daily-robot-milton/poem_2022-08-21.txt
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The lip of darkness bound. Thir doctrine and
defiance: Wretched man! what Revenge? the tops
The Cherubim the hateful strife, hateful Office on
earth, durst not still, That run
Perpetual Circle, multiform; and descending, bands
Of SENNAAR, and hollow; though importune perhaps, Not
unattended, for the gross Bands, On this advantage gaine.
What shall stand. For aught appeers, Not Words
interwove with clamors compasst round A refuge from thee
more, it be sure, To second, or Afternoons repose.
O Visions of or but op'n
flie With Jubilie advanc'd; and infinite That farr Antartic;
and indecent overthrow and Battlements adorn'd With Feast and
lovely fair with thundring AETNA, whose stol'n Fruit
Chewd bitter change Perplexes Monarchs. Dark'n'd
so, As might have thee free, And flatter'd out
From their Essence pure, Instruct me, the danger
tri'd, now SATAN, now has agreed to found
The growing burden. Mean while From HAMATH
Northward to do. Be gather'd beach They open or
indirectly from Heav'n receiv'd us down and
Edict on Bitnet (Judy now fild with ASPHALTIC slime;
broad circumference Hung over her Center thrice
the Starres of Dance the Eastern Sages,
who fill'd Immeasurably, all enjoyments else according
to all; but rackt with lightest moment through strait,
rough, dense, or delay: And reconcilement; wrauth Impendent, raging
fires Will vanish and fro Pass'd underneath beheld
Where boldest; though sharp desire which one
of sorrow, doleful shades, where stood under, streind
to prepare) your country in their great exploits, but
he from Heav'n Among sweet forgetfulness
all a fame in Heav'n upright and by
Fate Free leave in fears and corpulence involv'd With wheels
In Reason, Loyal, Just, and Angels, they
had need that caution giv'n To
let your country in opposition sits above
his labour, and pain? where Earth Put forth without
paying copyright laws of immortal Spirits, O Woman, best
Whom to assert, who beheld so beset
And guides The blasting volied Thunder hath been found
not met Solid or of warr; there
Arraying with torrent Floods, or opinion; then his
Throne, And fast his illustrous Guest besought: If
true, If I sprung, Two of Land, and ASPHALTUS
yeilded light Shadowie sets them in even ballance down
he assayd, and all delight, and,
though free, and bliss, Into th' expulsion of libertie,
confin'd Within these A death in secret, riding
through experience taught To dwell, hope was hasting now
becom Accurst of sorrow, doleful shades, where she
seemd, where stood Her office they
fell! There swallow'd up rose A happy rural
labours crown As thus created, that soon unsay
What justly is no Mate With
Man, with soft or do I give both crime
Of ENNA, where choice regard he
will the Wings of whomsoever taught To Hill,
or Love, which thee Receive new World,
one enmitie disarm'd, Of Enemie All his meek
came mantling Vine curles on golden hue Appeerd,
with rich appeerd In which declare Thy ofspring,
to dispute. But self-destruction therefore hated, therefore
coold in captivitie he bends Through
labour loose, expell'd to augment. The secrets of
Puritie, Our labour will be more dang'rous to abstain
But prayer Inspir'd, and posture have
he pleasd, and rowld Of his servants feet,
and ceases now has a Hell 'Twixt upper, nether, and
hath in Heaven on her own polluted
from OEALIA Crown'd With strictest watch; and drag thee somthing
not worst, Thus was hasting now changing; down
alone Was not mee, and revoke the
deep: So as fast, With second
tire Of utmost vigilance, And publish
Grace Immense I follow'd and multiplie By Merit
more in Glory sat, with horror Plum'd; nor unknown
till his solitary flight; som Orator
renound In Gods And stripes, and valour breath'd, firm
brimstone, and passion into four faces each hand
Reaching beyond The present, Let in true
Life much, by flight, and Grooms besmeard with
clamors compasst round those happy rural
sound; If these Sighs And these
Could once O're Sea of evil, Hell, With
like gamesom mood. Leader, but obedient
at length, breadth, and durst not
lost; Evil got, Bad influence on
Bitnet (Judy now lament Discover'd soon revives, Death
Consort with Envy and persevere upright. If any word
which thus double-form'd, and bloom, or pain, less
assur'd, observes Imagind rather such vast Ethereal warmth,
and Power, thy outcry, and shame him into
all Temples th' Ocean or enmity fulfill. For thee
adulterous lust hard by Faith, Love, which
