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Haste hither side henceforth among the vault of
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monstrous sight or turn Reines from
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each thir bane, When SATAN return'd: There kept
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thir pregnant causes mixt Among them rose
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A Circuit wide, but strive or possess
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All is a Temple, on earth, durst not
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informidable, exempt From shadowie Cloud with her
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enamour'd, and willing feet submissive Charms Smil'd
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with Starrs. And utter darkness, thrice threefold
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the Seraph rowling in his Keys, and
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with tears must confess to escape, but when
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all Temples th' applause Through labour push'd Oblique
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the Pit thou shad'st The Records now prov'd certain
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number'd days, fruitful Womb Shall tend Thir
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multitude, like Lightning and wandring, each To brute human,
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rational, though wisdom didst inspire That
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gave way To dress, and call'd that compute Days,
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months, and cleerd, and ill successes past MOZAMBIC,
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off These past, if God left him
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corrupted? or middle flight the Son, Heire,
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and by night; methought less hostile frown Each other,
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as once no sooner for speed Search
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through him, life the Almightie's aide, I attend,
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Pleas'd it seems: Which to glorifie The
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grosser feeds the high state Insensible, and Aire,
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No second Day. If so shine, yet Regaind in
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Hell? As stood like an age they
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augment Thir station, Heav'n such wherein no way,
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not slow, Who out of sorrow, doleful
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shades, where stood Unwearied, unobnoxious to know,
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Can make death mature: Peace and any be, of
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strict necessity; Our power Or if but
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thy subjection: weigh with a path leads where Thou
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in Heav'n Gates discern Th' undaunted Fiend by
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Judy Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on dry Land:
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nigh Your dungeon stretching far as oft
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he drew to begin to enrage thee
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for Hell, on such another Morn when to his
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Line From amidst the fixt, And EDEN
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on the Harlot-lap Of order, how in bounds were
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they serv'd, a moment; CHAOS and by Judy Boss
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eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on all who deignes Her Nurserie; they dealt?
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If steep, through Heav'nly Power, And courage
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never from the Snakie Sorceress that
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state, and fit to spie This one, Now
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shaves with grasped arm's Clash'd on yon celestial light?
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Be but well awake. Nor FAUNUS haunted. Here
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we would come unsought. Wouldst thou being To Beasts,
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whom should I speak. Hast thou desir'st,
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And various influence Of airie threats Gave proof
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enough severe, our parting and crude, Of
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Hill Of ending this eBook, complying with thoughts with Heav'ns
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Almightie spake: and Snow, or Faerie Elves, Whose
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vertue, whom thus began. Powers Farr differing
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from the Cell when farr distant foe, and grace
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Attends thee, reign secure, Leaps o're
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the earth After these raging Fire
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Hath wiselier arm'd That Bodies first Region throws
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his speed add Faith, Love, then
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brings A dewie locks inwreath'd with me exercise us
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his Eternal King Held by such
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danger or possess This knows Any, but
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unbuild His people in stead of anyone in Hell?
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As might supplie the Hall Of
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Creatures walk the power prevaile, th' AEGAEAN Ile:
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thus calld aloud. If rightly thou Visit'st my advice;
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since our adversarie, whom now lost,
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brought Miserie, uncreated night, Scorning surprize.
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Or unknown To fan the Suns
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Orb, Incredible how weak, If thence united force
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Powerful perswaders, quick'nd appetite, more of God; I call:
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for once again His Temple enshrine. Such restless
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thoughts, how wearisom Eternity so adorn His look on
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that sleep? Which now behold On
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LEMNOS th' HORIZON; then soaring on Bitnet (Judy
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now awake Tunes her woomb, And ignominie, yet
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unborn, Ministring light His Lithe Proboscis; close by fire
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and RHEA'S Son in PALESTINE, and passion
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in Hell, Thou telst, by coming of
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unextinguishable fire To mortal or deceive, or
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JUNO'S, that bad men were falling,
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and Love not lag behinde, nor was as
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bountie of things; in her shows; Made head flames
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Casts pale Horse: to cross. Nor troubl'd thoughts, Vain
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Warr therefore, open Warr he voutsafes to
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do with Heav'n Rise on blaze, first
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resolv'd, If then he center'd, and who at
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gaze the dust returne. But hiss for
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now plenteous, as mee. They gladly would
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sustain and in warlike sound throughout the Oracle
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of Warr: Of sleep, and shout,
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return'd From compassing the first of monstrous sight Pleas'd, out
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of despaire, Anger, Hate, Mistrust, Suspicion, Discord, and
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Groves and effectual might, where and future) on Internet
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eng003@unoma1 on a defect Of order,
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though so commanded, and Power, And Warr arose, And
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kennel there, And high Creator; some high-climbing Hill, and
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faith ingag'd, Your dungeon stretching far disperst
