and tell him out
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of anyone anywhere at all; needs To chase me
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som Orator renound In ATHENS or depth, still
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a smile Of Hill One came, Led on
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Thrones; Though single. From Mans effeminate slackness it seemd
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Somwhat extravagant and RHEA'S Son except, Who from
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me is high, High on errand sole, and swifter far,
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Me from us down To want, and passion first
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smiles Wanted, nor yet first warmly smote The Stairs
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were all one; how light, but
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honourd sits? Go therfore mighty Cherubim; yea, often plac'd
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Within Hell he relents, not Heav'n Gate
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reply'd; Hast thou and confer Thir Bootie; scarce
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had stopt His Name Shall all
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thy life, and before Dwelt from without, to soar Above
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th' event In battel, what compulsion and passion to
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enrage thee Chiefly by my Song charms the
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surging smoak and with disdain, Soon
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banded; others note Singing thir eyes. Thee only enlighten, but
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of sorrow, black with foes, Not
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only sound Of Light by me,
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as Autumnal Leaves that sung: Just men
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since the highth of what doubt whether food, and
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honour rise; Least it then justly gives
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Heroic Martyrdom Unsung; or Grape: to mee,
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pure Amber, and render me equally; nor Angel Guest
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besought: This other none: in Glory never
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to remaine In Adamantine Chains and EDENS happie
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though Regent of MESSIAH his loftie
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shades of Arms Fearless assault, In ancient Greece; and
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glowing Iron Globes, Earth Put to ride in
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her containd And ACCARON and spread Beneath what
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intends to pass disguis'd; They Limb Sutable
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grace Invites; for trial choose Through the Galaxie,
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that smooth ADONIS from SYRIAN ground, under the
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Forge Labouring, two black and warme, Temper or holy
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Hill Him first warmly smote The Cattel
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and horrent Arms. Nine times the
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Gate reply'd; Hast thou could'st judge
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of Fools, to thee Man deprav'd, Justice
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seems; yet residing, Bred of heav'nly Quires of Darkness
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ere Death or opinion; then prosperity Could
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merit thine, shall yeild To Satan fall
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Through pain To recommend coole decline. If mettal, part
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in narrow circuit meets A Lion rampd,
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and Goats, they passd they bow, of
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SYRIAN Damsels to gaze. I sollicite thee do all
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infect, And various shapes and half to subdue Thy choice
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Leads up returnd, Into my sole among themselves in PALESTINE,
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and descending, bands Of SENNAAR, and
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with neighbouring round. And wandring vanitie, when
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BELLONA storms, With pleasant Villages and
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Warr. Each other, as Nature as when
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those bright Minister that serve Reason I
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bring. O unexpected joy Sparkl'd in
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DAN, Lik'ning his feet. Him counterfet,
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if I will curse let th' Ethereal substance clos'd
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Thy enemie; nor obvious dutie erewhile
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appear'd Obscure som doubt within my Father,
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thy Lot hath also mad'st it brings
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A Forrest wilde, and excells Them in Heav'n thir
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triple steel. Another World, another world, whom mutual
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league, United I upon thir Orb perhaps Thee
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to naught, Or Altar smoak'd; yet these Herbs,
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Fruits, & wreathd His words no end;
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Till thou tould Thy presence, neerest coast of Hell,
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and therein set the Deep, and rare: thee more,
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And Fabl'd how that suffering feel? Nor love To
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mortal sight Of darkness in pleasure, though
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brutish forms Excelling human, rational, though in PALESTINE,
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and sorceries abus'd Fanatic EGYPT from the Six days Death
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Inhumanly to learn What call'st evil,
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and smoak: Such restless thoughts, from
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thy Orbicular World, And onward came, methought,
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alone From Hell broke peace can resist. If
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Natures works to few unknown Region, this universal
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King; And reconcilement; wrauth bent To enter, and his
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stubborn patience as Spirits arm'd That under
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hope relies. All things, The wonted signal,
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they rould in Plaine God by HERMES,
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she seemd, Deign to Battel proud attempt
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Of beaming sunnie Raies, a Flour Ambrosial, Gemms
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and longing pines; Yet unconsum'd. Before my
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Native Soile, for obtaining a seat hath
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drivn out such knowledg fair Evening mild,
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but bring forth all Eare, All incorruptible would come
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flying, and lost; the fervid Raies, a liquid
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Lapse of reproach us Heav'n, For us lies Th' unfounded
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deep, and smoak: Such ambush from Heav'n Expected, least Though
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last a scorn with Myrtle crownd, Her
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hand A gulf can they seek Our
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prison strong, who loves, and luxurie. Th' unfounded
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deep, Themselves invaded next, free From center to rowle in
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narrow frith He walkt with wanton
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passions in luxurious Cities, where your laughter, hath so
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nigh, Which we again were matcht, who hath equald, force
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effected not: that night Have nothing this
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darksome desart, as in narrow search and shout Of
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us for his Cov'nant, over Heav'n It was
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at THEB'S and builds her Globe,
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Fermented the prudent Crane Her Virgin
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of EDEN went hautie on, As neerer danger;
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goe and with song was left, A faithful Love thou
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shad'st The luminous inferior Orbs, Or emptiness,
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or unkindly mixt, Ruddie and shame him thou, who late
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How many Throned Powers, nor Man; is a Flour
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which The Grandchilde with violence, no, let in thee
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wicked, and call'd MAN, about his Palace now Omniscient thought.
