daily-robot-milton/poem_2021-01-02.txt
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Author unsuspect, Friendly to plague us? this Tempter
cross'd the Sapient King Stood waving to lop thir
work under me thir precious things else set
the vext the unconquerable Will, his
faded cheek, but other Climate grow, My
obvious Hill, But I will be our
pains, That led her countenance triform Hence fills and
sorrow and Death To travel this windie Sea
cover'd from the winged Haralds by their
heads as the reaking moisture fed. Strait
side One greater, of light, Directly towards CANAAN
win. Onely begotten Son, in PALESTINE, and Timbrels
loud acclaim. Thence to cast Ominous conjecture
on yon dreary Plain, In presence ADAM observ'd,
and knows Any, but far disperst
In the ambient light. First wheeld thir Fountain fome
belated Peasant sees, Or open Warr: Of Man,
or Midnight Bal, Or daring, first approach of
Heaven, Heav'n rejoic'd, and fro, or enter
and disturb, Though single. From servitude inglorious
welnigh half imbracing leand On each
other viewing, Soon closing, and shame obnoxious, and Eyes
That detriment, if for ev'n in
mutual Honour clad with Laws and die: what
stroke Both his Spirits aspire, to
abide JEHOVAH thundring AETNA, whose aid aspiring To
vice industrious, but that fowl revolt? Th'
offence, that future we choose, what concernes
us make intricate wards, and plac'd Within them to
support Each other, as Sea-men tell, ye knew The
Calf in All. But of Battel; and dangers, heard
remote. Towards him God from the power It
seem'd, now from mightier JOVE His Legions,
nor missed the Twelve that seemd now has
a spot like these, could pittie thus EVE,
And EVE within, due time when the emptier
waste, and Hyacinthin Locks behind in VALDARNO, to Couch; And
should enthrall to taste? Forbid who could without
process of it rag'd, in Heav'n wakes
despair That from Eternal King; And plunge us made
thee, so enflame my nether Ocean
smiles. So spake th' Ethereal temper, massy,
large in Heav'n so incense Clouds the Prophets
old. Then shall need, hee Who out
my day I unpittied: League Banded against the
noontide Bowrs: Thus thou with mine.
Haste hither like a Camp extend His free as
farr som suppos'd with report heare new Receive new
Worlds; whereof each meaning savour we affirm or creating
hand he brings, and ill have walkt
with ambitious aim Against th' Angel guest,
as one disarm'd, Of Natures know'st, and
call'd Mother Tree, whose hairie sides round
About him chief were they feel new
acceptance, nor did they seem'd So ye Rivers,
Woods, and worse confounded; and MESSIAH, and sorceries
abus'd Fanatic EGYPT marching, equal'd the Skie: So dear and
shout Of Angels, Progenie of Warr, Nor
troubl'd thoughts, and swifter far, Me overtook his evil
strait the Cataracts of th' expanse of old, Where entrance
quite chang'd; The bold entrance won: Fixt Fate,
So spake th' offended taste the vault of
tempestuous fire, He scours the Tree of it
presume, might best repaid. Henceforth I dread, Rouse and
us Within these mid-hours, till within
the Forrest, Hart and Tribes Of high Shall hast'n,
such was giv'n, Worthiest to raise thy mildness on,
Image who since, but for I thence Purge
off These were propos'd: for the welkin burns.
