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stopportuneghtservehiswiles;andfound
paradiselost
242of374
theserpentsubtlestbeastofallthefield
hifterlongdebate,irresolute
ofthoughtsrevolved,hisfinalsentencechose
fitvessel,fittestioffraud,in
toenter,andhisdarksuggestionshide
froharpestsight:for,inthewilysnake
eversleights,noneark,
asfroisandnativesubtlety
proceeding;herbeastsobserved,
doubtghtbegetofdiabolickpower
activehin,beyondthesenseofbrute
thusheresolved,butfirstfronwardgrief
hisburstingpassionintoplaintsthuspoured
rejustly,seathierofgods,asbuilt
ingwasold
oearth,hooheaven,ifnotpreferred
forgod,afterbetter,worsewouldbuild
terrestrialheaven,dancedroundbyotherheavens
thatshine,yetbeartheirbrightoffips,
lightabovelight,fortheealone,assee,
intheens
ofsacredinfluenceasgodinheaven
iscenter,yetextendstoall;sothou,
centring,receivestfrollthoseorbs:inthee,
notintheelves,alltheirknoueappears
productiveinherb,plant,andnoblerbirth
ofcreaturesanitehgraduallife
ofgrodupinn
hdelightuldihaveheeround,
paradiselost
243of374
ifiuldjoyinaught,sinterchange
ofhill,andvalley,rivers,woods,andplains,
nohforestcrowned,
rocks,dens,andcavesbutiinnoneofthese
findplaoreisee
pleasuresabout,sochreifeel
tote,asfrohehatefulsiege
ofntraries:allgoodtobees
bane,andinheavenchystate
butneitherhereseeki,nonorinheaven
todasteringheavenssupre;
norhopetobeselflessserable
byakesuch
asi,thoughtherebyeredound:
foronlyindestroyingifindease
torelentlessthoughts;and,hiestroyed,
orayterloss,
forallthisade,allthiswillsoon
follolinkedinwealorwoe;
inayrange:
toshallbetheglorysoleang
theinfealpoarred
ightystyled,sixnightsanddays
ntinuedking;andlong
beforehadbeenntrivingthoughperhaps
notlongerthansincei,inonenight,freed
froervitudeingloriouswellnighhalf
theangelickna,andthinnerleftthethrong
ofhisadorers:he,tobeavenged,
paradiselost
244of374
andtorepairhisnuersthusiaired,
hersuchvirtuespentofoldnowfailed
reangelstocreate,iftheyatleast
arehisore,
deteedtoadvan
aedofearth,andhindow,
exaltedfroobaseoriginal,
hheavenlyspoils,ourspoils:hedecreed,
heeffebuilt
gnificentthishhisseat,
hiordpronounced;and,oindignity
subjectedtohisserviceangelwings,
andflangnisterstochandtend
theirearthlycharge:ofthesethevigilance
idread;and,toelude,thusist
ofdnightvapourglideobscure,andpry
ineverybushandbrake,ayfind
theserpentsleeping;inazyfolds
tohide,andthedarkintentibring
ofouldescentthati,ntended
norained
intoabeast;and,xede,
thisessenbrute,
thattothehighthofdeityaspired
butbitionandrevenge
descendtoustdownaslow
ashighhesoared;obnoxious,firstorlast,
tobasestthingsrevenge,atfirstthoughs,
bittererelong,backonitselfreils:
paradiselost
245of374
letit;irecknot,soitlighted,
sin
provokesenvy,thisnee
ofheaven,thisnofclay,sonofdespite,
,ustheretospite,hiskerraised
froust:spitethenhspiteisbestrepaid
sosaying,througheachthicketdankordry,
likeablackstloreeping,heheldon
hisdnightsearch,ightfind
theserpent;hiastsleepingsoonhefound
inlabyrinthofnyaroundselfrolled,
hisheadthedst,oredhsubtilewiles:
notyetinhorridshadeordislden,
noocentyet;but,onthegrassyherb,
fearlessunfearedheslept:inathisuth
thedevilentered;andhisbrutalsense,
inheartorhead,possessing,sooninspired
hactintelligential;buthissleep
disturbednot,o
nobegantodawn
inedenonthehudflohatbreathed
theiringincense,hings,thatbreathe,
froheearthsgreataltarsendupsilentpraise
tothecreator,andhisnostrilsfill
ell,forthcathehunpair,
andjoinedtheirvocalothequire
ofcreaturesingvoice;thatdone,partake
theseasonpriforsestscentsandairs:
thenne,hoayply
paradiselost
246of374
theirgrouchtheirgrew
thehandsdispatchoftwogardeningsowide,
andevefirsttoherhusbandthusbegan
adaayilltodress
thisgarden,stilltotendplant,herb,andflower,
ourpleasanttaskenjoined;but,tillrehands
aidus,theworkunderourlabourgrows,
luxuriousbyrestraint;webyday
lopovergrown,orprune,orprop,orbind,
onenightorthongrowthderides
tendingtohereforenowadvise,
orbearyndfirstthoughtspresent:
letusdivideourlabours;thou,hoice
leadsthee,orostneeds,hertowind
thehisarbour,ordirect
theclaspingivyb;whilei,
inyonderspringofrosesinterxed
yrtle,findtoredresstillnoon:
for,herthusallday
ourtaskwonderifsonear
looksinterveneandsles,orobjectnew
casualdisursedraits
ourdaystolittle,thoughbegun
early,andthehourofsupperesuneaed
toldansthusretued
soleeve,assoebeyond
pareabovealllivingcreaturesdear
otioned,ployed,
hoightbestfulfilthehhere
paradiselost
247of374
godhathassignedus;norofshaltpass
unpraised:foothingloveliercanbefound
inan,thantostudyhousholdgood,
andgoodworks
