¡¶Paradise Lost ¢ơ¡· THE ARGUMENT Morning approaces to Adam roublesome dream; not, yet comforts o t to render Man inexcusable sends Rapo admonisate, of ever else may avail Adam to knoing at t to meet o ertains fruits of Paradise got toget table: Rapate and of es at Adams request in er o ts of ted to rebel only Abdiel a Serap diswades and opposes hen forsakes him. 1 NOern Clime Advancing, so Pearle, , so customd, for his sleep as Aerie ligion bred, And temperat vapors bland, wh only sound [ 5 ] Of leaves and fuming rills, Auroras fan, Ligin Song Of Birds on every boughe more o find unwaknd Eve itresses discomposd, and glowing Cheek, [ 10 ] As t rest: he on his side Leaning h looks of cordial Love hung over her enamourd, and beheld Beautie, wher waking or asleep, S forth voice [ 15 ] Milde, as whes, touchus. Awake My fairest, my espousd, my latest found, best gift, my ever ne, Ahe fresh field [ 20 ] Calls us, o mark how spring Our tended Plants, ron Grove, drops t the balmie Reed, ure paints he Bee Sits on tracting liquid s. [ 25 ] Suc artld eye On Adam, whus she spake. O Sole in ws find all repose, My Glorie, my Perfection, glad I see turnd, for I t, [ 30 ] Suc till this I never passd, have dreamd, If dreamd, not as I oft am , of thee, orks of day passt, or morro designe, But of offense and trouble, which my mind Kneill t; met [ 35 ] Close at mine ear one calld me forto walk itle voice, I t it t said, t time, t, save where silence yields to t- now awake [ 40 ] tunes sest his love-labord song; now reignes Full Orbd t Ss off things; in vain, If none regard; h all his eyes, o be tures desire, [ 45 ] In Attracted by ty still to gaze. 2 I rose as at t found t; to find ted then my walk; And on, met, alone I passd through ways [ 50 ] t brougo tree Of interdicted Kno seemd, Muco my Fancie then by day: And as I , beside it stood One shose from heavn [ 55 ] By us oft seen; illd Ambrosia; on t tree he also gazd; And O fair Plant, said surchargd, Deigns none to ease taste t, Nor God, nor Man; is Knowledge so despisd? [ 60 ] Or envie, or o taste? Forbid whhold Longer t here? t, but rous Arme , asted; mee damp horror child [ 65 ] At suc h a deed so bold: But Divine, S of t muc t, Forbiddn seems, as onely fit For Gods, yet able to make Gods of Men: [ 70 ] And he more Communicated, more abundant growes, t impaird, but honourd more? ure, fair Angelic Eve, Partake t, [ 75 ] be, not be: taste the Gods t to Earth confind, But somtimes in times Ascend to thine, and see [ 80 ] life thou. So saying, o me held, Even to my mout same fruit ; t savourie smell So quicknd appetite, t I, met, [ 85 ] Could not but taste. Forto the Clouds ith beheld tstretc wide And various: my flight and change to tation; suddenly [ 90 ] My Guide , sunk down, And fell asleep; but O how glad I wakd to find t a dream! t Related, and thus Adam answerd sad. 3 Best Image of my self and dearer half, [ 95 ] trouble of ts t in sleep Affects me equally; nor can I like th dream, of evil sprung I fear; Yet evil whee can harbour none, Created pure. But kno in the Soule [ 100 ] Are many lesser Faculties t serve Reason as c ernal things, c, Sions, Aerie shapes, [ 105 ] hich Reason joyning or disjoyning, frames All w we affirm or w deny, and call Our knoires Into e Cell s. Oft in her absence mimic Fansie wakes [ 110 ] to imitate misjoyning shapes, ilde , and most in dreams, Ill matc or late. Som suchinks I find Of our last Eevnings talk, in thy dream, [ 115 ] But ion strange; yet be not sad. Evil into the mind of God or Man May come and go, so unapprovd, and leave No spot or blame behind: hich gives me hope t abo dream, [ 120 ] aking t consent to do. Be not disnd those looks t to be