daily-robot-milton/poem_2021-12-30.txt
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If your Legions under ground Fast we claim
My Glorie, my assiduous cries: But thee, how chang'd
Into his memorie, as one greater to do against his
Peers: attention still thou alone? wherefore let thee thus,
unmovd with Envy and keep, by day shall his
timely of Heaven Gate, from mercy shewn On LEMNOS th'
imbattelld Seraphim with genial moisture, when the Vision led me,
the surging waves, There went Obsequious, Heav'n acceptance;
but that God, Creator wise, As we
need All space, till hoarse, and fearless,
nor restrain'd conveyance fill'd Immeasurably, all thy strength,
though doubld now his Carol sung. A space, till
men wont thir Metropolis, and waves of Spirits of
sorrow, doleful shades, where each To know, and therein
live, Though wide, but Fate Free
Vertue fails, or numerous then Great triumph and
peaceful sloath, Not likely to Arms
We should we most irregular they serve In
confus'd march from the Books of birth
Of contumacie will he disdaind, and Battlements
adorn'd With Jubilie advanc'd; and laughs the sound-board breaths. Anon
they needs must be told, So
hardie as him soon he rear'd me, O Son,
by sad event, That dwelt then stood There is life
dies, and somwhat rais'd By the way be
offer'd, he spake. Deliverer from begging peace:
but gathers heap, and excite Fallacious
hope, or fronted Brigads form. However, and
possess Life the din; thus Follow'd
in whom, SATAN in quaternion run Potable
Gold, And hath wrought our part: yee little which
plenteously The Pilot of God; That with Fire;
Nathless he drew not Thir soft oppression seis'd the
Vision led me, from mercy shewn On errands over
his kinde; And reck'n'st thou stoodst in dismal
world, and stray'd so it toilsom, yet in
heat from the Cross By Spirits apostat and
show The riches of Heav'ns ascent is accessed,
displayed, performed, viewed, copied or access was askt.
The Heads and gorg'd, nigh at my fill all
these magnific Titles now direct Thir lighter wings.
As far disperst In eminence, and ruinous (to
compare Great Or other Beasts alone, Best with
whom SATAN spake, and Saile. As
us'd they shoot forth the mightiest Monarchies;
his Host, rode brightest, till gently mov'd
on bended knee His daring foe,
at hand, and Michael Hart, the dore
Obsequious darkness visible Serv'd only enlighten, but
thenceforth Endu'd with public peace, denouncing wrauth shall
resound thee unblam'd? since against a surging waves, There
with delusive Light, Which when the
seat Thir specious deeds Fearless, endanger'd
Heav'ns King, though mean me set? Among the
total darkness should most High, Thee SION Hill
retir'd, from him disfigur'd, more lewd Fell not, and
with circling fire, He ended, and
therein plant A passage to accept as may know
must require Thy malice to my glorie
excel, But fall'n condition is, to soar Above all liability,
costs and with clamors compasst round the
Cope of Hell, nor sociably mild,
but far as lively shines In amorous descant
sung; Silence accompanied, for mankind With borrowd light she
did, whatever stands Least it divide The infernal Vaile
They dreaded through experience taught the fixt Laws our
loss of strict watch Against a liveless Rib.
Being as is judicious, is low raise Magnificence; and
lies; this subject not; I did he voutsafes to me,
the Minstrelsie of anyone anywhere at all;
but returns Day, Which we his
sake will grow in Gods disguis'd in fears
and knows my remembrance alwayes with speediest of
anyone in despair, to glorifie The evil dayes lot
in Heav'n God only, shee for Lightning see her
ruin last, him disfigur'd, more Cease I
fled him, thy trial onely disagree Of prohibition,
who first art thou, escap'd The key of
monstrous size, TITANIAN, or of unextinguishable fire
Must be hid, Progressive, retrograde, or
taste, Food of Warr, My overshadowing
Spirit Taught them, saying, through experience of worth ambition
though matchless, and with me thy shape,
So sung Omnipotent, Immutable, Immortal, Infinite, Eternal spirits;
or talk of monstrous size, TITANIAN, or condens't,
bright beam, that rape begot These paths and
thrice the Bullion dross: A chance the Eye.
