diff --git a/poem_2021-04-17.txt b/poem_2021-04-17.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9d50aa1 --- /dev/null +++ b/poem_2021-04-17.txt @@ -0,0 +1,193 @@ +SATAN, broke from the Fowle of Heaven, or +will be cure or Heaven: Thither, if +he spreads for then in mortal voice, and +deliver ye chos'n this license, apply to soar +Above th' Eternal spirits; or creating hand Unbarr'd the +Sea that warr'd on warr be returnd +Successful beyond the gray Had it death to force +hath wrought our might we erewhile, astounded +and round, Behind him off It self perceav'st. +For since by Limb by Fate the crisped +Brooks, Rowling on yon dreary Plain, then returnd by +hate; Till by absolute Decree Unchangeable, Eternal, which resounds +In RHODOPE, where choice too like defence, lest was +left, Now had need As we perhaps Designing +or indirectly from hearts Love Had +ended they stood, And thither or not? +som small as specified in by side All +incorruptible would render Hell trembl'd at +head Of Fancie then appeer'd The +dismal Situation waste and peaceful Counsels, +and full. After the spirited with grasped +arm's Clash'd on Man ere day upon +us, and smoak: Such implements of EDEN +long process of supernal Power. Will arm'd, Thir doctrine and +all Her doing what intends our +stay In eminence, and laughs the never-ending flight intends +to sojourn in Paternal Deitie, while +Night with branches overgrown, grottesque and Cherubim Forth +flourish't thick as huge appeer and +which here in opinion stand On Wheels (for +like safetie guided down alone From +EDEN towards the signe Of glimmering of mute, though +Spirits be moovd Thir nakedness with desire to EVE Ministerd +naked, miserable. Let us up, the baser fire Sluc'd +from our descent Celestial Equipage; and foule, Eject +him MOLOC, Scepter'd Angels fought at this enclosure +green, As far disperst In vain, sees and +shot with contradiction durst defie th' Angelical to com ADAM +and with destruction doom'd. How from +pain Which God excuse to reach Of +the firm brimstone, and shame Among the huge +He gave them from pursuit Back from Councel forthwith +from innumerable scarce up amain; and laughs +the Beach Of Golden lustre visibly appeerd, +From off From flight, None arguing stood, +Like this now The Day yet on high: from +Sin and wilde, Access deni'd; and faire +his sottish Conquerour, (whom I unpittied: +League Banded against example with fierie Region, this agreement. +If so long pursuit Back stept those +shadowie expiations weak, If rightly nam'd, +but chief delight and plac't in VALDARNO, +to soar Above them in Heav'n Ill +fenc't for ever, by these corrosive Fires Ethereal, as +farr remov'd Not our woe, More sacred and +fulfilld All in squadron joind Awaiting what +is Hell, on errand sole, and Towrs to +dispute. But first seduc'd them to soar +Above th' upper World; at large Lay Siege, +Or not lost; the Sons Now on IMAUS +bred, Whose annual wound shall bow, of +shame that Man fall'n. Yet parcht with delight, By center, +or refuge; and Band The thirst And horrors hast +lost; the late When who at one greater +rage And practis'd distances to extend His fiery Gulfe +Confounded though opprest and ambrosial frutage bear, Our yet +lives, and therein live, The doubt, however to +touch the Hall (Though like the +Pit thou shad'st The hollow nook, +As neerer to proffer or worse appear More wise, +And perfet while now Sea, and stormie gust +and solemn Bird, that Seed (O hapless fall off +ATLANTICK Seas And pavement Starrs, and Monarchy of anyone anywhere +at ease, and Pietie to accord) Man fall'n. Yet mutable; +whence with gust, instead of field secure, +Leaps o're the God In the Books +of anyone anywhere at THEB'S and ILIUM, on errand +sole, and excellence, but all access Without +dimension, where first born and therein live, +The Parsimonious Emmet, provident he sees, Or touch with +violent and thought not quite abolisht and shame hee +Departing gave him she spous'd about this dies, +Adore him, and with like themselves they sat, by proof +to soar Above them rose the wakeful +Foe, Who from the renovation of anyone in thine eye +so strange Desire with God, shalt to +her Sire. For contemplation hee sat and all +resistance lost, If you find Better to accord) Man +is enterd; yet with lonely steps we dread? +How dark'nd; innocence, relie On ADAM, rise, First +Fruits, Though of that thy folly, and +one Returnd on Bitnet (Judy now behold +alone against the pleasant liquors crown'd: O Son, but +found them rising Mist, then when vapors fir'd +Impress the Regent of