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foreveoohavetheirlotinpain
llionsofspiritsforhisfaultarced
ofheaven,andfroteranlsplendoursflung
forhisrevoltyetfaithfulhoheystood,
theirgloryhered;as,whenheavensfire
hathsountainpines,
hsingedtoptheirstatelygrohoughbare,
standsontheblastedheathhenowprepared
tospeak;theirdoubledrankstheybend
froound
te
thriceheassayed,andthrice,inspiteofs,
tears,suchasangelsforth:atlast
erhsighsfoundouttheirway:
oriadsofiortalspiritsopowers
tchless,butighthandthatstrife
inglorious,thoughtheventwasdire,
asthisplacetestifies,andthisdirechange,
hatefultoutterbutind,
forseeingorpresaging,frohedepth
ofknoorpresent,uldhavefeared
hoedforceofgods,hoh
asstoodlikethese,uldeverknowrepulse
forbelieve,thoughafterloss,
thatallthesepuissantlegions,whoseexile
hathetiedheaven,shallfailtoreascend,
selfraised,andrepossesstheiativeseat
for,benessallthehostofheaven,
paradiselost
24of374
ifunselsdifferent,ordangershunned
by,havelostourhopesbuthewhoreigns
narchinheaventillthenasonesecure
satonhisthrone,upheldbyoldrepute,
nsentorcustoandhisregalstate
putforthatfull,butstillhisstrengthncealed
ptedourattet,andourfall
henightourown,
soasnoteithertoprovoke,ordread
neains
tolosedesign,byfraudorguile,
forceeffectednot;thathenoless
atlengthfrosyfind,es
byforcehathoverebuthalfhisfoe
spaceyproduceneorlds;whereofsorife
thereeinheaventhatheerelong
intendedtocreate,andthereinplant
agenerationhischoiceregard
shouldfavourequaltothesonsofheaven
thither,ifbuttopry,shallbeperhaps
ourfirsteruptionthither,orelsewhere;
forthisinfealpitshallneverhold
celestialspiritsinbondage,northabyss
longunderdarknessverbutthesethoughts
fullunselstturepeaceisdespaired;
forissionhen,war
openorunderstood,stberesolved
hespake;and,tonfirisflew
llionsofflangsthethighs
paradiselost
25of374
ofghtycherubithesuddenblaze
farroundillunedhellhighlytheyraged
againstthehighest,andfierces
clashedontheirsoundingshieldsthedinofwar,
hurlingdefiancetohevaultofheaven
therestoodahillnotfar,op
beloke;therestentire
shonehaglossyscurfundoubtedsign
thatinhisbetallire,
theher,hspeed,
anurousbrigadehastened:aswhenbands
ofpioneers,ed,
foreruntheroyalca,totrenchafield,
oron
on,theleasterectedspiritthatfell
froeaven;foreveninheavenhislooksandthoughts
ore
therient,troddengold,
thanaughtdivineorholyelseenjoyed
invisionbeatificbyhiirst
nalso,andbyhissuggestiontaught,
ransackedthecentre,andpioushands
rifledthebootherearth
fortreasuresbetterhidsoonhadhiscrew
openedintothehillaspaciouswound,
anddiggedoutribsofgoldletnoneadre
thatrichesgroaybest
deservethepreciousbaneandhereletthose
ortalthings,andell
paradiselost
26of374
ofbabel,andthephiankings,
leahoonuntsoffa
andstrength,andart,areeasilyoutdone
byspiritsreprobate,andinanhour
inanagethey,hincessanttoil
andhandsinnurable,s
nighontheplain,innycellsprepared,
thatundeeathhadveinsofliquidfire
sluiultitude
hassyore,
severingeachkind,andscuedthebulliondross
athirdassoonhadfordhintheground
avariousuld,andfroheboilingcells
bystrangenveyancefilledeachhollownook;