To sanctitie that contest appeer'd The
Calf in bredth, and corpulence involv'd Thir nimble
tread; as likely habitants, or degree, of light,
Angels, or have thought?) escap'd The utmost power
Or cast and not what other side Abandond at Altars,
when AEGYPT with me round, Kindl'd
through experience of blustring winds, which might so
wak'd her, but by Noon retir'd, In Reason, might the
future we must exasperate Th' aspiring To Beasts, or
neerer to men. Immediately a fat Meddow ground; or slimie,
as sons of Warr, Nor stop thy
cours by angry Victor Angels, Progenie of death
releast Some wandring Gods disguis'd in
Heav'n receiv'd us down in Heav'n
URANIA, by place of monstrous shapes and motion?
and present journey) and th' ASSYRIAN mount
CASIUS old, to pluck such wherein were they rag'd Against
the Realm is reason, to my
left besides Prone on by collision of Pomp
and distributed in FRANCISCAN think to despise God
Rais'd impious PHAROAH hung Like change Varie to
enrage thee sever'd from JOVE. Her stores were falling, had
levied Warr, O how can Is past, man
his Salvation, them from Earth the
lawless Tyrant, who first Made thee still within
Lights as broke loose? is else be
peace, denouncing wrauth also? be wish'd, but then
when ARGO pass'd On whom will Prayer, Or not
I: if but he but th' occasion, whether washt
by gradual scale sublim'd To waste beyond dust returne. But
confidence to accept not Heav'n Rise on your Curse! Ah,
why hast combin'd; Much wondring lookt, beside it
don: My Bowels, their Essence pure,
then serve Willing or bind, One greater, of peace
within, due Giv'n me once, Powerful perswaders,
quick'nd appetite, that Seed at command, and thee. Haste
hither side ACANTHUS, and therein plant A gentle tear
let this essential, happier EDEN, till thus
reduc't becomes, His farr remov'd, Least wilfully transgressing he stalkes
with a Rib he snuff'd the less ancient
TARSUS held, or heav'd his care
And full face of Heav'n. O sent from SYRIAN
ground, or fleecy Flock, Ewes and goes: but cast
him sore besides, vaulted with fire
and them yet mixt with thwart
of longing eye; Nor glistering, may for neither
various Names, Needlest to like themselves among the
INDIAN Mount, or Adulterie, where he pleasd, and bound Within
the Son, thou abhorr'st That under the status
of mankind, By Thousands and brus'd Into
the rest; so repulst, with revenge: cruel warres, Wasting
the self-same hour? why In freedome
equal? or dismal Situation waste Her
hand Celestial Ardors, where he seem'd, but thir languisht hope
Of lustre rich imblaz'd, Seraphic arms The Air those
Which gives to incorporeal Spirits may conclude Some
disadvantage we claim in Glory witherd. As Battel to
fall into our eyes, that PLUTONIAN Hall, invisible or
employee of anyone anywhere at general fall Down a
Floud thee adulterous lust hard With Golden Cloud withdraws,
I assume, or Faerie Elves, Whose easier enterprize?
There in Heav'n created, that tour'd Fould above all
things, quintessence of whom New troubles; him
burnes, Though kept the TUSCAN Artist
views At first, who now on Bitnet (Judy now
expect great Warr, O innocence Melt,
as Are ever world, and Create Plenipotent on Of
Rebel King and flaming Warriours, Arme again provoke
Our purer essence then let mee expung'd and with wings
With Rose like state applicable taxes. The
Calf in hell. Mean while Sonorous mettal blowing
Myrrh and showr the Devil enterd, and
descending, bands Of natures works, so late
so over ADRIA to ADAM's doubt and ASHTAROTH,
those proud fair, nor care perhaps Not incorruptible would
full of truth thus moving toward the
Royal Camp, to observe Immutably his
gifts receavd. But his name of God; That might
Extort from despare. If true, they
wish'd the rest are in highth enrag'd, Will ye
die. How art thou, and Dales, ye chos'n this
gloom; the Firmament: So farr som
are past Ages of God) Th' Empire of him,
who showrd the Gate, Deep malice to let
hang, as you prepare thee from Eternal ANARCHIE, amidst Thick
as much what the Hall (Though like defence, to bend
The facil gates of God? Him first
devis'd By wondrous works, so perfet
while Warr so cleer, sharp'nd his praise. With branches
hung on dry Land he sole Of NORUMBEGA, and
revoke the Book of us dispossest, He
brought him last, repli'd. Apostat, and fully hast seen
A Foe Tempting affronts us the Garden; thence
to evince Thir mighty wings he
then if that pain Torments him; round
Ninefold, and Creeping things, and with rosie hand seemd
highly they could suspect our Lord, And kennel
there, nor could make wise: Think not, but sat
as are decreed, Reserv'd him Enthron'd Sat on Bitnet (Judy
now they naked thus, though his armed Files Darts
his warlike Parade, When CHARLEMAIN with ambitious to
faile.