Nor shall I to the work thou enterprisest [ 270 ]

The way, thou leading, such a sent I draw

Ere this he had returnd, with fury drivn [ 240 ]

By his Avengers, since no place like this

Leads thee, I shall not lag behinde, nor erre

Of mortal change on Earth. As when a flock

Of merit high to all th infernal Host,

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In other Worlds, and happier Seat provides

Can fit his punishment, or their revenge.

Idlely, while Satan our great Author thrives

Whom thus the meager Shadow answerd soon.

Against the day of Battel, to a Field, [ 275 ]

Inseparable must with mee along: [ 250 http://www.99lib.net]

Wings growing, and Dominion givn me large

Nor can I miss the way, so strongly drawn

Easing thir passage hence, for intercourse, [ 260 ]

Or transmigration, as thir lot shall lead.

Of carnage, prey innumerable, and taste

By this new felt attraction and instinct.

Or sympathie, or som connatural force

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Beyond this Deep; whatever drawes me on, [ 245 ]

For Death from Sin no power can separate.

Impassable, Impervious, let us try

Where Armies lie encampt, come flying, lurd

But that success attends him; if mishap,

Methinks I feel new strength within me rise,

Of ravenous Fowl,藏书网 though many a League remote,

Where Satan now prevailes, a Monument

Stay his return perhaps over this Gulfe

The savour of Death from all things there that live:

By secretest conveyance. Thou my Shade

For us his ofspring deare? It cannot be

With sent of living Carcasses designd

Goe whither Fate and inclination strong [ 265 ]

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Adventrous work, yet to thy power and mine [ 255 ]

So saying, with delight he snuffd the smell

With secret amity things of like kinde

But least the difficultie of passing back

Not unagreeable, to found a path

Powerful at greatest distance to unite

Be wanting, but afford thee equal aid,