【】ofttheyassayed,

hungerandthirstnstraining;druggedasoft,

hhatefullestdisrelishhedtheirjaws,

hsootanddersfilled;soofttheyfell

intothesaillusion,notasn

theytriuhedoncelapsed.thushey

plagued

andine,longandceaselesshiss,

tilltheirlostshape,pertted,theyresud;

yearlyenjoined,sosay,toundergo,

thisannualhuliainnuereddays,

paradiselost

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todashtheirpride,andjoy,fornseduced.

hoetraditiontheydispersed

ahen,oftheirpurchasegot,

andfabledhotheycalled

ophiohewide

encroageveperhaps,hadfirsttherule

ofhigholyus;thencebysatudriven

andops,ereyetdictaeanjovewasbo.

anhehellishpair

toosoonarrived;sin,thereinpowerbefore,

oual;noodwell

habitualhabitant;behindherdeath,

closefolloou

onhispalehorse:tosinthusbegan.

sendofsatansprung,allnquerih

pirenohougheaed

htraveldifficult,erfar

thanstillathellsdarkthresholdtohavesatch,

unnad,undreaded,andthyselfhalfstarved

thusthesinbonsteransweredsoon.

to,inepine,

alikeishell,orparadise,orheaven;

therebest,ostayet;

s

tostuffthishisvastunhideboundrps.

totheihusreplied.

thouthereforeontheseherbs,andfruits,andflowers,

feedfirst;oneachbeast,andfish,andfowl;

noholyrselsahing

paradiselost

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thesitheoftiwsdown,devourunspared;

tilli,innresiding,throughtherace,

histhoughts,hislooks,ions,alli;

andseasonhihylastaprey.

thissaid,theybothbetooktheeveralways,

bothtodestroy,oruniortalke

allkinds,andfordestruature

soonerorlater;ightyseeing,

froistransdehesaintsang,

tothhtordersutteredthushisvoice.

see,hheatthesedogsofhelladvance

toeandhavoderhi

soodcreated;andhadstill

keptinthatstate,hadnotthefollyofn

letinthesepute

follyto;sodoththeprinceofhell

andhisadherents,thatuchease

isuffertheoenterandpossess

apla

togratifysfulenees,

thatlaugh,asif,transportedefit

ofpassion,itotheadquittedall,

atrandoieldeduptotheirsrule;

andknothither,

hellhounds,tolickupthedraffandfilth

anspollutingsinhtainthathshed

ondandged,nighburst

hsuckedandgluttedoffal,atonesling

ofthyvi,wellpleasingson,

paradiselost

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bothsin,ah,andyalast,

throughouthofhell

forever,andsealuphisravenousjaws.

thenheavehreneadepure

tosanctity,thatshallreceivenostain:

tillthen,thecursepronounbothprecedes.

heended,andtheheavenlyaudienceloud