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    【】stopportuservehiswiles;andfound

    paradiselost

    242of374

    theserpentsubtlestbeastofallthefield.

    hifterloe,irresolute

    ofthoughtsrevolved,hisfienhose

    fitvessel,fittestioffraud,in

    toenter,andhisdarksuggestionshide

    froharpestsight:for,inthewilysnake

    eversleights,noneark,

    asfroisandnativesubtlety

    proceeding;herbeastsobserved,

    doubtghtbegetofdiabolickpower

    activehin,beyondthesenseofbrute.

    thusheresolved,butfirstfrrief

    hisburstingpassionintoplaintsthuspoured.

    rejustly,seathierofgods,asbuilt

    ingwasold

    oearth,hooheaven,ifnotpreferred

    fod,afterbetter,worsewouldbuild

    terrestrialheaven,dancedroundbyotherheavens

    thatshibeartheirbrightoffips,

    lightabovelight,fortheealone,assee,

    intheens

    ofsacredinfluenceasgodinheaven

    ister,yetextendstoall;sothou,

    tring,receivestfrollthoseorbs:inthee,

    notintheelves,alltheirknoueappears

    productiveinherb,plant,andnoblerbirth

    ofcreaturesanitehgraduallife

    ofgrodupinn.

    hdelightuldihaveheeround,

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    243of374

    ifiuldjoyinaught,sinterge

    ofhill,andvalley,rivers,woods,andplains,

    nohforested,

    rocks,dens,andcavesbutiihese

    findplaoreisee

    pleasuresabout,sochreifeel

    tornte,asfrohehatefulsiege

    ofntraries:allgoodtobees

    bane,andinheavenchystate.

    butherhereseeki,nonorinheaven

    todasteringheavenssupre;

    norhopetobeselflessserable

    byakesuch

    asi,thoughtherebyeredound:

    foronlyiroyingifindease

    torelehoughts;and,hiestroyed,

    orayterloss,

    forallthisade,allthiswillsoon

    follolinkedinwealorwoe;

    inayrange:

    toshallbetheglorysoleang

    theinfealpoarred

    ightystyled,sixnightsanddays

    ntinuedking;andlong

    beforehadbeenntrivingthoughperhaps

    notlohansincei,inonenight,freed

    froervitudeingloriouswellnighhalf

    theangelia,andthinhethrong

    ofhisadorers:he,tobeavenged,

    paradiselost

    244of374

    andtorepairhishusiaired,

    hersuchvirtuespentofoldnowfailed

    reaocreate,iftheyatleast

    arehisore,

    deteroadvan

    aedofearth,andhindow,

    exaltedfroobaseinal,

    hheavenlyspoils,ourspoils:hedecreed,

    heeffebuilt

    gnifitthishhisseat,

    hiordpronounced;and,oindignity

    subjectedtohisservigelwings,

    andflangodtend

    theirearthlycharge:ofthesethevigilance

    idread;and,toelude,thusist

    ofdnightvaplideobscure,andpry