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stopportuneghtservehiswiles;andfound
paradiselost
242of374
theserpentsubtlestbeastofallthefield
hifterlongdebate,irresolute
ofthoughtsrevolved,hisfinalsentencechose
fitvessel,fittestioffraud,in
toenter,andhisdarksuggestionshide
froharpestsight:for,inthewilysnake
eversleights,noneark,
asfroisandnativesubtlety
proceeding;herbeastsobserved,
doubtghtbegetofdiabolickpower
activehin,beyondthesenseofbrute
thusheresolved,butfirstfronwardgrief
hisburstingpassionintoplaintsthuspoured
rejustly,seathierofgods,asbuilt
ingwasold
oearth,hooheaven,ifnotpreferred
forgod,afterbetter,worsewouldbuild
terrestrialheaven,dancedroundbyotherheavens
thatshine,yetbeartheirbrightoffips,
lightabovelight,fortheealone,assee,
intheens
ofsacredinfluenceasgodinheaven
iscenter,yetextendstoall;sothou,
centring,receivestfrollthoseorbs:inthee,
notintheelves,alltheirknoueappears
productiveinherb,plant,andnoblerbirth
ofcreaturesanitehgraduallife
ofgrodupinn
hdelightuldihaveheeround,
paradiselost
243of374
ifiuldjoyinaught,sinterchange
ofhill,andvalley,rivers,woods,andplains,
nohforestcrowned,
rocks,dens,andcavesbutiinnoneofthese
findplaoreisee
pleasuresabout,sochreifeel
tote,asfrohehatefulsiege
ofntraries:allgoodtobees
bane,andinheavenchystate
butneitherhereseeki,nonorinheaven
todasteringheavenssupre;
norhopetobeselflessserable
byakesuch
asi,thoughtherebyeredound:
foronlyindestroyingifindease
torelentlessthoughts;and,hiestroyed,
orayterloss,
forallthisade,allthiswillsoon
follolinkedinwealorwoe;
inayrange:
toshallbetheglorysoleang
theinfealpoarred
ightystyled,sixnightsanddays
ntinuedking;andlong
beforehadbeenntrivingthoughperhaps
notlongerthansincei,inonenight,freed
froervitudeingloriouswellnighhalf
theangelickna,andthinnerleftthethrong
ofhisadorers:he,tobeavenged,
paradiselost
244of374
andtorepairhisnuersthusiaired,
hersuchvirtuespentofoldnowfailed
reangelstocreate,iftheyatleast
arehisore,
deteedtoadvan
aedofearth,andhindow,
exaltedfroobaseoriginal,
hheavenlyspoils,ourspoils:hedecreed,
heeffebuilt
gnificentthishhisseat,
hiordpronounced;and,oindignity
subjectedtohisserviceangelwings,
andflangnisterstochandtend
theirearthlycharge:ofthesethevigilance
idread;and,toelude,thusist
ofdnightvapourglideobscure,andpry
ineverybushandbrake,ayfind
theserpentsleeping;inazyfolds
tohide,andthedarkintentibring
ofouldescentthati,ntended
norained
intoabeast;and,xede,
thisessenbrute,
thattothehighthofdeityaspired
butbitionandrevenge
descendtoustdownaslow
ashighhesoared;obnoxious,firstorlast,
tobasestthingsrevenge,atfirstthoughs,
bittererelong,backonitselfreils:
paradiselost
245of374
letit;irecknot,soitlighted,
sin
provokesenvy,thisnee
ofheaven,thisnofclay,sonofdespite,
,ustheretospite,hiskerraised
froust:spitethenhspiteisbestrepaid
sosaying,througheachthicketdankordry,
likeablackstloreeping,heheldon
hisdnightsearch,ightfind
theserpent;hiastsleepingsoonhefound
inlabyrinthofnyaroundselfrolled,
hisheadthedst,oredhsubtilewiles:
notyetinhorridshadeordislden,
noocentyet;but,onthegrassyherb,
fearlessunfearedheslept:inathisuth
thedevilentered;andhisbrutalsense,
inheartorhead,possessing,sooninspired
hactintelligential;buthissleep
disturbednot,o
nobegantodawn
inedenonthehudflohatbreathed
theiringincense,hings,thatbreathe,
froheearthsgreataltarsendupsilentpraise
tothecreator,andhisnostrilsfill
ell,forthcathehunpair,
andjoinedtheirvocalothequire
ofcreaturesingvoice;thatdone,partake
theseasonpriforsestscentsandairs:
thenne,hoayply
paradiselost
246of374
theirgrouchtheirgrew
thehandsdispatchoftwogardeningsowide,
andevefirsttoherhusbandthusbegan
adaayilltodress
thisgarden,stilltotendplant,herb,andflower,
ourpleasanttaskenjoined;but,tillrehands
aidus,theworkunderourlabourgrows,
luxuriousbyrestraint;webyday
lopovergrown,orprune,orprop,orbind,
onenightorthongrowthderides
tendingtohereforenowadvise,
orbearyndfirstthoughtspresent:
letusdivideourlabours;thou,hoice
leadsthee,orostneeds,hertowind
thehisarbour,ordirect
theclaspingivyb;whilei,
inyonderspringofrosesinterxed
yrtle,findtoredresstillnoon:
for,herthusallday
ourtaskwonderifsonear
looksinterveneandsles,orobjectnew
casualdisursedraits
ourdaystolittle,thoughbegun
early,andthehourofsupperesuneaed
toldansthusretued
soleeve,assoebeyond
pareabovealllivingcreaturesdear
otioned,ployed,
hoightbestfulfilthehhere
paradiselost
247of374
godhathassignedus;norofshaltpass
unpraised:foothingloveliercanbefound
inan,thantostudyhousholdgood,
andgoodworks
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