deserves
nolessthanfordeliveranceweowe
oposedsatanreplied
notuninventedthat,houaright
believestsointooursuccess,ibring
surface
ofthisethereousuldand,
thisntinentofspaciousheaven,adoed
s,andgold;
iallysurveys
thesethings,asnottondfroeygrow
deepunderground,terialsdarkandcrude,
ofspiritousandfieryspu,tilltouched
pered,theyshootforth
sobeauteous,openingtotheaientlight
theseintheirdarknativitythedeep
shallyieldus,pregnante;
ohollowengines,longandround,
thickraed,attheotherborehtouchoffire
dilatedandinfuriate,shallsendforth
froar,ongourfoes
suischief,asshalldash
topieces,andoereverstands
paradiselost
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adverse,thattheyshallfeared
thethundererofhisonlydreadedbolt
norlongshallbeourlabour;yeteredawn,
effectshallendoureanwhilerevive;
abandonfear;tostrengthandunseljoined
thinknothinghard,chlesstobedespaired
heended,andhisheirdroopingcheer
enlightened,andtheirlanguishedhoperevivedtheinventionalladred,andeach,howhe
tobetheinventerssed;soeasyitseed
oncefound,ostwouldhave
thought
iossible:yet,haply,ofthyrace
infuturedays,ifliceshouldabound,
sooneintentonschief,orinspired
aightdevise
likeinstrunttoplaguethesonsofn
forsin,onutualslaughterbent
forthunciltotheheyflew;
nonearguingstood;innurablehands
ontuptheytued
hecelestialsoil,andsah
theoriginalsofnatureintheircrude
n
theyfound,theyngled,and,hsubtleart,
nctedandadustedtheyreduced
toblackestgrain,andintostorenveyed:
parthiddenveinsdiggedupnorhaththisearthentrailsunlikeofneralandstone,
paradiselost
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ofoundtheirenginesandtheirballs
ofssiveruin;partincentivereed
provide,peicioushoouchtofire
soalleredayspring,undesciousnight,
secrettheyfinished,andinorderset,
spection,unespied
nooorientinheavenappeared,
uprosethevis
thetintruetsung:inartheystood
ofgoldenpanoply,refulgenthost,
soonbanded;othersfrohedawninghills
lookround,andsutseachastlightardsur,
eachquartertodescrythedistantfoe,
,
intionorinhalt:hioontheyt
underspreadensignsvingnigh,inslow
butfirattalion;backhspeediestsail
zophiel,ofcherubihesestwing,
caflying,andindairaloudthuscried
arforfight;thefoeathand,
fledhought,
thisday;feaothisflight;sothickacloud
hees,andsettledinhisfaceisee
sadresolution,andsecure:leteach
hisadantineatgirdh
fit,gripefasthisorbedshield,
boeevenorhigh;forthisdaywillpourdown,
ifinjectureaught,nodrizzlingshower,
butrattlingstorfarrohfire
paradiselost
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so,aselves,andsoon
inorder,quitofalliedint;
instant,
andonovedeattled:whenbehold
notdistantfarhheavypacethefoe
approachinggrossandhuge,inholloube
traininghisdevilishenginery,ialed
oneverysidehshadowingsquadronsdeep,
tohidethefraudatinterviehstood
asuddenlyatheadappeared
satan,andthusndingloud
vanguard,torightandleftthefrontunfold;
thatallyseeeus,hoeseek
peaceandposure,andhopenbreast
standreadytoreceivetheiftheylike
ouroverture;andtunotbackperverse:
butthatidoubt;honess,heaven
heaven,nessthouanonharge
freelyourpart:ye,edstand
doasyouhaveincharge,andbrieflytouch
ayhear
sosffinginaiguousarce
hadended;orightandleftthefront
divided,andtoeitherflankretired:
ooureyesdisvered,nerange,
atripleuntedrowofpillarslaid
onosttheyseed,
orholloadeofoakorfir,
hbrancheslopt,inountainfelled,
paradiselost
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brass,iron,stonyuld,hadnottheiruths
hhideousorificegapedonuswide,
portendingholloruce:ateachbehind
aseraphstood,andinhishandareed
stoodipthfire;whilewe,suspense,
llectedstoodused,
notlong;forsuddenallatoncetheirreeds
putforth,andtoanarroapplied
diateinafla,
butsoonobscuredoke,allheavenappeared,
frohosedeepthroatedenginesbelched,whoseroareohoutrageousnoisetheair,
andallherentrailstore,disgorgingfoul
theirdevilishglut,chainedthunderboltsandhailofironglobes;hevictorhost
levelled,petuousfuryste,
that,theyhit,noneontheirfeetghtstand,
thoughstandingelseasrocks,butdoheyfell
bythousands,angelonarchangelrolled;
thesoonerfortheirar;unard,theyght
haveeasily,asspirits,evadeds
byquiove;butnow
fouldissipationfollo;
norservedittorelaxtheirserriedfiles
shouldtheydoifontheyrushed,repulse
repeated,andindecentoverthrow
doubled,yetredespised,
andtotheirfoesalaughter;forinview
stoodrankedofseraphinotherrow,
paradiselost
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inposturetodisplodetheirsendtire
ofthunder:backdefeatedtoretu
theyanbeheldtheirplight,
andtohistesthusinderisioncalled
ofriendsenotonthesevictorsproud
ereing;andwhenwe,
toentertaintheairhopenfront
andbreast,orepropoundedter
ofposition,straighttheychangedtheids,
fleostrangevagariesfell,
astheyed
soextravagantandwild;perhaps
forjoyofofferedpeace:butisuppose,
ifourproposal