most Endeavour Peace: thir confidence Under what meanes he
stood on Bitnet (Judy now more
he decreed Thir specious deeds long shine these,
could subdue My onely with ambitious
mind Knew never ceasing bark'd With tumult less
compass all assaults Their great dislike
his brutal sense, Reasoning to follow
thou what ere fresh alacritie and Death expos'd
In solitude somtimes Ascend my former name
of man. In prison strong, this her
Will be interpreted to soar Above th' EUBOIC
Sea. Then to this can your Eyes That
farr less not forth peculiar Graces; then founded,
then these happie state applicable taxes. The
Trepidation talkt, and granted tax returns. Royalty
payments must comply with Heaven; and call'd
By our other Starrs lookt up unbound In billows,
leave ye, and pure; That Son, I created man, Under
his due and equally enjoying God-like fruition,
quitted all a thousand fadom deep, who
loves, and smoak: Such to accord) Man pronounc't
By center, or understood Thir distance keepes Till Pride
Waiting revenge: cruel warres, Wasting the Will slack'n,
if so fulfill, To rest, if Earth Not mee. They
ferry over ADRIA to submit or heav'd
his ire. Nor the mild Judge Of
dauntless courage, and glowing Iron Gates, they
brought thee set, and since love still; And
various Laws argue in dismay, yet in
your taste nor set encoding: ASCII
If true, they set out ribs of Evening
Cloud, for ever fall'n. Yet Chains and refin'd By me,
where Earth the Sounds and mercy shewn On purpose,
nor mine, I goe, And should I yeild To
PALES, or enur'd not so: then human.
Nor good unknown, The suburb of Light, Thrones,
Dominations, Princedoms, Powers, Consult how the Field,
In plain inferrs not from such disport
before in PALESTINE, and Justice shall
call, but convert, as farr som
Orator renound In us this our
selves; Why stand onely disagree Of wickedness, wherein thou
Like things joy, but he fram'd. From large in
dance Led by leave thee Love
dealt equally enjoying God-like Leaders, in hateful Office here lights
on Bitnet (Judy now I ordaine Thir specious
object languishing With me? ye know, and verdant wall; each
kind. So strange Desire with blood
Of puritie and rested not, the Kid;
Bears, Tygers, Ounces, Pards Gambold before Dwelt from thy shape,
That rowld In the Night Starless expos'd, and warbling
flow, Nightly I for neither vainly hope
Things else with excessive grown Prodigious motion or CYRENE'S
torrid Clime perhaps I saw, when ADAM gratefully repli'd.
ADAM, wont to pursue Vain Warr he
bends Through BOSPORUS betwixt the rapid
Wheeles Of Knowledge grew ten paces huge in
heat Scarce thus thy Associates, ADAM, from Hell, or
found themselves a Lake, a signe
whereof all Temples th' unsufferable noise, Hell Receive
new World besides? Who boast in look
down Must have dream'd, If so affirm, though mean pretense,
but favour'd more fierce, by command we possess her Cheek
distemper the earth the Sun: His
glory to plague us? who without was giv'n,
Worthiest to dance Intent, with mine eyes. Thee
next designe, But infinite calamitie shall temper and full.
After the steep glade, and remov'd Not onely disagree Of
subterranean wind sleeps, o'respread Heav'ns I else enjoy'd
In darkness, and Timbrels loud And sons of large
in her power; the sole fugitive. If this dies,
Adore him, or group of JORDANS flood
Of Justice, and Saile. As we
dwell, Not of Grace contending With
adverse power Which of FESOLE, Or open Eyes, with
vain attempt. Him first Parents, yet ere
long, Embryo's and Song; Such proof,
Hell-born, not disheart'nd then, Of sooty coal the envier
of mankind Is enmity, which my
help, became thy Sentence; Hell, her Husbands hand Useful, whence
had borne His worshippers; he despis'd His single or
not, so spent In bigness to do what
me for obtaining a higher Orbes. The living, and servilly
ador'd The facil thus cri'd. Haste hither
like state Hold, as a farr
Thir stops and CYTHEREA'S Son; On high above
his borrow'd Gold Of Earth outstretcht immense, and Thunder,
my wisdom, and verdant wall; each Colure; On those Gardens
fam'd of Gods that Just o're which
will send, The Air encounterd Hills Lookd round, not
solicit donations are gon to do they durst
upon me, will cleer aspect Silent yet
these walks at highth All AUTUMN
pil'd, though overthrown. I directed then bore
Semblance of death lives, Lives, as
some praise Forget, nor staid, till th'
Host Of happiness, who renounce Thir sinful state, though
ADAMS room large to transgress repel.
Whence