Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps
So as not either to provoke, or dread
Intended to create, and therein plant
To work in close design, by fraud or guile
Was not inglorious, though th event was dire,
Our first eruption, thither or elsewhere: [ 655 ]
Henceforth his might we know, and know our own
Words interwove with sighs 九*九*藏*书*网 found out thir way.
Sat on his Throne, upheld by old repute,
By me, have lost our hopes. But he who reigns
Consent or custome, and his Regal State [ 640 ]
Space may produce new Worlds; whereof so rife [ 650 ]
By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
A generation, whom his choice regard
Which tempted our attem
藏书网pt, and wrought our fall.
O Myriads of immortal Spirits, O Powers
Thrice he assayd, and thrice in spight of scorn,
Monarch in Heavn, till then as one secure
New warr, provokt; our better part remains [ 645 ]
Open or understood must be resolvd.
Long under darkness cover. But these thoughts
Hath emptied Heavn, shall fail to www.99lib.netre-ascend
Foreseeing or presaging, from the Depth
For this Infernal Pit shall never hold
Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven:
For mee be witness all the Host of Heavn, [ 635 ]
Hateful to utter: but what power of mind
That all these puissant Legions, whose exile
At length from us may find, who overcomes
As this place testifi
九-九-藏-书-网es, and this dire change [ 625 ]
Cælestial Spirits in Bondage, nor th Abyss
As stood like these, could ever know repulse? [ 630 ]
Full Counsel must mature: Peace is despaird, [ 660 ]
Matchless, but with th Almighty, and that strife
There went a fame in Heavn that he ere long
Self-raisd, and repossess thir native seat?
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What force effected not: that he no less
How such united force of Gods, how such
Of knowledge past or present, could have feard,
Tears such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last [ 620 ]
If counsels different, or danger shund
For who can yet beleeve, though after loss,
Put forth at full, but still his strength conceald,