more chearful and serene t smiles on the orld, And let us to our fress rise [ 125 ] Among tains, and the Flours t open no bosomd smells Reservd from nig for tore. So cheard he his fair Spouse, and she was cheard, But silently a gentle tear let fall [ 130 ] From eith her haire; t ready stood, Eacal sluce, hey fell Kissd as t remorse And pious a feard to have offended. [ 135 ] So all o te. 4 But first from under shadie arborous roof, Soon as to open sight Of day-spring, and the Sun, who scarce up risen it he Ocean brim, [ 140 ] S paralel to th his dewie ray, Discovering in skip all t Of Paradise and Edens happie Plains, Lohey bowd adoring, and began thir Orisons, each Morning duly paid [ 145 ] In various style, for neityle Nor ure ed to praise t strains pronounct or sung Unmeditated, suc eloquence Flohir lips, in Prose or numerous Verse, [ 150 ] More tuneable te or harp to add more sness, and thus began. t of good, Almighis universal Frame, then! [ 155 ] Unspeakable, above these heavens to us invisible or dimly seen In t these declare t, and Power Divine: Speak yee ell, ye Sons of Light, [ 160 ] Angels, for yee beh songs And c Night, Circle hrone rejoycing, yee in heavn, On Eartures to extoll , , , and end. [ 165 ] Fairest of Starrs, last in train of Night, If better t to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, t cro the smiling Morn it Circlet, praise hy Spheare s hour of Prime. [ 170 ] t orld both Eye and Soule, Acknowledge er, sound his praise In ternal course, bot, And w gaind, and w. Moon, t nost t Sun, no [ 175 ] it Starrs, fixt in t flies, And yee five ot move In mystic Dance not Song, resound of Darkness calld up Light. 5 Aire, and ye Elements t birth [ 180 ] Of Natures omb, t in quaternion run Perpetual Circle, multiform; and mix And nouris your ceasless change Varie to our great Maker still new praise. Ye Mists and Exions t now rise [ 185 ] From eaming Lake, duskie or grey, till t your fleecie skirts h Gold, In o t Author rise, o deck h uncolourd skie, Or tie Earth falling showers, [ 190 ] Rising or falling still advance his praise. from four Quarters blow, Breat or loud; and ops, ye Pines, it, in sign of orship wave. Fountains and yee, t warble, as ye flow, [ 195 ] Melodious murmurs, une his praise. Joyn voices all ye living Souls; ye Birds, t singing up to e ascend, Bear on your es his praise; Yee t in aters glide, and yee t walk [ 200 ] tately tread, or lowly creep; itness if I be silent, Morn or Eeven, to ain, or fresh shade Made vocal by my Song, and taught his praise. eous still [ 205 ] to give us onely good; and if t of evil or conceald, Disperse it, as now lighe dark. So prayd t, and to ts Firm peace recoverd soon and ed calm. [ 210 ] On to te Among s dewes and flours; where any row Of Fruit-trees overwoodie reacoo farr to check Fruitless imbraces: or the Vine [ 215 ] to wed wines h her brings ed Clusters, to adorn hus imploid beheld ittie o him calld [ 220 ] Rap, t deignd to travel obias, and securd imes-wedded Maid. 6 Rap ir on Earth Satan from the darksom Gulf [ 225 ] urbd t the human pair, how he designes In t once to ruin all mankind. Go th friend Converse Bowre or shade [ 230 ] t of Noon retird, to respit , Or h repose; and such discourse bring on, As may advise ate, free to will, [ 235 ] Left to hough free, Yet mutable; wo beware too secure: tell hall enemie Late falln ting now [ 240 ] tate of bliss; By violence, no, for t sood, But by deceit and lies; t him know, Lest ransgressing end Surprisal, unadmonisht, unforewarnd. [ 245 ] So spake ternal Father, and fulfilld All Justice: nor delaid t After from among tial Ardors, wood Vaild [ 250 ] Fle of h angelic Quires On eacing, to his speed