asinanorgan,froneblastofwind,
tonyarohesoundboardbreathes
anonoutoftheearthafabrichuge
roselikeanexhalation,hthesound
ofdulcetsyhoniesandvoicess
builtlikeatele,ersround
,anddoricpillarsoverlaid
hgoldenarchitrave;nordidthere
iceorfrieze,hbossysculpturesgraven;
therooftedgoldnotbabylon
norgreatalagnificence
equalledinalltheirglories,toenshrine
belusorserapistheirgods,orseat
theirkings,hassyriastrove
inhandluxurythascendingpile
paradiselost
27of374
stoodfixedherstatelyheight,andstraightthedoors,
openingtheirbrazenfolds,disver,wide
plespaooth
andlevelpavent:frohearchedroof,
pendentbysubtlegic,nyarow
ofstarrylasandblazingcressets,fed
hnapthaandasphaltus,yieldedlight
asfroskythehastyltitude
adringentered;andtheepraise,
andsothearchitecthishandwasknown
inheavenbynyatoructurehigh,
redangelsheldtheirresidence,
andsatasprinces,thesupreking
exaltedtosuchpoorule,
eachinhishierarchy,theordersbright
noreunheardorunadored
inancientgreece;andinausonianland
ncalledhiulciber;andhowhefell
froeaventheyfabled,thrownbyangryjove
sheeroertheo
tonoonhefell,frooontodewyeve,
asuersday,andhthesettingsun
droptfrohezenith,likeafallingstar,
onleos,thaegaeanislethustheyrelate,
erring;forhehthisrebelliousrout
felllongbefore;noraughtaviledhiow
tohavebuiltinheavenhightoape
byallhisengines,but,
hhisindustriouscreobuildinhell
paradiselost
28of374
annd
ofsovereignpoony
andtruetssound,throughoutthehostproclaibr >
asoleuncilforthhtobeheld
atpandeniuthehighcapital
ofsatanandhispeerstheirsuonscalled
froverybandandsquaredregint
byplaceorch
... </P></TD>
foreveoohavetheirlotinpain
llionsofspiritsforhisfaultarced
ofheaven,andfroteranlsplendoursflung
forhisrevoltyetfaithfulhoheystood,
theirgloryhered;as,whenheavensfire
hathsountainpines,
hsingedtoptheirstatelygrohoughbare,
standsontheblastedheathhenowprepared
tospeak;theirdoubledrankstheybend
froound
te
thriceheassayed,andthrice,inspiteofs,
tears,suchasangelsforth:atlast
erhsighsfoundouttheirway:
oriadsofiortalspiritsopowers
tchless,butighthandthatstrife
inglorious,thoughtheventwasdire,
asthisplacetestifies,andthisdirechange,
hatefultoutterbutind,
forseeingorpresaging,frohedepth
ofknoorpresent,uldhavefeared
hoedforceofgods,hoh
asstoodlikethese,uldeverknowrepulse
forbelieve,thoughafterloss,
thatallthesepuissantlegions,whoseexile
hathetiedheaven,shallfailtoreascend,
selfraised,andrepossesstheiativeseat
for,benessallthehostofheaven,
paradiselost
24of374
ifunselsdifferent,ordangershunned
by,havelostourhopesbuthewhoreigns
narchinheaventillthenasonesecure
satonhisthrone,upheldbyoldrepute,
nsentorcustoandhisregalstate
putforthatfull,butstillhisstrengthncealed
ptedourattet,andourfall
henightourown,
soasnoteithertoprovoke,ordread
neains
tolosedesign,byfraudorguile,
forceeffectednot;thathenoless
atlengthfrosyfind,es
byforcehathoverebuthalfhisfoe
spaceyproduceneorlds;whereofsorife
thereeinheaventhatheerelong
intendedtocreate,andthereinplant
agenerationhischoiceregard
shouldfavourequaltothesonsofheaven
thither,ifbuttopry,shallbeperhaps
ourfirsteruptionthither,orelsewhere;
