Go Micial Armies Prince,
And tary pro [ 45 ]
Gabriel, lead forto Battel these my Sons
Invincible, lead forts
By t;
Equal in number to t Godless crew
Rebellious, tile Arms [ 50 ]
Fearless assault, and to the brow of heavn
Pursuing drive t from God and bliss,
Into t, the Gulf
Of tartarus, which ready opens wide
o receave thir fall. [ 55 ]
So spake the Sovran voice, and Clouds began
to darken all to rowl
In duskie ant flames, the signe
Of : nor he loud
Etrumpet from on high gan blow: [ 60 ]
At ,
t stood for y Quadrate joynd
Of Union irresistible, movd on
In silence t Legions, to the sound
Of instrumental breathd [ 65 ]
o adventrous deeds
Under the Cause
Of God and hey move
Indissolubly firm; nor obvious hill
Nor streitning Vale, nor ood, nor Stream divides [ 70 ]
t ranks; for he ground
the passive Air upbore
tread, as al kind
Of Birds in orderly array on wing
Came summond over Eden to receive [ 75 ]
tract
Of hey marchd, and many a Province wide
tenfold terrene: at last
Farr in to th appeerd
From skirt to skirt a fierie Region, stretcht [ 80 ]
In battailous aspect, and neerer view
Bristld beams innumerable
Of rigid Spears, and s throngd, and Shields
Various, ful Argument portraid,
tan ing on [ 85 ]
ition; for they weend
t self same day by fight, or by surprize
to of God, and on hrone
to set tate, the proud
Aspirer, but ts provd fond and vain [ 90 ]
In trange to us it seemd
At first, t Angel sh Angel warr,
And in fierce ing meet, o meet
So oft in Festivals of joy and love
Unanimous, as sons of one great Sire [ 95 ]
ernal Fat t
Of Battel now began, and rushing sound
Of onset ended soon eac.