gave way till at te Of e self-opend wide On golden urning, as by work [ 255 ] Divine tect had framd. From o obstruct , Starr interposd, however small he sees, Not unconform to other shining Globes, Earth Cedars crownd [ 260 ] Above all the Glass Of Galileo, less assurd, observes Imagind Lands and Regions in the Moon: Or Pilot from amidst the Cyclades Delos or Samos first appeering kenns [ 265 ] A cloudy spot. Do Ethereal Skie Sailes beteddie wing Noh quick Fann innoill hin soare [ 270 ] Of too all the Fowles he seems A P sole Bird o enshe Suns Brigemple, to ?gyptian thebs he flies. 7 At once on tern cliff of Paradise [ 275 ] s, and to urns A Serapo shade s Divine; t clad Eacling ore it; the middle pair [ 280 ] Girt like a Starrie Zone e, and round Skirted h downie Gold And colours dipt in Sherd maile Skie-tincturd grain. Like Maias son ood, [ 285 ] And s heavnly fragrance filld t rait knew he Bands Of Angels under co ate, And to his message high in honour rise; For on Som message hey guessd him bound. [ 290 ] ttering tents he passd, and now is come Into through Groves of Myrrhe, And flouring Odours, Cassia, Nard, and Balme; A ilderness of ss; for Nature here antond as in will [ 295 ] , ilde above Rule or Art; enormous bliss. onward com Adam discernd, as in t Of ed Sun [ 300 ] S do o warme Eart hen Adam needs; And Eve her hour prepard For dinner savourie fruits, of taste to please true appetite, and not disrelis [ 305 ] Of nectarous draugream, Berrie or Grape: to whus Adam calld. e behold Eastrees, w glorious shape Comes ther Morn [ 310 ] Risn on mid-noon; Som great be from heavn to us persafe to be our Guest. But goe h speed, And ores contain, bring forth and poure Abundance, fit to honour and receive [ 315 ] Our ranger; well we may afford Our givers ts, and large bestow From large bestoiplies il growth, and by disburdning grows More fruitful, s us not to spare. [ 320 ] to whs hallowd mould, Of God inspird, small store will serve, wore, All seasons, ripe for use alk; Save oring firmness gains to nouris consumes: [ 325 ] But I will e and from each bough and break, Eac and juiciest Gourd will pluck such choice to entertain our Angel guest, as hee Be h God ies as in heavn. [ 330 ] 8 So saying, ce Surns, on able ts intent co c, order, so contrivd as not to mix tastes, not , but bring [ 335 ] taste after taste up change, Bestirs ender stalk ever Earther yields In India East or est, or middle shoare In Pontus or t, or where [ 340 ] Alcinous reignd, fruit of all kindes, in coate, Rough rind, or bearded husk, or shell Sribute large, and on the board he Grape S, and meathes [ 345 ] From many a berrie, and from s kernels prest Sempers dulcet creams, nor to hold ants vessels pure, trehe ground ithe shrub unfumd. Mean Sire, to meet [ 350 ] , more train Accompanied t Perfections; in ate, More solemn tedious pomp t s On Princes, winue long [ 355 ] Of h Gold Dazles ts them all agape. Neerer awd, Yet h submiss approach and reverence meek, As to a superior Nature, bowing low, [ 360 ] tive of her place None can tain; Since by descending from thrones above, t deignd a while to , and safe h us [ 365 ] t possess this spacious ground, in yonder shadie Bowre to rest, and bears to sit and taste, till t Be over, and the Sun more coole decline. [ 370 ] 9 ue answerd milde. Adam, I t thou such Created, or suc o dwell, As may not oft invite, ts of heavn to visit thy Bowre [ 375 ] Oresill Eevning rise I o the Silvan Lodge t like Pomonas Arbour smild its deckt and fragrant smells; but Eve Undeckt, save h her self more lovely fair [ 380 ] t Goddess feignd Of t in Mount Ida naked strove, Stood to entertain from heavn; no vaile Sue-proof, no t infirme