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bloodwillreign
alanpofldanddry
toe
thebalflifetoourancestor
henceforthiflynotdeath,norwouldprolong
lifech;bentrather,hoaybequit,
fairestandeasiest,ofthiscurouscharge;
ustkeeptillappointedday
ofrenderingup,andpatientlyattend
dissolutionchaelreplied
norlovethylife,norhate;butthoulivest
liveittoheaven:
andnoheeforanothersight
helooked,andsaiousplain,whereon
e,wereherds
ofcattlegrazing;others,hesound
ofinstrunts,thatdelodiouschi,
washeard,ofharpandorgan;and,oved
theirstopsandchords,touch,
instinctthroughallproportions,lowandhigh,
fledandpursuedtransversetheresonantfugue
inotherpartstoodoheforge
paradiselost
339of374
labouring,tassyclodsofironandbrass
hadlted,herfoundasualfire
hadountainorinvale,
dootheveinsofearth;thenceglidinghot
tosocavesuth;or
fronderground;theliquidorehedrained
intofituldsprepared;frod
firsthisoightelsebe
fusilorgravenintalafterthese,
butonthehitherside,adifferentsort
frohehighneighbouringhills,heirseat,
dootheplaindescended;bytheirguise
justntheyseed,andalltheirstudybent
to,andknowhisworks
nothid;northosethingslast,ightpreserve
freedondpeaceton;theyontheplain
longhadnotthetents,behold
abevyoffairen,richlygay
ingeandondress;totheharptheysung
softarousditties,andindancecaon:
then,thoughgrave,eyedtheandlettheireyes
roveorous
fastcaught,theyliked;andeachhislikingchose;
andnoheytreat,tilltheeveningstar,
lovesharbinger,appeared;then,allinheat
theylightthenuptialtorch,andbidinvoke
hyn,thenfirsttorriageritesinvoked:
usickallthetentsresound
suchhappyintervie
paradiselost
340of374
ofloveandyouthnotlost,songs,garlands,flowers,
andchagsyhonies,attachedtheheart
ofadasooninitdelight,
thebentofnature;husexpressed
trueopenerofneeyes,priangelblest;
orehope
ofpeacefuldaysportends,thanthoset;
thoseuchworse;
herenatureseefulfilledinallherends
tothuschaeljudgenotisbest
bypleasure,thoughtonatureseenget;
created,asthouart,tonoblerend
holyandpure,nfortydivine
thosetentsthousasopleasant,hetents
ofkedness,e
udioustheyappear
ofartsthatpolishlife,inventersrare;
unndfuloftheirker,thoughhisspirit
taughtthebuttheyhisgiftsacknowledgednone
yettheyabeauteousoffspringshallbeget;
forthatfairfeletroopthousaed
ofgoddesses,soblithe,sosoth,sogay,
yetetyofallgoods
ansdostickhonourandchiefpraise;
bredonlyandpletedtothetaste
oflustfulappetence,tosing,todance,
todress,andtrollthetongue,androlltheeye:
tothesethatsoberraen,whoselives
religioustitledthehesonsofgod,
paradiselost
341of374
shallyieldupalltheirvirtue,alltheirfa
ignobly,tothetrainsandtothesles
ofthesefairatheists;andnoinjoy,
erelongtosatlarge;andlaugh,forh
theustweep
tothusadaofshortjoybereft
opityandsha,thatthey,olivewell
enteredsofair,shouldtuasidetotread
pathsindireid
butstilliseethetenourofnswoe
holdsonthesa,frontobegin
froanseffenateslacknessitbegins,
saidtheangel,terholdhisplace
by,andsuperiourgiftsreceived
butnoheeforanotherscene
helooked,andsaerritoryspread
beforehitoween;
enhloftygatesandtowers,
nurseinar,fiercefacesthreateningwar,
giantsofghtyboneandbolderise;
parts,partingsteed,
singleorinarrayofbattleranged
bothhorseandfoot,noridlysteringstood;
oneforagedrives
aherdofbeeves,fairoxenandfairkine,
frofatadoyflock,
ebsovertheplain,
theirbooty;scarcehlifetheshepherdsfly,
butcallinaid,akesabloodyfray;
paradiselost
342of374
entthesquadronsjoin;
tlepasturedlate,noteredlies
stheensanguinedfield,
deserted:otherstoacitystrong
laysiege,encaed;bybattery,scale,andne,
assaulting;othersfrohewalldefend
hdartandjavelin,stones,andsulphurousfire;
oneachhandslaughter,andgigantickdeeds
inotherpartthescepteredheraldscall
touncil,inthecitygates;anon
grayheadednandgrave,ixed,
assele,andharanguesareheard;butsoon,
infactiousopposition;tillatlast,
ofddleageonerising,enent
inuchofrightandwrong,
ofjustice,orreligion,truth,andpeace,
andjudgentfrobove:hildandyoung
exploded,andhadseizedhviolenthands,
hadnotathence
unseenadthethrong:soviolence
proceeded,andoppression,andswordlaw,
throughalltheplain,andrefugenonewasfound
adaars,andtohisguide
lantingtuedfullsad;oarethese,
deathsnisters,notnhusdealdeath
inhunlyton,andltiply
tenthousandfoldthesinofhihoslew
hisbrother:forofsuchssacre
kethey,butoftheirbrethren;nofn
paradiselost
343of374
butan,hadnotheaven
rescued,hadinhisrighteousnessbeenlost
tothuschaelthesearetheproduct
ofthoseilltedrriagesthous
ched,selves
abhortojoin;and,byirudencexed,
produind
suchenofhighrenown;
forinthosedaysghtonlyshallbeadred,
andvalourandheroickvirtuecalled;
toovereinbattle,andsubdue
natio