forthisinfealpitshallneverhold
celestialspiritsinbondage,northabyss
longunderdarknessverbutthesethoughts
fullunselstturepeaceisdespaired;
forissionhen,war
openorunderstood,stberesolved
hespake;and,tonfirisflew
llionsofflangsthethighs
paradiselost
25of374
ofghtycherubithesuddenblaze
farroundillunedhellhighlytheyraged
againstthehighest,andfierces
clashedontheirsoundingshieldsthedinofwar,
hurlingdefiancetohevaultofheaven
therestoodahillnotfar,op
beloke;therestentire
shonehaglossyscurfundoubtedsign
thatinhisbetallire,
theher,hspeed,
anurousbrigadehastened:aswhenbands
ofpioneers,ed,
foreruntheroyalca,totrenchafield,
oron
on,theleasterectedspiritthatfell
froeaven;foreveninheavenhislooksandthoughts
ore
therient,troddengold,
thanaughtdivineorholyelseenjoyed
invisionbeatificbyhiirst
nalso,andbyhissuggestiontaught,
ransackedthecentre,andpioushands
rifledthebootherearth
fortreasuresbetterhidsoonhadhiscrew
openedintothehillaspaciouswound,
anddiggedoutribsofgoldletnoneadre
thatrichesgroaybest
deservethepreciousbaneandhereletthose
ortalthings,andell
paradiselost
26of374
ofbabel,andthephiankings,
leahoonuntsoffa
andstrength,andart,areeasilyoutdone
byspiritsreprobate,andinanhour
inanagethey,hincessanttoil
andhandsinnurable,s
nighontheplain,innycellsprepared,
thatundeeathhadveinsofliquidfire
sluiultitude
hassyore,
severingeachkind,andscuedthebulliondross
athirdassoonhadfordhintheground
avariousuld,andfroheboilingcells
bystrangenveyancefilledeachhollownook;
asinanorgan,froneblastofwind,
tonyarohesoundboardbreathes
anonoutoftheearthafabrichuge
roselikeanexhalation,hthesound
ofdulcetsyhoniesandvoicess
builtlikeatele,ersround
,anddoricpillarsoverlaid
hgoldenarchitrave;nordidthere
iceorfrieze,hbossysculpturesgraven;
therooftedgoldnotbabylon
norgreatalagnificence
equalledinalltheirglories,toenshrine
belusorserapistheirgods,orseat
theirkings,hassyriastrove
inhandluxurythascendingpile
paradiselost
27of374
stoodfixedherstatelyheight,andstraightthedoors,
openingtheirbrazenfolds,disver,wide
plespaooth
andlevelpavent:frohearchedroof,
pendentbysubtlegic,nyarow
ofstarrylasandblazingcressets,fed
hnapthaandasphaltus,yieldedlight
asfroskythehastyltitude
adringentered;andtheepraise,
andsothearchitecthishandwasknown
inheavenbynyatoructurehigh,
redangelsheldtheirresidence,
andsatasprinces,thesupreking
exaltedtosuchpoorule,
eachinhishierarchy,theordersbright
noreunheardorunadored
inancientgreece;andinausonianland
ncalledhiulciber;andhowhefell
froeaventheyfabled,thrownbyangryjove
sheeroertheo
tonoonhefell,frooontodewyeve,
asuersday,andhthesettingsun
droptfrohezenith,likeafallingstar,
onleos,thaegaeanislethustheyrelate,
erring;forhehthisrebelliousrout
felllongbefore;noraughtaviledhiow
tohavebuiltinheavenhightoape
byallhisengines,but,
hhisindustriouscreobuildinhell
paradiselost
28of374
annd
ofsovereignpoony
andtruetssound,throughoutthehostproclaibr >
asoleuncilforthhtobeheld
atpandeniuthehighcapital
ofsatanandhispeerstheirsuonscalled
froverybandandsquaredregint
byplaceorch
... </P></TD>