daily-robot-milton/poem_2021-04-29.txt
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Powers who first smiles on by Angels Food, and
without step, last Through the stream From mee onely fit
body to found desolate; for proof look
down Return fair spreading Trees; which way I
point is dispenc't, and perhaps her
store, All of Hell, With upright and rout Fell
long forborn, at last Words interwove with touch
to dwell, or childless days dying rise,
Wings were coming, and therein plant
A generation, whom now reignes Full Orb'd
the Grand Parents in Heav'n so much
heavier, though steep, through waste, and by Judy
Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on golden hue Appeerd, with
jocond Music charm his equal hope, EVE
Persisted, yet so with disdain, Soon learnd,
now tost And Porches wide, but
strive or prune, or round Ninefold, and
all Temples th' upright with thine and movd, and
gave effect. Immediate are lost; the Virgin
of thee, yet Leader of Sulphur. Thither to bloom,
or flie With Trumpets loud Their
Altars by so deform what sleep I created
free; th' Almighty Foe hath perform'd what ere
thou attended gloriously from the Sanctities
of thought, and swifter far, Me
Father, thou didst abhorr to sit lingring here Beast,
was come, And dust I shall live. For state, and
ASPHALTUS yeilded light Sent from thy might, Neerly
it presume, might pass through With ardor
to acknowledge whence thither or passion first
Pausing a dark assaults Their living might. But come,
and disdain'd not beare Multitudes like thy power,
at sight And hazard more, Determin'd to
sight no cost them shall faile to all, And
Rampant shakes his Beams, or in reason is
low raise In EDEN to weep, burst forth: at
all; but waxing more toil Of Iron Scepter
rule the vent appli'd To vice industrious,
but right lost: On you charge
receivd, And th' unsufferable noise, Hell Gates
discern Th' intricate wards, and with Winds they weend That
fires Awak'd should all Temples th' incestuous Mother Tree,
from the Swan with me laid thus dissolv'd;
and gave him no middle darkness should enthrall to
yeild; unsavourie food and knows His Thunder stor'd,
And brief related whom MICHAEL thus double-form'd,
and dance Intent, with ardent look into a
Towr; his Mouth The breath her presence many
miles aloft: that wilde Among his Beames
the Aire Made to Battel dangerous
To transubstantiate; what doe Single against his
tongue Relate thee; but of Sacred silence yields To
mortal injurie Imperishable, and distribution of
Men, thy goodness and prayes contrite,
in those dayes Might yeild them stood
Before all Heav'ns free to set As
with Warriours mixt, Dissolvd on him endowd, with
ambitious to escape, but favor, grace, The Vassals
of anyone anywhere at which else no
mean while thus much advanc't, We may reign
secure, Consulting on earth a Fountain, and
distributed to my head? and fair Spouse, nor
Angel unpursu'd Through wayes of Waters:
and shame By terrible as that bad Angels without
Thorn the Fowle flie above had been
reveal'd Divine Hystorian, who requires From off
It seem'd, For many Throned Powers, nor
erre not visible, th' ORPHEAN Lyre
I ruin upon the angry Victor to repaire That
sacred to do all sides round Shadow from
SYRIAN Damsels to foot Of Thunder: and
interrupt his works, with delight, and
fell'd Squadrons at Table was, what she thus our suffrage;
for Thou surely hadst thou of mankind With Heav'ns
King I saw, and revoke the sleepy drench Of
Life Our wonted signal, they transgress, and th'
unwelcome news had forbid the first assay If we can
never fade the SAMOED shoar Bursting with startl'd
eye On each place or once
was his end but that brightest shine. All are
numberless, like which on mans polluting Sin and
eyes could Spring might find In
Paradise He reckd not, as that they
saw, when call'd and passion dimm'd his Peers,
As we propound, and with Man: For aught Then
in PALESTINE, and Shield, Awaiting what proof we break
our similitude, and her by these, DEUCALION and
despite don Ere he drew Gods Fould: Or
save A bough and keen, shattering
the sons of Hell, or have
liv'd and longing pines; Yet by submission;
and destin'd to enshrine his eare; perswasion in bredth, and
ANCIENT NIGHT, I saught By suffering,
and warme, Temper or Man once both for Fate,
Or one touch the West, shall with hop'd success, Throws
his only Son? What when time see Law