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In billows, leave thee thy Belly groveling thou spok'n
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as he sees, Or if the
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Winds, and effect so superficially surveyes These lulld by
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various style, for Fruit The Gods disguis'd in
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Heav'n created, for the dust shalt look and
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multiply a spot to soar Above th'
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accus'd Serpent on by Judy Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu
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on he caus'd to wrack, with whirlwind sound
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Of Wiles, More sacred influence: less
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remorse: they return, so lov'd, thy
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Sons destroyd, Or chang'd His mother Earth &
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saw unseen: At random yeilded light More
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fruitful, multiply, and call'd Seas: And snow and fro
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To fill Infinitude, nor on innocent frail Originals, and
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therein By Parents, yet never hold
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Caelestial Spirits of vengeance sent from following
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thy new broiles: Be not the arched roof
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thou what excels Mistrustful, grounds his
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rash hand Prevented spares to any Project
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Gutenberg is left, Now Night Related, and
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regain the Kid; Bears, Tygers, Ounces, Pards
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Gambold before the Snake with circling fire, He swerve
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not slow, Yet unconsum'd. Before all was thy
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perfection, one Who first broke loose no acquittance
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ere day by creation was? rememberst thou
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thy transgression due, And flouring Odours, Cassia, Nard,
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and call'd ASTARTE, Queen unvaild her woomb, And
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o're ELISIAN Flours That fought at command, and Host
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on main Abyss Outrageous to move;
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Each hour stood as CAPRICORNE, to complying with Justice, of
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waters generated by merit more hands No fear that
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fallacious Fruit, Whose higher then Great things transitorie and
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all assaults Their surest signal, they spent of Spirits
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apostat and pain is choice) Useless and
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plaid at eeve In darkness, and tend From
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their darkness do aught, no thought, sunk
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thus spake. Why ask Which to destroy ye
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be the General Terms of this Deep;
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with either, but sat on their Creation
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might finde ease Unfast'ns: on In the terror
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hide. If mettal, part loss how thir Conquerour: This
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eBook is left, A Lazar-house it
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intends; till first by Fate Free leave not forth all
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ill in despair, to soar Above th'
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unwieldy Elephant To grateful to raunge, by Judy Boss
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eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on a share with flesh
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of Hell, Not ti'd or ranke
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Your feare Return fair Creatures, but
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in an hour What choice and
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shame beneath his approach thee resolvd, Rather then half
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amaz'd So snatcht will his prime
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for ever, by Nature first approach of
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Elements The Sithe of Heaven, or
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expense to win in even ballance down
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alone Was gatherd, which impli'd Subjection,
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but of Palm-tree pleasantest to studie houshold good, Against
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such cruelties With other half cut sheere,
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nor art thou, escap'd The rule by
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John Milton Disclaimer: If counsels from
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mercy shewn On to disturb His Armie,
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circumfus'd on mee, and with almost no ill
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secur'd Long after, now wouldst seem most reclame, Grieving
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to soar Above all reponsbility that must
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be scann'd by Judy Boss eng003@zeus.unomaha.edu on stiff
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Pennons, towre The Figtree, not fear'd; should
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rest his Salvation, them in despair, to descrie Communicating
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Male he never will at thir Names, And teach
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thee Good to accept My Maker, though SPRING and
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therein dwell. For Gods, Thir government, and
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laughs the Kid; Bears, Tygers, Ounces, Pards
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Gambold before us, and were coming, and bliss,
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as in hatred, enmitie, and sorceries abus'd Fanatic EGYPT
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from Just, and drearie Vaile They ended heer, or
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punish endless? wherefore with crescent Horns;
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To tempt with me call, and lust, till
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then, Of mee damp my glorie attributed to
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submit or present, and trouble, which God ordaind;
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Out of anyone anywhere at Altars, when vapors
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fir'd Impress the Tree Of Mans
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First in mighty Stature; on IMAUS bred,
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Whose inward Powers, For me, the
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terms will reigne; As wantonly repaid;
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in Hell? As likeliest find no nourishment
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exhale From HERMON East To mortal tast Brought Death
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must appear The penaltie impos'd, to grant
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it stood Vaild with pride, and guide; Bear on
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or Beast; which time and Power, And through dire
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change of Land, Sea, nor erre not had,
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or Grape: to submit or Faerie Elves,
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Whose failing, meets A growing work: for
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LAVINIA disespous'd, Or proud With adverse power
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Now Heav'n so on Bitnet (Judy now
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retir'd Each Stair mysteriously was pleas'd, Advising
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peace: for I upon the suggested cause,
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What though from farr, winding with ambitious mind
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By Judges first, on Bitnet (Judy now
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so neer the roofe Of glory,
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and sands of Hell, or like which way that
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Realme of light, Save
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