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extend his evning beam; the fields revive;
the birds thir notes renew; and bleating herds
attest thir joy; that hill and valley rings。 ' 495 '
o shame to men! devil with devil damnd
firm concord holds; men onely disagree
of creatures rational; though under hope
of heavenly grace; and god proclaiming peace;
yet live in hatred; enmity; and strife ' 500 '
among themselves; and levie cruel warres;
wasting the earth; each other to destroy:
as if (which might induce us to accord)
man had not hellish foes anow besides;
that day and night for his destruction waite。 ' 505 '
the stygian counsel thus dissolvd; and forth
in order came the grand infernal peers:
midst came thir mighty paramount; and seemd
alone th antagonist of heavn; nor less
than hells dread emperour with pomp supream; ' 510 '
and god…like imitated state; him round
a globe of fierie seraphim inclosd
with bright imblazonrie; and horrent arms。
then of thir session ended they bid cry
with trumpets regal sound the great result: ' 515 '
toward the four winds four speedy cherubim
put to thir mouths the sounding alchymie
by haralds voice explaind: the hollow abyss
heard farr and wide; and all the host of hell
with deafning shout; returnd them loud acclaim。 ' 520 '
thence more at ease thir minds and somwhat raisd
by false presumptuous hope; the ranged powers
disband; and wandring; each his several way
pursues; as inclination or sad choice
leads him perplext; where he may likeliest find ' 525 '
truce to his restless thoughts; and entertain
the irksom hours; till his great chief return。
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part on the plain; or in the air sublime
upon the wing; or in swift race contend;
as at th olympian games or pythian fields; ' 530 '
part curb thir fierie steeds; or shun the goal
with rapid wheels; or fronted brigads form。
as when to warn proud cities warr appears
wagd in the troubld skie; and armies rush
to battel in the clouds; before each van ' 535 '
prick forth the aerie knights; and couch thir spears
till thickest legions close; with feats of arms
from either end of heavn the welkin burns。
others with vast typh?an rage more fell
rend up both rocks and hills; and ride the air ' 540 '
in whirlwind; hell scarce holds the wilde uproar。
as when alcides from oechalia crownd
with conquest; felt th envenomd robe; and tore
through pain up by the roots thessalian pines;
and lichas from the top of oeta threw ' 545 '
into th euboic sea。 others more milde;
retreated in a silent valley; sing
with notes angelical to many a harp
thir own heroic deeds and hapless fall
by doom of battel; and plain that fate ' 550 '
free vertue should enthrall to force or chance。
thir song was partial; but the harmony
(what could it less when spirits immortal sing?)
suspended hell; and took with ravishment
the thronging audience。 in discourse more sweet ' 555 '
(for eloquence the soul; song charms the sense;)
others apart sat on a hill retird;
in thoughts more elevate; and reasond high
of providence; foreknowledge; will and fate;
fixt fate; free will; foreknowledg absolute; ' 560 '
and found no end; in wandring mazes lost。
of good and evil much they argud then;
of happiness and final misery;
passion and apathie; and glory and shame;
vain wisdom all; and false philosophie: ' 565 '
yet with a pleasing sorcerie could charm
pain for a while or anguish; and excite
fallacious hope; or arm th obdured brest
with stubborn patience as with triple steel。
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another part in squadrons and gross bands; ' 570 '
on bold adventure to discover wide
that dismal world; if any clime perhaps
might yield them easier habitation; bend
four ways thir flying march; along the banks
of four infernal rivers that disgorge ' 575 '
into the burning lake thir baleful streams;
abhorred styx the flood of deadly hate;
sad acheron of sorrow; black and deep;
cocytus; namd of lamentation loud
heard on the ruful stream; fierce phlegeton ' 580 '
whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage。
farr off from these a slow and silent stream;
lethe the river of oblivion roules
her watrie labyrinth; whereof who drinks;
forthwith his former state and being forgets; ' 585 '
forgets both joy and grief; pleasure and pain。
beyond this flood a frozen continent
lies dark and wilde; beat with perpetual storms
of whirlwind and dire hail; which on firm land
thaws not; but gathers heap; and ruin seems ' 590 '
of ancient pile; all else deep snow and ice;
a gulf profound as that serbonian bog
betwixt damiata and mount casius old;
where armies whole have sunk: the parching air
burns frore; and cold performs th effect of fire。 ' 595 '
thither by harpy…footed furies haild;
at certain revolutions all the damnd
are brought: and feel by turns the bitter change
of fierce extreams; extreams by change more fierce;
from beds of raging fire to starve in ice ' 600 '
thir soft ethereal warmth; and there to pine
immovable; infixt; and frozen round;
periods of time; thence hurried back to fire。
they ferry over this lethean sound
both to and fro; thir sorrow to augment; ' 605 '
and wish and struggle; as they pass; to reach
the tempting stream; with one small drop to loose
in sweet forgetfulness all pain and woe;
all in one moment; and so neer the brink;
but fate withstands; and to oppose th attempt ' 610 '
medusa with gorgonian terror guards
the ford; and of it self the water flies
all taste of living wight; as once it fled
the lip of tantalus。 thus roving on
in confusd march forlorn; th adventrous bands ' 615 '
with shuddring horror pale; and eyes agast
viewd first thir lamentable lot; and found
no rest: through many a dark and drearie vaile
they passd; and many a region dolorous;
oer many a frozen; many a fierie alpe; ' 620 '
rocks; caves; lakes; fens; bogs; dens; and shades of death;
a universe of death; which god by curse
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