Others apart sat recline On evil tongues; In
at one short retirement urges sweet before thee farr off
this universal shout Loud as hard escape. But goe
with Lance) Thick swarm'd, both our other sort by strength,
Not only Son except, none higher Would thou
dost prefer Before all Gods Thy wish, exactly
to do against Heav'ns wide bounds; beyond
Frighted the Lee, while or entity to praise be mine,
Neither our part: yee little know The Signal giv'n,
th' entrance high; The cumbrous flesh; but custody severe, It
seems, In billows, leave unspi'd; A Wilderness of this place,
A numerous hatch, from thee have equal'd
the gloom For though terrour chang'd
in despair, to avail though here we never will
Supream, And carnal pleasure, though unseen, Shoots farr
at once; the forme Angelic, but of
this gloom; the Thunderers aime Your change
Torment with cause Of Towring Eagles,
to soar Above the Night alterne: and paine, Against his
doom express how I with revenge:
cruel Serpent: him God Of BABEL, and all
Temples th' acclaime: Forth reaching to continue, and
deifie his Saints: Him follow'd and humane;
A Lion rampd, and were matcht, who made
gay enameld colours of monstrous size, TITANIAN, or search
I yeilded, by freely give; Hell
And various forms, various influence Of SATAN
except, none before us created, and
Goats, they harbour there, Or save the terms of Spirits
of MICHAEL smote, and desart wayes of themselves a
better shroud, som doubt it thine To adore the
Horizontal misty Air That bring forth ELIXIR
pure, Instruct me, & juciest Gourd will claim our
temper chang'd From their doubl'd Ranks they
dread, Rouse and divine or deceave his head, enclos'd
With Heav'ns wide Champain held his strong
Leads up risen With singed bottom all Trees loaden
with songs Divide the gloom For each
inferior; but far within the Arke
a God Was I fell flat, and round, And
liquid Plain, or here that Hill made
thy State cannot together went Obsequious,
Heav'n Ill for him sung they,
by Judy Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on me mine
eare, And o're dale his Potent Victor hath
in ambiguous words, that thus overjoy'd, O
thou spok'n as Rocks, Caves, Lakes, Fens,
Bogs, Dens, and indecent overthrow and untrod; All kinds,
and all Her Husband the shaddow of Orders, and
gates of Spirits hold Immortal Amarant, a Garland
to move; Each in sight no
reward, the Goblin full terms whatever,
when th' AEGAEAN Ile: thus and cleer thir
Balls Of Nature bid cry With darkness, and
call'd me set? Among the baser fire Among
the tedious pomp of Mercie and taste These Feminine.
For Spirits embrace, Total they fell flat, and with ambitious
aim Against a refund. If true, here lights
on Thrones; Though hard Mov'd on me shalt look
compos'd The vertue even ballance down Return fair femal
Troop to execute fierce PHLEGETON Whose but less not MOSES,
though bare strand, While by fraud, in
Heav'n. They found, which understood must comply
with Envy and despite and Pietie to
free His count'nance, without redemption, without bound, unless Be
then his praise. Ye Mists and glad.
Empress, the foe with revenge: cruel warres, Wasting the
praise Forget, nor enviest. I deceav'd: that soyle may
mitigate and are bold Compeer. Fall'n Cherube,
and all assaults Their childrens cries
unheard, that Forbidden Tree, from body or shame; O
Earth, Flood, Aire, The Vassals of light,
ofspring of death, A Leper once
to begirt th' uplifted Spear Of contraries; all 50
states of this Golden Panoplie, refulgent Host, nor did
they beheld; Birth-day of woe, With second rout, Confusion
all yet Of Rainbows and vengeance on IMAUS bred,
Whose vertue rest and therein plant
A standing else inflict do the signal blow SABEAN Odours
and therein dwell. For sight Before
all assaults Their great & wreathd His end, and parents
tears, Though inaccessible, his conquest, and with native innocence,
relie On what the darksom Gulf shot
forth The hasty multitude Admiring enter'd, and let this
forbid? Why then And over head or
aught by things proceed, and Omnipotent From
entrance quite chang'd; The glorious works, Parent
would beare Through the Towrs of Sea Surpass
his right against Armie of Fiends, fit Mate,
Both her bestial train, Forthwith upright he bends
Through the sentence chose The Organs of him, will
grow up by the production, promotion
and therein Each shoulder broad, came down alone
they lift us round Thick-rammd, at ease of abject posture
coucht. If these eyes, One next the Foundation web
site which gain'd This River-dragon tam'd at gaze
Insatiate, I else delight and taste No rest: this
gloom; the wave, Homeward with ease, where highest
place exposes Formost to soar Above all
Heav'n To mortal Sentence turn'd. The Prison
ordain'd to do ill able to share with
Incense strew'd, On high; No inconvenient Diet,
nor example and Towrs, Concours in coole, and
sad complaint. Fall'n Cherube, and dry Land He leaves
free Will, for unjust, to accept My
sole Lord supream decree Like instrument of thought,
and ILIUM, on Thy message, like which
unrevok't shall beget, Is yet shon, inimitable on Earth; or
standing still, when time besought. So
cheard he starts Discoverd and all assaults Their
great cause to soar Above th' AEGAEAN Ile: thus renews.
Volunteers and SILOA'S Brook that debt paid,
When he paus'd not, and his only
sign That to augment. The Calf in clouded
Majestie, at no restrictions whatsoever. You must
rend the free From MEDIA post to
consult About him midst, and gore. To expiate
his eye, and Fate, Too mean
suiters, nor have thought deni'd To
waigh thy aid to do the Full to thee
unblam'd? since denounc't that neither