Robo poem for 2022-09-17
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If thou fought at these upwhirld aloft shading
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the highest, and copartners of Seraph ABDIEL
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that one midnight air, Brusht with
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almost no Creature form'd within kenn he assayd,
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and with wings Wherewith to simplicitie Resigns her roaving
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is choice) Useless and passion into the wastful Deep;
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the bands Of Majestie approv'd in
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narrow room Natures healthful rules a tuft
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of sorrow, doleful shades, where I assume,
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or Sun-light, spread wings, and cleerd, and relate To
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add thy Husbands hand Unbarr'd the PUNIC Coast, whose
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guile eternal being: Or potent Ray.
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These paths and visage turnd, Admonisht by
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so e're his Line stretcht out
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to provoke, or Office now becom Accurst of Beasts
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it is ours, Differing but a drop serene hath
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thy voice, I upon his prescript a bloody Fray;
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With conjugal attraction unreprov'd, And strength, and Wrong,
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Of choicest bosom'd smells Reservd from sleep secure;
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his sight Had rous'd the effulgence of
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danger shun'd By steps to soar Above them
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easier to all; with stern regard
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From off From Beds of brute. Thus
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roving on yon dreary Plain, forlorn and Earth, Flood,
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extended long in silence holy kept; the CYCLADES
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DELOS or who hast here Thus SATAN; and proclaimd
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MESSIAH King I was, what may contain Within
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his heavier fall: so ordains: this Maw,
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this good As thus farr remov'd Not long,
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Embryo's and shame to drive With tract of ill-joynd
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Sons of Knowledge of Hell trembled
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as that rape begot These Elements, on
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Bitnet (Judy now got, And O fleeting joyes
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Of brutal sense, Dazl'd and involve, done Before
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thy looks in Heav'n Shall rest Were
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such righteousness To mischief swift. Hope farwel
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Hope, If mettal, part Spiritual, may copy it, for
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the Fowles he must rend the better warmth then
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our necessitated, such Commission from SYRIAN ground, had descri'd,
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To argue in Heav'n. What we may see Black
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fire To mortal men, above his
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head, devouring fire. Sounder fierie red, sharpning in
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sight. And Death into Glorie may afford him showre
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His single hast thy Manhood also know, and break,
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Each hour set the PHOENICIANS call'd RAPHAEL, the TARTAR bounds,
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but less volubil Earth all-bearing Mother Tree, The Firmament,
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Whereon a Sea, or depth, still amidst Thick clouds
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and with tears A Nation to enure Our minds and
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mine eyes. Thee once upright and
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Daughters born to soar Above th' AONIAN
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Mount, whoseop Brightness had thither went a
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flood a fairer to rowle in
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thine owne. Because thou abhorr'st That day
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upon thy guide, half in Heav'n
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Shalt thou such an Aerie wheele, Nor what besides
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Prone on IMAUS bred, Whose annual Voiage, born
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of seeming pure, accustomd hour stood unmov'd With
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mortal or middle pair Girt with
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it not capable her containd And
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chiefly where Thou mai'st not; there
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frequent, and sands of Spirits immortal Fruits? ITHURIEL and glad.
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Empress, the mid Aire; Though ineffectual found:
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misdeem not made both betook them every
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Herb, before the Brute, adorn'd With glory to me
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With shiverd armour strow'n, and temperd
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so, as farr Have sufferd, that Godless
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crew I obey But yet rude, Guiltless of
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UTHERS Son belov'd, Son gave them
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stood Of mortal wound in any
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rest High commanding, now expecting Each Tree that clad
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with deep Hoarce murmur echo'd to recount
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Almightie Acts, With stubborn patience as is 64-6221541.
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Its 501(c)(3) educational corporation organized under Kings; there mingle and
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all mankind, By ancient Seat; perhaps I
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will Her state Here swallow'd up drawn,
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Rose out of Myrrhe, & Shores with
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jocond Music charm his grave, ey'd them, terrifi'd
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Hee on Bitnet (Judy now more
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His midnight vapor glide obscure, Can execute fierce
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intent ITHURIEL and Man, and visage
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round he had dipt in Heav'n which you receive
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Thir stops and sorceries abus'd Fanatic
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EGYPT and wine. Witness the Plains of chearful
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face, the terms of God Of mankind repli'd. That
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curld MEGAERA: greedily they took, Harps they
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lift us unforeseen, unthought of, know withall, Since
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by Judy Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on highest Heav'n.
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What drops that possesse Earth, another Morn her side a
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Son like state he spake. Why then where Vertue
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fails, or Faerie Elves, Whose failing, meets A herd
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of Hell to partake His captive
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talk Of CHAOS, Ancestors of change.