Alterd he Angel haile [ 385 ] Bestoation usd Long after to blest Marie, second Eve. ful omb Shy Sons ts trees of God [ 390 ] able. Raisd of grassie terf table s had round, And on o side All Autumn pild, tumn here Dancd hey hold; [ 395 ] No fear lest Dinner coole; whus began Our Autranger, please to taste ties which our Nourisher, from whom All perfet good unmeasurd out, descends, to us for food and for deligh causd [ 400 ] to yeild; unsavourie food perhaps to spiritual Natures; only this I know, t one Celestial Fato all. to w he gives (o man in part [ 405 ] Spiritual, may of purest Spirits be found No ingrateful food: and food alike those pure Intelligential substances require As dotional; and botain itie [ 410 ] Of sense, e, tasting concoct, digest, assimilate, And corporeal to incorporeal turn. 10 For knoed, needs to be sustaind and fed; of Elements [ 415 ] the Sea, Earthose Fires Et first the Moon; s, unpurgd Vapours not yet into ance turnd. [ 420 ] Nor dot exhale From Continent to higher Orbes. t ligs to all, receives From all al recompence In ions, and at Even [ 425 ] Sups rees Of life ambrosial frutage bear, and vines Yield Nectar, the boughs each Morn e brushe ground Coverd God h here [ 430 ] Varied y so s, As may compare o taste t I s, And to thir viands fell, nor seemingly t, the common gloss [ 435 ] Of t ch Of real ive e to transubstantiate; ranspires ts h ease; nor wonder; if by fire Of sooty coal t [ 440 ] Can turn, or possible to turn Metals of drossiest Ore to perfet Gold As from t table Eve Ministerd naked, and thir flowing cups it liquors crownd: O innocence [ 445 ] Deserving Paradise! if ever, then, to have bin Enamourd at t sig in ts Love unlibidinous reignd, nor jealousie as understood, the injurd Lovers hell. 11 ts and drinks they had sufficd [ 450 ] Not burdnd Nature, sudden mind arose In Adam, not to let th occasion pass Given Conference to know Of thir being [ 455 ] ho dwell in heavn, whose excellence he saw transcend forms Divine effulgence, whose high Power so far Exceeded human, and his wary speech to ter he framd. [ 460 ] Inant h God, now know I well to man, Under saft to enter, and ts to taste, Food not of Angels, yet accepted so, [ 465 ] As t more not seem At s to w compare? to whe winged hierarch replid. O Adam, one Almightie is, from whom All to urn, [ 470 ] If not depravd from good, created all Suco perfection, one first matter all, Indud h various forms, various degrees Of substance, and in t live, of life; But more refind, more spiritous, and pure, [ 475 ] As neerer to or neerer tending Eacive Sphears assignd, till body up to spirit work, in bounds Proportiond to eac Springs ligalk, from the leaves [ 480 ] More aerie, last t consummate floure Spirits odorous breat Mans nouris, by gradual scale sublimd to vital Spirits aspire, to animal, to intellectual, give both life and sense, [ 485 ] Fansie and understanding, whe Soule Reason receives, and reason is her being, Discursive, or Intuitive; discourse Is oftest yours, tter most is ours, Differing but in degree, of kind the same. [ 490 ] onder not t God for you saw good If I refuse not, but convert, as you, to proper substance; time may come when men iticipate, and find No inconvenient Diet, nor too light Fare: [ 495 ] And from triments perhaps Your bodies may at last turn all to Spirit, Improvd by tract of time, and wingd ascend Et choice here or in heavnly Paradises dwell; [ 500 ] If ye be found obedient, and retain Unalterably firm ire hose progenie you are. Mean while enjoy Your fill e Can comprehend, incapable of more. [ 505 ] to wriarch of mankind replid, O favourable spirit, propitious guest, ell taug mig Our knoure set From center to circumference, whereon [ 510 ] In contemplation of created things By steps o God. But say, meant t caution joind, if ye be found Obedient? can obedience then to [ 515 ] , and placd us here Full to tmost measure of w bliss human desires can seek or apprehend? 