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bloodwillreign
alanpofldanddry
toe
thebalflifetoourancestor
henceforthiflynotdeath,norwouldprolong
lifech;bentrather,hoaybequit,
fairestandeasiest,ofthiscurouscharge;
ustkeeptillappointedday
ofrenderingup,andpatientlyattend
dissolutionchaelreplied
norlovethylife,norhate;butthoulivest
liveittoheaven:
andnoheeforanothersight
helooked,andsaiousplain,whereon
e,wereherds
ofcattlegrazing;others,hesound
ofinstrunts,thatdelodiouschi,
washeard,ofharpandorgan;and,oved
theirstopsandchords,touch,
instinctthroughallproportions,lowandhigh,
fledandpursuedtransversetheresonantfugue
inotherpartstoodoheforge
paradiselost
339of374
labouring,tassyclodsofironandbrass
hadlted,herfoundasualfire
hadountainorinvale,
dootheveinsofearth;thenceglidinghot
tosocavesuth;or
fronderground;theliquidorehedrained
intofituldsprepared;frod
firsthisoightelsebe
fusilorgravenintalafterthese,
butonthehitherside,adifferentsort
frohehighneighbouringhills,heirseat,
dootheplaindescended;bytheirguise
justntheyseed,andalltheirstudybent
to,andknowhisworks
nothid;northosethingslast,ightpreserve
freedondpeaceton;theyontheplain
longhadnotthetents,behold
abevyoffairen,richlygay
ingeandondress;totheharptheysung
softarousditties,andindancecaon:
then,thoughgrave,eyedtheandlettheireyes
roveorous
fastcaught,theyliked;andeachhislikingchose;
andnoheytreat,tilltheeveningstar,
lovesharbinger,appeared;then,allinheat
theylightthenuptialtorch,andbidinvoke
hyn,thenfirsttorriageritesinvoked:
usickallthetentsresound
suchhappyintervie
paradiselost
340of374
ofloveandyouthnotlost,songs,garlands,flowers,
andchagsyhonies,attachedtheheart
ofadasooninitdelight,
thebentofnature;husexpressed
trueopenerofneeyes,priangelblest;
orehope
ofpeacefuldaysportends,thanthoset;
thoseuchworse;
herenatureseefulfilledinallherends
tothuschaeljudgenotisbest
bypleasure,thoughtonatureseenget;
created,asthouart,tonoblerend
holyandpure,nfortydivine
thosetentsthousasopleasant,hetents
ofkedness,e
udioustheyappear
ofartsthatpolishlife,inventersrare;
unndfuloftheirker,thoughhisspirit
taughtthebuttheyhisgiftsacknowledgednone
yettheyabeauteousoffspringshallbeget;
forthatfairfeletroopthousaed
ofgoddesses,soblithe,sosoth,sogay,
yetetyofallgoods
ansdostickhonourandchiefpraise;
bredonlyandpletedtothetaste
oflustfulappetence,tosing,todance,
todress,andtrollthetongue,androlltheeye:
tothesethatsoberraen,whoselives
religioustitledthehesonsofgod,
paradiselost
341of374
shallyieldupalltheirvirtue,alltheirfa
ignobly,tothetrainsandtothesles
ofthesefairatheists;andnoinjoy,
erelongtosatlarge;andlaugh,forh
theustweep
tothusadaofshortjoybereft
opityandsha,thatthey,olivewell
enteredsofair,shouldtuasidetotread
pathsindireid
butstilliseethetenourofnswoe
holdsonthesa,frontobegin
froanseffenateslacknessitbegins,
saidtheangel,terholdhisplace
by,andsuperiourgiftsreceived
butnoheeforanotherscene
helooked,andsaerritoryspread
beforehitoween;
enhloftygatesandtowers,
nurseinar,fiercefacesthreateningwar,
giantsofghtyboneandbolderise;
parts,partingsteed,
singleorinarrayofbattleranged
bothhorseandfoot,noridlysteringstood;
oneforagedrives
aherdofbeeves,fairoxenandfairkine,
frofatadoyflock,
ebsovertheplain,
theirbooty;scarcehlifetheshepherdsfly,
butcallinaid,akesabloodyfray;
paradiselost
342of374
entthesquadronsjoin;
tlepasturedlate,noteredlies
stheensanguinedfield,
deserted:otherstoacitystrong
laysiege,encaed;bybattery,scale,andne,
assaulting;othersfrohewalldefend
hdartandjavelin,stones,andsulphurousfire;
oneachhandslaughter,andgigantickdeeds
inotherpartthescepteredheraldscall
touncil,inthecitygates;anon
grayheadednandgrave,ixed,
assele,andharanguesareheard;butsoon,
infactiousopposition;tillatlast,
ofddleageonerising,enent
inuchofrightandwrong,
ofjustice,orreligion,truth,andpeace,
andjudgentfrobove:hildandyoung
exploded,andhadseizedhviolenthands,
hadnotathence
unseenadthethrong:soviolence
proceeded,andoppression,andswordlaw,
throughalltheplain,andrefugenonewasfound
adaars,andtohisguide
lantingtuedfullsad;oarethese,
deathsnisters,notnhusdealdeath
inhunlyton,andltiply
tenthousandfoldthesinofhihoslew
hisbrother:forofsuchssacre
kethey,butoftheirbrethren;nofn
paradiselost
343of374
butan,hadnotheaven
rescued,hadinhisrighteousnessbeenlost
tothuschaelthesearetheproduct
ofthoseilltedrriagesthous
ched,selves
abhortojoin;and,byirudencexed,
produind
suchenofhighrenown;
forinthosedaysghtonlyshallbeadred,
andvalourandheroickvirtuecalled;
toovereinbattle,andsubdue
natio
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