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High overarch't imbowr; or using any
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work divinely brought, wher found, fast they
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rusht, repulse Repeated, while From that earst
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in narrow room large Into th'
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AEGAEAN Ile: thus and calamitous constraint, Least Paradise
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He who never hold thir being? Yet
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unconsum'd. Before my steddiest thoughts revolv'd,
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his Trunck spouts out for God till
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Sin, his plaint renew'd. Not only sound Of
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knowledge, and shame him perplext, where he
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pursu'd and Trophies: all Tongues, and
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Mirtle, and betraid Him whom his utter
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loss Irreparable; tearms of God; I will in Glory
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extinct, and refuge from the uncolourd skie,
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Or whom now wholly on IMAUS bred,
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Whose annual Voiage, born Universal reproach, far as
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in Heav'n surcharg'd with me. To deepest
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Hell, And o're the flowing cups With joy he
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hies. If these walks Invisible, except whom SATAN
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done to surpass Earths green stalk, from mercy shewn
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On bold Wont ride forth, th'
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Angelic EVE, To their way. There went Obsequious,
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Heav'n for drink the double-founted stream Of Hell
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scarce begins Her spots of Angels;
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to render me Henceforth; my internal sight, by such
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vast TYPHOEAN rage Of blowing adverse power hostility and
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all hue, as Sea-men tell, With gay
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Religions full consent. The stonie hearts
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Love Express they, the Devil enterd, and
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submit. This said hee, as Starrs, fixt for
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who fell. Not Hers who envies now
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(Certain to men For ever, and be strange,
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Worthy of evil shall befall Spirit That durst
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defie th' advantage then her retire. And took That
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rais'd They heard, but thou art, & shade Spring
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might I owe, And should find EVE
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Persisted, yet what highth of anyone anywhere at
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foot he so large field, I alone
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first approach of evil; Which but shun
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His Sentence pleas'd, Advising peace: for flight, seditious
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Angel, thy heart, then could pittie thus
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hast made? So JOVE Sheer o're the
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parting Sun was inwoven shade Imbround the ETHIOP
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Line From your behoof, if (which might
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be henceforth No ground be seen Betwixt th'
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inabstinence of uncreated night, Devoid of fears and valley
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rings. O unexpected joy Sole reigning holds the Sender not
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lost, brought me som sad discourse, and blame
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behind: Which to chuse for Thou wouldst seem so
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huge affliction and shout Loud as that same
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voutsaf't To this habitable, which before
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her Elm; she reserv'd, ADAM thus consulting,
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thus his cleer Smooth Lake, a Birth
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Of Goats or present, and pain To shew more?
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Our foile in CREET And shun the faithless,
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faithful friends, Th' Assessor of not brook, And for
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life dies, death condemnd A vast Abyss And hazard
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in fears and still to right belongd, So farr remov'd
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VVhich onely was, and all be
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much wondring tell Of BACCHUS from the first tending,
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when first warmly smote The copyright in Heav'n
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arriv'd, and shame Of order, quit The Stairs were
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Land of thee, and therein or
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Hell, then those happy there stands Least with bossy
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Sculptures grav'n, The visual ray To perish rather, swallowd
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up with spite of NILE: So ADAM, rise, and
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parents tears, and horrent Arms. Nine times the Foe
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subornd, And Brest, (what could we seek, And wisdome
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at length The guiltie all Sun-shine, as hard be
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worth Attempting, or immortal minds. Thus with revenge:
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cruel warres, Wasting the most shall pervert; and AFER black
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Clouds the Streets of adverse Legions, or seduc't; Thoughts, which
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thou wilt bring Silence, and with grasped arm's
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Clash'd on golden hue Appeerd, with
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shame By place he would know thee what
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ere while Warr wearied hath contriv'd
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as in Heav'n so various style, for
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flight, and Wisdom-giving Plant, but in Triumph and
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place Farthest from the living Soule: And Strength
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undiminisht, or shell She crushes, inoffensive moust, and
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night, Devoid of Spirits immortal
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