12 to wh, Attend: t t o God; [ 520 ] t tinust suco thy self, t is, to tand. t caution givn thee; be advisd. God made t, not immutable; And good to persevere [ 525 ] it in thy will By nature free, not over-ruld by Fate Inextricable, or strict necessity; Our voluntarie service he requires, Not our necessitated, such him [ 530 ] Finds no acceptance, nor can find, for how Can s, not free, be trid whey serve illing or no, By Destinie, and can no other choose? Myself and all t t stand [ 535 ] In sigate hold, as you yours, while our obedience holds; On oty none; freely we serve Because we freely love, as in our will to love or not; in tand or fall: [ 540 ] And Som are falln, to disobedience falln, And so from o deepest hell; O fall From e of bliss into w woe! to or. thy words Attentive, and ed eare [ 545 ] Divine instructer, I hen when C from neighbouring hills Aereal Music send: nor kne to be boted free; Yet t o love [ 550 ] Our maker, and obey him whose command Single, is yet so just, my constant ts Assurd me and still assure: t tellst in hin me move, But more desire to , [ 555 ] tion, range, orto be heard; And he Sun half his journey, and scarce begins Zone of heavn. [ 560 ] t, and Raphael After s pause assenting, thus began. ter t me, O prime of men, Sad task and e to s [ 565 ] Of s; remorse the ruin of so many glorious once And perfet wood; unfould ts of another orld, perhaps Not lao reveal? yet for thy good [ 570 ] t, and s the reach Of e so, By likning spiritual to corporal forms, As may express t, t if Earth Be but therein [ 575 ] Eaco ot? 13 As yet t, and Chaos ilde Reignd ws Upon er poisd, when on a day (For time, ternitie, applid [ 580 ] to motion, measures all things durable By present, past, and future) on such day As Year brings fort Of Angels by Imperial summons calld, Innumerable before ties throne [ 585 ] Forthe ends of heavn appeerd Under t ten thousand Ensignes high advancd, Standards and Gonfalons t Van and Reare Streame in tinction serve [ 590 ] Of hierarchies, of Orders, and Degrees; Or in ttering tissues bear imblazd s of Zeale and Love Recorded eminent. thus when in Orbes Of circuit inexpressible tood, [ 595 ] Orb e, By he Son, Amidst as from a flaming Mount, wop Brighus spake. , [ 600 ] tions, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, sand. t whom I declare My onely Son, and on this holy hill ed, whom ye now behold [ 605 ] At my rig; And by my Self o him shall bow All knees in heavn, and shall confess him Lord: Under Vice-gerent Reign abide United as one individual Soule [ 610 ] For ever happie: him who disobeyes Mee disobeyes, breaks union, and t day Cast out from God and blessed vision, falls Into utter darkness, deep ingulft, his place Ordaind redemption, end. [ 615 ] 14 So spake tent, and h his words All seemd all. t day, as ot In song and dance about the sacred hill, Mystical dance, warrie Spheare [ 620 ] Of Planets and of fixt in all her heeles Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolvd, yet regular t, hey seem, And in tions harmonie Divine [ 625 ] So smootones, t Gods own ear Listens delighted. Eevning now approachd (For wee have also our Eevning and our Morn, ee ours for cable, not need) Forto s repast turn [ 630 ] Desirous, all in Circles as tood, tables are set, and on a sudden pild itar flows In Pearl, in Diamond, and massie Gold, Fruit of delicious Vines, th of heavn. [ 635 ] On flours reposd, and s crownd, te, t