From a4a863bffaccc1fd9bcea5a04d6f37fadf818470 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Olivier Tremblay Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:45:07 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Robo poem for 2021-01-13 --- poem_2021-01-13.txt | 194 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 194 insertions(+) create mode 100644 poem_2021-01-13.txt diff --git a/poem_2021-01-13.txt b/poem_2021-01-13.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4e86758 --- /dev/null +++ b/poem_2021-01-13.txt @@ -0,0 +1,194 @@ +If true, here for LAVINIA disespous'd, Or satiate fury +thus proceeded on In vain, though thus +judgement giv'n, Behold a murmuring waters +fill; And God ordaind; Out of anyone anywhere +at all; but through love, Uninterrupted joy, but rackt +with Winds ORION arm'd With whose portion set +forth Infinite goodness, grace Elect above +his forbidding Commends thee sin of monstrous +size, TITANIAN, or refund from mee: on +high: from night, when the brook, +And higher foe. Space that measures Day and sorceries +abus'd Fanatic EGYPT from Eternal silence holy kept; +the wastful Deep; What in Arms, Though comfortless, +as Ev'ning and reaping plenteous crop, Corn wine and +therein Each in VALDARNO, to assay +If then his prison strong, live exempt us he +pleasd, and call'd From her seat +High Rapt in FRANCISCAN think thou +Once fawn'd, and drearie Vaile They who renounce +Thir course, The second time when loe +A mind Considerd all works Created or +Hill, or once more desirable, or SAMOS +first beheld in strength, or under one +Man hath to submit or Worm +durst abide that shall his borrow'd Gold compos'd +and with rebounding surge the Thunder utter'd thus +renews. RAPHAEL, the terms of Arms, in despair, to soar +Above th' Earth outstretcht immense, and chiefly Thou with Soul. +Male he scornful turn'd, But let us live, The +Hemisphere Night Or less conspicuous, when he pursu'd The +Calf in her by gradual scale The sacred Light From +us play, Strait couches close, That run Perpetual Circle, +multiform; and thrice the four main Streams, Runs divers, +wandring many will at Altars, when +they bow, of operation brings with ambitious aim Against +unpaind, impassive; from soundest sleep Affects me not, +and scourge that bad eminence; and +therein By ancient pile; all thir Hierarchs in +Guard thir minds, Flew upward, spirited with answering +scorn with Gold compos'd The Hell +bounds high with delight; how awful Ceremony And +courage never wilt descrie the Priests dissension springs, +Men Obedient to soar Above all Eternitie +so thou tould Thy hatred they were driven, The +doubt, however small Thicket have sunk: the Foundation, the +Fish replenisht, and inclination or fresh Flourets Hill top, +th' upright And Spirits of Hell, her Line +From dust: spite us this haste +the Clouds, Conspicuous farr, that gently mov'd +My Storie to his Host, in him boast in +creating hand that bad act have rule Conferrd upon +thy seed renewd; So spake th' inevitable Subdues +us, that good As high Supremacy, +Whether such was cleard, and despightfull +act may reign secure, Secure from the +inmost counsels from him burnes, Though single. From center +to scorne The riches of Spirits immortal +love of thee, ingrateful food: and +Gonfalons twixt Van Pric forth Great things +deemd so faire. Round this forbid? +Why comes That Bodies first assay If +so suffice his faded splendor likest Heaven seen, +That all Temples th' Eevning and full. After soft +And Prayers, which else inflict do all reply, Prudent, +least thou approve thy Saviour, shall share with Fish; +to accept not now. For state, +condition is, how blows the HOURS in +Child-bearing were at command, and Monarchy of anyone +in stead of loftiest Towrs, And ELEALE to +glorifie The Air Came not at play, Strait couches +close, That ADAM took with grave +His sad Sentence beyond abstain But by +command Of thundring AETNA, whose delightful +Seat Of Enemie All courage; down With Man, sole part +Perform, and shame beneath This greeting on her popular +vote Inclines, here plac't, Reaping immortal love shal outdoo Hellish +hate, Untam'd reluctance, and rising all Temples +th' AEQUATOR, as Evening: Cover me once, +Powerful perswaders, quick'nd appetite, that this odious +dinn of Hell, say and therein plant A +dismal Situation waste and therein dwell. For one +slight bound the Libertie and circling Hours, with Envy and +wonderful indeed are threatn'd, but favour'd +more Cease I receav'd, to accord) Man To meek aspect +Silent yet much advanc't, We brush +mellifluous Dewes, and dangers, heard By +Destinie, and ILIUM, on by me, or Wilderness, +Forrest huge Porcullis high Supremacie of monstrous sight +or threats Of his Peers, He hasted, and Office +is associated) is more, What can +in Heav'n. Shee as this round Thick-rammd, at +one secure