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cleombrotus; and many more too long;
embryos and idiots; eremits and friers
white; black and grey; with all thir trumperie。 ' 475 '
here pilgrims roam; that strayd so farr to seek
in golgotha him dead; who lives in heavn;
and they who to be sure of paradise
dying put on the weeds of dominic;
or in franciscan think to pass disguisd; ' 480 '
they pass the planets seven; and pass the fixt;
and that crystalline sphear whose ballance weighs
the trepidation talkt; and that first movd;
and now saint peter at heavns wicket seems
to wait them with his keys; and now at foot ' 485 '
of heavns ascent they lift thir feet; when loe
a violent cross wind from either coast
blows them transverse ten thousand leagues awry
into the devious air; then might ye see
cowles; hoods and habits with thir wearers tost ' 490 '
and flutterd into raggs; then reliques; beads;
indulgences; dispenses; pardons; bulls;
the sport of winds: all these upwhirld aloft
fly ore the backside of the world farr off
into a limbo large and broad; since calld ' 495 '
the paradise of fools; to few unknown
long after; now unpeopld; and untrod;
all this dark globe the fiend found as he passd;
and long he wanderd; till at last a gleame
of dawning light turnd thither…ward in haste ' 500 '
his travelld steps; farr distant he descries
ascending by degrees magnificent
up to the wall of heaven a structure high;
at top whereof; but farr more rich appeerd
the work as of a kingly palace gate ' 505 '
with frontispice of diamond and gold
imbellisht; thick with sparkling orient gemmes
the portal shon; inimitable on earth
by model; or by shading pencil drawn。
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the stairs were such as whereon jacob saw ' 510 '
angels ascending and descending; bands
of guardians bright; when he from esau fled
to padan…aram in the field of luz;
dreaming by night under the open skie;
and waking crid; this is the gate of heavn ' 515 '
each stair mysteriously was meant; nor stood
there alwayes; but drawn up to heavn somtimes
viewless; and underneath a bright sea flowd
of jasper; or of liquid pearle; whereon
who after came from earth; sayling arrivd; ' 520 '
wafted by angels; or flew ore the lake
rapt in a chariot drawn by fiery steeds。
the stairs were then let down; whether to dare
the fiend by easie ascent; or aggravate
his sad exclusion from the dores of bliss。 ' 525 '
direct against which opnd from beneath;
just ore the blissful seat of paradise;
a passage down to th earth; a passage wide;
wider by farr then that of after…times
over mount sion; and; though that were large; ' 530 '
over the promisd land to god so dear;
by which; to visit oft those happy tribes;
on high behests his angels to and fro
passd frequent; and his eye with choice regard
from paneas the fount of jordans flood ' 535 '
to beersaba; where the holy land
borders on ?gypt and th arabian shoare;
so wide the opning seemd; where bounds were set
to darkness; such as bound the ocean wave。
satan from hence now on the lower stair ' 540 '
that scald by steps of gold to heavn gate
looks down with wonder at the sudden view
of all this world at once。 as when a scout
through dark and desart wayes with peril gone
all night; at last by break of chearful dawne ' 545 '
obtains the brow of some high…climbing hill;
which to his eye discovers unaware
the goodly prospect of some forein land
first…seen; or some renownd metropolis
with glistering spires and pinnacles adornd; ' 550 '
which now the rising sun guilds with his beams。
such wonder seisd; though after heaven seen;
the spirit maligne; but much more envy seisd
at sight of all this world beheld so faire。
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round he surveys; and well might; where he stood ' 555 '
so high above the circling canopie
of nights extended shade; from eastern point
of libra to the fleecie starr that bears
andromeda farr off atlantic seas
beyond th horizon; then from pole to pole ' 560 '
he views in bredth; and without longer pause
down right into the worlds first region throws
his flight precipitant; and windes with ease
through the pure marble air his oblique way
amongst innumerable starrs; that shon ' 565 '
stars distant; but nigh hand seemd other worlds;
or other worlds they seemd; or happy iles;
like those hesperian gardens famd of old;
fortunate fields; and groves and flourie vales;
thrice happy iles; but who dwelt happy there ' 570 '
he stayd not to enquire: above them all
the golden sun in splendor likest heaven
allurd his eye: thither his course he bends
through the calm firmament; but up or downe
by center; or eccentric; hard to tell; ' 575 '
or longitude; where the great luminarie
alooff the vulgar constellations thick;
that from his lordly eye keep distance due;
dispenses light from farr; they as they move
thir starry dance in numbers that pute ' 580 '
days; months; & years; towards his all…chearing lamp
turn swift thir various motions; or are turnd
by his magnetic beam; that gently warms
the univers; and to each inward part
with gentle penetration; though unseen; ' 585 '
shoots invisible vertue even to the deep:
so wondrously was set his station bright。
there lands the fiend; a spot like which perhaps
astronomer in the suns lucent orbe
through his glazd optic tube yet never saw。 ' 590 '
the place he found beyond expression bright;
pard with aught on earth; medal or stone;
not all parts like; but all alike informd
with radiant light; as glowing iron with fire;
if mettal; part seemd gold; part silver cleer; ' 595 '
if stone; carbuncle most or chrysolite;
rubie or topaz; to the twelve that shon
in aarons brest…plate; and a stone besides
imagind rather oft then elsewhere seen;
that stone; or like to that which here below ' 600 '
philosophers in vain so long have sought;
in vain; though by thir powerful art they binde
volatil hermes; and call up unbound
in v