Quaff immortalitie and joy, secure Of surfet where full measure onely bounds Excess, before teous King, who showrd [ 640 ] ithir joy. Noh Clouds exhald From t of God, w amp; shade Spring botest heavn had changd to grateful t there [ 645 ] In darker veile) and roseat Dews disposd All but to rest, ide over all the Plain, and wider farr t spred, (Sucs of God) throng [ 650 ] Disperst in Bands and Files tend By living Streams among trees of Life, Pavilions numberless, and sudden reard, Celestial tabernacles, w Fannd hir course [ 655 ] Melodious throne Alternate all nig not so wakd Satan, so call him now, his former name Is , If not t Arc in Power, [ 660 ] In favour and pr?eminence, yet fraught it t day Father, and proclaimd Messiaed, could not beare t sig himself impaird. [ 665 ] Deep malice thence conceiving and disdain, Soon as midnig on the duskie houre Friendliest to sleep and silence, he resolvd ito dislodge, and leave Unhrone supream [ 670 ] Contemptuous, and subordinate Ao spake. 15 Sleepst t sleep can close t w Decree Of yesterday, so late the lips [ 675 ] Of ie. to me ts ast , I mine to t to impart; Bothen can now t? ne imposd; New Laws from him who reigns, new minds may raise [ 680 ] In us e doubtful may ensue; more in this place to utter is not safe. Assemble thou Of all the chief; tell t by command, ere yet dim Night [ 685 ] o e, And all whir Banners wave, h flying march where we possess ters of to prepare Fit entertainment to receive our King [ 690 ] t Messiah, and his new commands, he hierarchies Intends to pass triump, and give Laws. So spake the false Arch-Angel, and infusd Bad influence into t [ 695 ] Of e; ogether calls, Or several one by one, t Powers, Under , tells, as aught, t t , No had disincumberd heavn, [ 700 ] t andard o move; tells ted cause, and casts between Ambiguous o sound Or taint integritie; but all obeyd ted signal, and superior voice [ 705 ] Of t Potentate; for great indeed his name, and high was his degree in heavn; nance, as tarr t guides tarrie flock, allurd th lyes Dreer of : [ 710 ] Mean wernal eye, w discernes Abstrusest ts, from fort And from burne Nig t Rebellion rising, saw in whom, how spred [ 715 ] Among t multitudes ere banded to oppose his high Decree; And smiling to hus said. 16 Son, thou in whom my glory I behold In full resplendence, , [ 720 ] Neerly it noo be sure Of our Omnipotence, and Arms e mean to anciently we claim Of Deitie or Empire, such a foe Is rising, o erect hrone [ 725 ] Equal to ours, t th; Nor so content, to try In battel, . Let us advise, and to this hazard draw it force is left, and all imploy [ 730 ] In our defense, lest unawares we lose tuarie, our hill. to w and cleer Lightning Divine, ineffable, serene, Made answer. Mighy foes [ 735 ] Justly in derision, and secure Laug at tumults vain, Matter to mee of Glory, we Illustrates, whey see all Regal Power Givn me to quell t [ 740 ] Knoo subdue t in heavn. So spake t Satan h his Powers Far on winged speed, an Innumerable as tarrs of Night, [ 745 ] Or Starrs of Morning, Dew-drops, whe Sun Impearls on every leaf and every flouer. Regions tie Regencies Of Serapentates and thrones In triple Degrees, Regions to which [ 750 ] All thy Dominion, Adam, is no more t to all th, And all tire globose Stretco Longitude; which having passd At lengto ts of th [ 755 ] tan to Raisd on a Mount, owrs From Diamond Quarries hewn, and Rocks of Gold, t Lucifer, (so call [ 760 ] t Structure in t of men Interpreted) er, he Affecting all equality h God, In imitation of t Mount whereon Messia of heavn, [ 765 ] tain of tion calld; For train, Pretending so commanded to consult About t reception of thir King, to come, and [ 770 ] Of counterfeted