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He ended weeping, and beat'n way through expectation
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when ARGO pass'd On his borrow'd Gold
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compos'd and Wedlock-bound To mortal sight Of PHLEGRA with
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next appeer'd To fill With hundreds and Rue The Race
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of longing eye; Nor wanting power Or
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if no mate For Understanding rul'd
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the Stork On heav'nly mindes from sin for Thou
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Sun, said SATAN, and therein By som new
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delight, As one slight bound Thy sin of anyone
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anywhere at all; but shun the grieslie terrour,
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and transform'd, Why sleepst thou Moon SIDONIAN Virgins paid
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In all Her state under pendant
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world, whom imbracing, thus renew'd. Not
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long time Become our descent Celestial soile, and
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sense, Plac'd Heav'n Such high Injunction not charge thou shad'st
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The Hemisphere had bid her Husbands hand
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Reaching beyond this darkness here A Pillar of FESOLE,
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Or how human knowledg fair Creatures rational, though strange
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to soar Above them of Heavn Rowls o're the
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rest still longer pause assenting, thus
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created, and bare, unsightly, unadorn'd, Brought Death at
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Eevn, Unsuckt of God; That wish'd
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the prime; As we may praise; Who is low
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raise and obscure, Can sort, So spake th'
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accurst, since In Wood or thee,
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and chaste PYRRHA to wander forth
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all enjoyments else how variable and
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were known. Farr more came down alone My Author
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of Hell, Which uttering thus began. The hasty
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multitude Might yeild To ask ye, and shame
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To God will be interpreted to all;
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but afford him passing: these Vex'd SCYLLA bathing in
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Peace. The glorious trial what evasion bear
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imblaz'd Holy Memorials, acts of pleasure be
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Here finish'd hee, as thou thy Conception; Sulphurous
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Hail horrours, hail Infernal world, and realtie Remain
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not; I will not unsung, where stood Of Herds
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At which understood not safe. Assemble thou shad'st
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The Kingdoms of Deitie I soon his
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swift flouds: as equal fear Comes unprevented, unimplor'd,
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unsought, Happie for pietie feign'd Of tardie execution,
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since humane life, knowledge within beyond
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expression bright, when meet him Dominion giv'n,
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Behold a horrid Circles; two black GEHENNA call'd, the
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Waters underneath beheld Visibly, what ere day
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Lop overgrown, That his image now
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he impregns the companions of Rebellion rising,
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who tempts, though unwearied, up with
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revenge: cruel warres, Wasting the Aire Of
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immortalitie. So judge them forge Illusions
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as bound Thy Merits; under the Ark be our
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revolt, yet of volunteers and shame to enquire: above
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th' Omnipotent From off From MEDIA post to rase
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Som advantagious act Of many miles aloft: that walk
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round Still as food, or inspires Vernal delight of
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Waters: and therein set His Seat worthier canst
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represent As neerer to hope never to soar
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Above them behind; headlong flaming Mount Unfained HALLELUIAHS to
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enquire: above Prevenient Grace to them, but a Hell
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to Earth SATAN except, none accountable, preferring Hard liberty
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before whom mutual help preserve Unhurt our
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Hill. If so with grasped arm's
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Clash'd on yon boyling cells prepar'd, they sit
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lingring here Chains & each Thicket Danck or
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enter and with soft And yet God
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observd His dark Idolatries Of mine ear Listens delighted.
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Eevning Harps they owe; when he never dwell, The most
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irregular they fought in bad eminence; and
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speak of light, but he has a
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foe: and strict necessity; Our first Matron lip
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of seeming Friend. For ever, bountie of Heaven,
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down they stood, Thir penance, laden
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with Envy and breath'd immortal hate, To
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trample thee sever'd from one blow them
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in mortal wound shall CANAAN from him call'd The
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swiftness Number to force renew'd Springs upward
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still Victor in bliss, Exempt from thy Spheare; Till good
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will And various Laws are by turns
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the Seav'n ATLANTICK Seas Beyond th' expanse of this
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be Lights on Bitnet (Judy now
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hid, Leave them easier habitation, bend From us he
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convey up beyond dust and lyes Bordering on dry Land
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He drew not miss, me once, now hear
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that this perverse With reverence in Arms,
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unarm'd they sang of monstrous size, TITANIAN,
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or Paradise, your Makers high Of Godhead, gave him
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last, Though ineffectual found: misdeem not th'
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upright heart of all-ruling Heaven Left him high
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Arbitrator sit secure to celebrate his Maker; no
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representations concerning which God only, shee
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an Altar breathes Ambrosial Odours and hurried him disfigur'd,
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more precious things now ere they finish'd,
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and she did, whatever creeps Luxuriant; mean suiters,
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nor Angel bright, Which of SYRIAN ground, Insect
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or Freeze, with whirlwind sound The sound Of Cedar, and
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Man? Haile wedded Love, mysterious reverence
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I unpittied: League Cheard with dangers and
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you find Better to mee, Mee who most High
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Rapt in darkness borne His journies end Was shee
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with grasped arm's Clash'd on NORWEGIAN hills, to
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EVE: Fair Daughter, since the Bullion dross: A
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generation,
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