unjust That SATAN except, none with
hideous orifice gap't on Bitnet (Judy now
sat and renowne, Who speedily through mid way: One fatal
bruise, And pious awe, that feeds the Royal
Towrs to rase Som Capital Of
SERVITUDE to impose: He effected; Man alive; by shadie
Lodge arriv'd, the fee as no
cloud in PALESTINE, and curious Knots,
but taste. Forthwith upright with heart oreflow'd. My
motions and Omnipotent to chuse for
different Motions move? Which to calculate
the Hall Of life was fretted Gold. Not unagreeable, to
fear surpris'd and worship thee Impresst the safe shore
their fears. Then Hells Concave, and steep to
drag thee now for ev'n in mortal
foe, and Human desires Blown up I
would on the excellence, but breath in
VALDARNO, to soar Above his breath
stir not content with tears VVatering
the heat of Hell Grew darker at
thir Orbs impose Such proof, Hell-born, not need All
Intellect, all things now wholly on Bitnet
(Judy now his punishment. So eminently never
to soar Above all reponsbility that witherd all
sides round As we to eate Bread,
Till I will Prayer, Or open field, Of beaming
sunnie Raies, a dream, But yet he presumes
already vain designes In billows, leave ye,
and RHEA'S Son with me loath
to accept not disswade me round, And now has
a Gulf shot Darts his potent
multitude Admiring enter'd, and us good, Our inward
griefe His utmost end the Conquerour least had
ceas't when it be wisht, Though heaviest by strength,
They worse deeds well I mine to bend all
these rebell'd, To worst abuse, or dissolute, on Windes;
the mind can wee to turn Metals of
all-ruling Heaven and Goats, they fought at
Altars, when AEGYPT with OLYMPIAS, this first Region
lost, and pass RHENE or Man disobeying,
Disloyal breaks his wayes with me expos'd. But
first devis'd By Haralds by flood, nor
have sinnd, Not just, said ZEPHON bold,
Destruction to offer now Mankind; whom now My Heart,
one Realm, but neither Sea, and quite consume us,
and feare Under spread Beneath GIBRALTAR
to reascend, Though I forget Those
other hand Abolish his Ire, Though hard by whom
these Nor other form. As one
seem'd Firm concord holds, men Interpreted) which
having pass'd From AURAN Eastward to highest wisdom infinite
despaire? Which your harmless innocence Melt, as
came URIEL, one small Came like
repose, since none regard; Heav'n so foul,
once as taught we need repeate, As joyn'd
The strict Senteries and thence full of fraud, contagion
spred Among our Ancestor repli'd. ADAM, I relate To
Sin Original; while thus half in sleep, and
sought it presume, might Issuing from thee divide The
sword of knowledge, planted by all, Indu'd
with bluster to my left free Enjoyment of
State; deep thoughts; & hymning spent. Mean
while At once on Bitnet (Judy now (Certain to
wilde. Thou interposest, that Tree Down a fierie
Cope Of hope excluded thus, behold The
sound the Horizon to force or understood must be
quite shut of TANTALUS. Thus it intends; till
SATAN, broke loose at large, Beguil'd by
deeds Had wondrous, as fast, and Inhabitants: Her state
of donations to boast, Begins his eyes, and despaire,
Anger, Hate, Mistrust, Suspicion, Discord, and freely taste. Forthwith
upright wing Came Prologue, and (c) any Defect you
in fears and stately tread, or Earth; but
drawn by him surer barr His
red Lightning and with passions in even
ballance down alone Was not slow, mine eyes they led
th' indignant waves. Now not, and Love dealt equally
enjoying God-like imitated State; deep thoughts; & the least Cold
Or Captive Ark Maim'd his Proem tun'd; Into th'
ambrosial smell old or steep, through
agitation to that led The Calf
in Heav'n Gates wide Within, her eare To hoarce
TRINACRIAN shore: Nor stood in proud With vanity had
quelld His death to sight More tollerable; if but rather
serve, That fought at eeve In might
in stature, motion, measures Day and shame that
fondly deem'd, I soare, Above th' Ethereal Mould:
then Unbrok'n, and derides; Not farr From Diamond
and Kingdoms of equipment including any
binary, compressed, marked up, the full of
Hell, say and gesture proudly eminent Stood like which in
Gold The Princely Dignities, And hairie
sides round with pure marble Air with
awful brow, more then SATAN still erect, with huge in
hateful to impose: He also I give his Beams,
or mute, and call'd him, life I
be lowlie wise: Think not, and
difficult, not quite chang'd; The lower flight, and you
two, her