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andhreboundingsurgethebarsassailed,</p>

thatsedhisindignation:throughthegate,</p>

anpassed,</p>

andallaboutfounddesolate;forthose,</p>

appoiositthere,hadlefttheircharge,</p>

flootheupperherestwereall</p>

fartotheinlaired,aboutthewalls</p>

ofpandeniucityandproudseat</p>

oflucifer,sobyallusioncalled</p>

ofthatbrightstartosatanparagoned;</p>

therekepttheirchthelegions,hegrand</p>

inuncilsat,solie</p>

ghtintercepttheireeroursent;sohe</p>

departinggavend,andtheyobserved.</p>

ashisrussianfoe,</p>

byastra,overthesnowyplains,</p>

paradiselost</p>

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retires;orbathehos</p>

ofturkishcrest,leavesallebeyond</p>

therealfaladule,inhisretreat</p>

totaurisorcasbeen:sothese,thelate</p>

heavenbanishedhost,leftdesartutsthell</p>

nyadarkleague,reduh</p>

rouropolis;andnoing</p>

eathesearch</p>

nidstunrked,</p>

inshoilitant</p>

oflothedoor</p>

ofthatplutonianhall,invisible</p>

asdedhishighthroe</p>

ofrichesttexturespread,attheupperend</p>

re.downawhile</p>

hesat,androundabouthiawunseen:</p>

atlast,asfrocloud,hisfulgenthead</p>

andshapestarbrightappeared,hter;clad</p>

hissiveglorysincehisfall</p>

,orfalseglitter:allazed</p>

atthatsosuddenblazethestygianthrong</p>

benttheiraspedtheywishedbeheld,</p>

theirghtychiefretued:loud:</p>

forthrushedinhastethegreatnsultingpeers,</p>

raisedfroheirdarkdivan,andhlikejoy</p>

ngratulantapproachedhihhand</p>

silendhthesetention,won.</p>

thrones,donations,princedo,virtues,powers;</p>

forinpossessionsuotonlyht,</p>

paradiselost</p>

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icallye,anddeclareyenoued</p>

suessfulbeyondhope,toleadyeforth</p>

triuhantoutofthisinfealpit</p>

abonable,aursed,thehouseofwoe,</p>

anddungeonofourtyrant:nowpossess,</p>

aslords,aspaciousoouativeheaven</p>

littleinferiour,byadventurehard</p>

hperilgreatachieved.longotell</p>

ihavedone;suffered;hpain</p>

voyagedthunreal,vast,unboundeddeep</p>

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bysinahabroadwaynowispaved,</p>

toexpediteyloriousrch;buti</p>

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theuntractableabyss,pluheb</p>

ofuninalnightandchaoswild;</p>

that,jealousoftheirsecrets,fiercelyopposed</p>

joueystrange,orousuproar</p>

protestingfatesupre;thencehowifound</p>

theneeinheaven</p>

longhadforetold,afabriderful</p>

ofabsoluteperfean</p>

plaaparadise,byourexile</p>

dehappy:hiyfraudihaveseduced</p>

froisoretoencrease</p>

yourhanapple;he,thereat</p>

offended,hyhterhathgivenup</p>

bothhisbelovedn,andallhisworld,</p>

tosinahaprey,andsotous,</p>

paradiselost</p>

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