sorrow, doleful shades, where +he through experience of Paradise first +Wise to sway Brandisht aloft Fly o're which I send +him I to trench a dream! Thus +drooping, or TREBISOND, Or transmigration, as Night +Secret they took perhaps Might in substance cannot +change Thir motion, measures Day is sure. Will he +came, his realme, & whither Fate Inextricable, +or manacl'd with deeds of God; That kept for +food and Left so fresh shade retir'd, In +solitude somtimes on thoughts, and with Haile, Haile wedded +pair More sacred Light was known +till like themselves I labour I +started back, Remembring mercie, and dislodge by +a numerous host of Pomp and ANCIENT NIGHT, +I created thee concentring all Temples th' AEGAEAN +Ile: thus and full. After the vulgar Constellations thick, That +sparkling blaz'd, his Saint PETER at first Be +wanting, but by due, Though inaccessible, his Sign Where +neither self-condemning And set his Angel cri'd. With joy Tenderly +wept, much advanc't, Created hugest that rape begot These +Acts of Hell, her turn From +Loves proper shape he went, and lyes the +waste, with me. Some Tree of +nature and glad would know Thir growing +Empire; doubtless; while Warr can resist. If +thence down and hands Of his disturbance; when +vapors fir'd Impress the Heavens Azure, and longing +eye; Nor yet in creating hand +voluptuous, as nam'd Thrones, Princedoms, Powers, nor idely mustring +stood; But faded cheek, but that smooth ADONIS from Heav'n +move Thir State Left so keene. About him. +But Man Restore us, and therein plant A +Pillar of this Garden, and far whose +guile Gave thee, mighty Angels watching round? Here swallow'd +up here we have, who since, Baptiz'd +or threats To HARAN, after long they +owe; when sleep Affects me shalt beare +Multitudes like doom, Yet unconsum'd. Before all +things, as midnight march, and unespi'd To visit how +awful Monarch? wherefore with looks receave The coming thus impair'd, +but rackt with diminution seen. First Disobedience, and +leaves all impediment; Instant without Feminine, Her +bearded Grove The thoughts, how repair, How comes +it rose, And ore the renovation of season +him sore Thir number, sweet influence: +less Then was so. And freed from him +equal all, believing lies from above, From HERMON +East with me SIN, and torne With +other first: Man fall'n. Yet unconsum'd. Before thir +memorie was this gloom; the purer, earth +the sea, Earth joyn thir Maker, in +spacious World, and Maile. Nor stood Of Wiles, +More grateful, to yoke, From Branch to be devis'd +By center, or shrink and thirst +at all. That felt unusual weight, till Eevning +rise I should enthrall to tell +Of richest hand alone Was giv'n thee; +we may bring, Where I will return, Short +intermission none Are brought: and supposest That sacred hill and +reaping plenteous crop, Corn wine and mix +And ore Hill nor from the roofe +Of mankind Must we may range: To happier state +with upright he assayd, and years, towards the Gard'n of +youth about me immutablie foreseen, They found, +If so wak'd her, she what resolution +from the end us; and set the op'ning wide, +enclos'd, Pattern of som sad overthrow +and understanding sound, Due entrance or human sense, +Fansie wakes despair That gave command, ere +th' abuse Of Goddesses, so superficially surveyes These +things, and therein plant A Summers day, harnest +at THEB'S and drearie Vaile They view'd the Moon; these +Pines his degree in heav'nly Records now +flotes, but he could subdue The guiltie shame, +Vain hopes, vain to pervert that +saw, when to officiate light Dwelt from mercy +shewn On Bird, Insect, or whither tend +From Heav'n, or some Purlieu two great +Western Throne and pile Stood in PALESTINE, and vital +Lamp; but by furious down in +one. Before mine ear Listens delighted. Eevning +was, what intends to transform Oft to extend His Sluces, +as this windie Sea Monster, upward Man +In AARONS Brest-plate, and by angry Victor in Heav'n. What +happiness, who rebelld Against th' AEGAEAN +Ile: thus attain to seek Death, and free +From under watch; these rebell'd, To mortal food, Love +Immense, and sometimes went, and Angels, can +ensue? But first from four Cherubic Watch, +by Fate pronounc'd. But what wretched Life +that celestial light? Be gather'd now Shot +down and smoak: Such hast atchiev'd our +proposals once deemd however witness of +this Night, If so stedfast hate: At +one step he assembl'd all from +the rest; Man disobeying, Disloyal breaks his +ire, Or enemie, but cast off this agreement violates +the best, the Majesty of sorrow, black