truthir ears. 17 tions, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, If titles yet remain Not meerly titular, since by Decree Anoto [ 775 ] All Po under the name Of King anointed, for we Of midniging here, to consult it may be devisd of honours new [ 780 ] Receive o receive from us Knee-tribute yet unpaid, prostration vile, too muco one, but double how endurd, to one and to his image now proclaimd? But ter counsels mig [ 785 ] Our minds and teaco cast off this Yoke? ill ye submit your necks, and co bend t, if I trust to kno, or if ye know your selves Natives and Sons of before [ 790 ] By none, and if not equal all, yet free, Equally free; for Orders and Degrees Jarr not y, but . assume Monarc [ 795 ] his equals, if in power and splendor less, In freedome equal? or can introduce La on us, w law Erre not, muco be our Lord, And look for adoration to th abuse [ 800 ] Of titles w Our being ordaind to govern, not to serve? t controule he Seraphim Abdiel, th more zeale adord [ 805 ] tie, and divine commands obeid, Stood up, and in a flame of zeale severe t of hus opposd. 18 O argument blasphemous, false and proud! ords wo hear in heavn [ 810 ] Expected, least of all from te In place thy Peeres. Canst th impious obloquie condemne t Decree of God, pronounct and sworn, t to endud [ 815 ] iter, every Soule in heavn S honour due Confess ful King? unjust t Flatly unjust, to binde he free, And equal over equals to let Reigne, [ 820 ] One over all h unsucceeded power. S to God, s te its of libertie, who made t t, and formd the Powrs of heavn Suchir being? [ 825 ] Yet by experience taught we know how good, And of our good, and of our dignitie to make us less, bent rato exalt Our ate under one head more neer [ 830 ] United. But to grant it t, t equal over equals Monarch Reigne: t and glorious dost t, Or all Angelic Nature joind in one, Equal to ten Son, by whom [ 835 ] As by y Father made All ts of heavn By ed in t degrees, Croo thir Glory namd tions, Princedoms, Vertues, Powers, [ 840 ] Essential Powers, nor by his Reign obscurd, But more illustrious made, since he head One of our number t becomes, o him done Returns our ohis impious rage, [ 845 ] And tempt not t n to appease th incensed Son, ime besought. 19 So spake t Angel, but his zeale None seconded, as out of season judgd, [ 850 ] Or singular and ras rejoicd tat, and more y thus replid. t the work Of secondarie ask transferd From Fato range point and new! [ 855 ] Doctrin w: who saw ion thou thee being? e knoime w as now; Kno, self-raisd [ 860 ] By our own quickning power, wal course ure Of tive hereal Sons. Our puissance is our o hand Seac deeds, by proof to try [ 865 ] behold ion end Address, and to begirt ty throne Beseec, tidings carrie to ted King; [ 870 ] And fly, ere evil intercept t. ers deep o his words applause te , nor less for t though alone [ 875 ] Encompassd round hus answerd bold. O alienate from God, O spirit accurst, Forsakn of all good; I see thy fall Determind, and thy hapless crew involvd In tagion spred [ 880 ] Bot: h No more be troubld o quit the yoke Of Gods Messia Laws ill not nosaft, other Decrees Against t recall; [ 885 ] t Golden Scepter Is noo bruise and breake t advise, Yet not for ts I fly tents devoted, least th [ 890 ] Impendent, raging into sudden flame Distinguis: for soon expect to feel hy head, devouring fire. ted ting learne, e t know. [ 895 ] So spake thful found, Among thful only hee; Among innumerable false, unmovd, Unserrifid ie , his Love, his Zeale; [ 900 ] Nor number, nor example to srutant mind t th he passd, Long ile scorn, weind Superior, nor of violence feard aught; [ 905 ] And orted scorn urnd On too s destruction doomd.