【】:andnoo

suchasinhighestheavenarrayedingold

eyreal;froeforehervanishednight,

shhs;heplain

veredbattledsquadrht,

ingar,aeeds,

refleethisview:

eived,;andfound

alreadyknohefoehought

tohavereported:gladlythenhexed

angthosefriendlyporeceived

ationsloud,thatone,

thatofsonyriadsfalleone

retuednotlost.ontothesacredhill

paradiselost

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theyledhiighapplauded,a

beforetheseatsupre;froavoice,

froidstagoldenildwasheard.

servantofgod.houfought

thebetterfight,aintained

agaiedltitudesthecause

oftruth,inightierthantheyinar;

andforthetestinyoftruthhastboe

universalreproach,farobear

thanviolence;forthishycare

tostandapprovedinsightofgod,thoughworlds

judgedtheeperverse:theeasiernow

reinsthee,aidedbythishostoffriends,

balorioustoretu,

thahoudidstdepart;andtosubdue

byforce,heirlawrefuse,

rightreasonfortheirlaheirking

ssiah,eritreigns.

go,iesprince,

andthou,inlitarypro,

gabriel,leadforthtobattlethesesons

invinyardsaints,

bythousandsandbylliedfht,

equalihatgodlesscrew

rebellious:the

fearlessassault;and,tothebrowofheaven

pursuing,drivetheutfroodandbliss,

intotheirplaent,thegulf

oftartarus,hreadyopenswide

paradiselost

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hisfieryeivetheirfall.

sospakethesovranvoidcloudsbegan

todarkenallthehill,aoroll

induskyes,thesign

ofhahlessdreadtheloud

etherealtruetfronhighganblow:

atndthepoilitant,

thatstoodforheaven,inghtyquadratejoined

ofunioible,vedon

iheirbrightlegions,tothesound

ofinstruntalharny,thatbreathed

heroickardourtoadventurousdeeds

uheirgodlikeleaders,inthecause

ofgodandhisssiah.ontheyve

indissolublyfirnorobvioushill,

norstraiteningvale,nor,divides

theirperfeks;fhabovetheground

theirrchhepassiveairupbore

theiiletread;ashetotalkind

ofbirds,inorderlyarrayonwing,

casuonedoveredentoreceive

theiasofthee;soovernyatract

ofheaventheyrched,andnyaprovincewide,

tenfoldthelengthofthisterrelast,

farinthehorizontothenorthappeared

frokirttoskirtafieryregion,stretched

inbattailousaspednearerview

bristledsinnurable

idspears,ahronged,andshields

paradiselost

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various,entportrayed,

thebandedpoanhastingon

hfuriousexpedition;fortheyweened

thatselfsaday,byfightorbysurprise,

toountofgod,andonhisthrone