tairs 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 nighe open Skie,
And e of heavn [ 515 ]
Eacair mysteriously , nor stood
t drao imes
Vie Sea flowd
Of Jasper, or of liquid Pearle, whereon
er came from Earth, sayling arrivd, [ 520 ]
afted by Angels, or flehe Lake
Rapt in a C draeeds.
tairs down, wo dare
t, or aggravate
he dores of Bliss. [ 525 ]
Direct against wh,
Just ore t of Paradise,
A passage doo th, a passage wide,
ider by farr t of after-times
Over Mount Sion, and, t were large, [ 530 ]
Over to God so dear,
By oft tribes,
On s o and fro
Passd frequent, and h choice regard
From Paneas t of Jordans flood [ 535 ]
to Beersaba, whe holy Land
Borders on ?gypt and th Arabian shoare;
So
to darkness, suche Ocean wave.
Satan from air [ 540 ]
t scald by steps of Gold to e
Looks do the sudden view
Of all t once. As w
t h peril gone
All nig last by break of chearful dawne [ 545 ]
Obtains the brow of some high-climbing hill,
o his eye discovers unaware
t of some forein land
First-seen, or some renoropolis
itering Spires and Pinnacles adornd, [ 550 ]
h his beams.
Sucer heaven seen,
t maligne, but much more envy seisd
At sighis orld beheld so faire.