Either to know, Why then And o're +the Plains of sorrow, doleful shades, where +ere well contain, bring Taste after +came down in luxurious Cities, where SODOM flam'd; +This said, he fell, Wholsom and +look'd a cover'd with me beyond Frighted the +thick array Of triumph, to trench a +Heav'n move In utter darkness, and foule. But far +worse sufferings must overshadow all restraint broke peace +returnd at Altars, when to enjoy; for on Bitnet (Judy +now on swift or short silence yields To second, +which methinks I To manifest thee still +Night, Seed at mine Eyes how hast thy Beautie adore +And guides The Trepidation talkt, and spread Ensigns +marching might distemper the Rites Observing none, But +let mee expung'd and Love hath overcome +with me Henceforth; my Bone, Flesh of +Hell, or possess Life Our pleasant veine +Stood thick embatteld Squadrons Deep, To stoop +with his Angel bright, The Records now has a +spark Lights on Bitnet (Judy now +fild with frequent With Horse and with ambitious aim Against +God towards CANAAN win. Bold deed thou +sly hypocrite, who seeks fame: Therfore Eternal silence then +Remaind still I request thee, and +longing wait The Vassals of thee, +and with thundring AETNA, whose deare Short +intermission none I view Of rigid interdiction, which instructs +us nigh, Soft on yon Lake benumme not quite chang'd; +The Serpents all on dry Land, Earth, another +world, and ever-threatning storms Of old Night: first +sort by Judy Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on Bitnet (Judy +now fiercer by furious expedition; for mans delightful +task In our days work, you 'AS-IS' +WITH NO REMEDIES FOR ACTUAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE +OR USE THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PARADISE LOST +*** END OF REPLACEMENT OR BREACH +OF SUCH DAMAGE. Whence rushing he saves To settle +here stand On other able, and shall believe Almighty, +since by deeds Had ended frowning, and oppos'd +the holy Rites, and through experience of EDEN stretchd +her so, yet my Author, thou where thou +no dividual holds, unite thir being? +Yet scarce Had ended; when the +happie state, Happiness in Heav'n, above Prevenient Grace contending +With Diadem and feare Return fair Son so much +gainsay, Nay, didst accept Alone thus excites. Disclaimer: +My early care, Not that warr'd on +the arched roof Showrd Roses, and Omnipotent +From Nectar, visiting each Had ended frowning, and +with revenge: cruel Serpent: him EVE, +whose verdure clad with hop'd success, Throws his lore +Soon recollecting, with Euphrasie and sunnie Raies, a devillish +Engine back Stay his riv'n Armes And wheel +the dun Air With secret Cloud, or shun +the Spirits is sure. Will hath thus reply'd: +Whom Thunder hath lost, mee Perswasively hath +our evils, with jocond Music charm +Pain for Fate, free as this +Earth twice ten fold More solemn then can +uncreate thee her victorious Bands and +wanton passions in Waters he dwells not impossibly +may stumble on, And famish him still, +In counterpoise, now heard no influence on me Man, +with shaddowing Squadrons and forms Imaginations, Aerie Knights, +and ASPHALTUS yeilded light Sent from PELORUS, +or enur'd not made a Flat, +Fast caught, they hear, see, Warm'd +by all, and fell Before his +course, both sin Will dazle Heav'n, +our Sanctuarie, our afflicted Powers, Consult how just? of +Sulphur. Thither full blaze of unctuous vapor, which who +was heard VVith foot and full. After his eare; +perswasion in bliss thus returnd: URIEL, +gliding through this Arm so contriv'd as +midnight Revels, by carnal pleasure, though +gay Her Tresses, and longing wait The force as +Queen of mankind, in ADAMS room Throng numberless, +like themselves I had descri'd, To PAQUIN of Gold, +And boldly venture down Must have presum'd, An +eager appetite, that strow the future we choose, what +sin Will To prayer, repentance, and deplor'd, in PALESTINE, and +passion mov'd, in order and smoak: Such I +offer, on IMAUS bred, Whose higher foe. Space that +voyce, their Names then in dreadful Dart; +what follie overthrew, And dig'd out From innocence. +So were herds Attest thir Glory. His fixed +seat, Him have dispeopl'd Heav'n, Hell-doomd, +and shame in despair, to soar Above +all unobserv'd, unseen. Farr less be slow, +Swarm populous, unnumber'd as seemd, for the full +loud, that they weend That felt how it +returnd as one seem'd Farr otherwise th' +Archangelic Power was form'd, Save what doubt +it so, By right declar'd in it presume, might +resist our own, and shame Of hazard in +my intended first, If Prayers Could +not slow, produc'd Like MAIA'S son he calls +us ought to protect the rest; so late the +passive both, and honour gaine Companion dear, To +Battel proud step no unbounded hope Of Guardians bright, Chariots +rag'd; dire example and gigantic deeds. Then +let thee can