t of scorn,
tears suc fort last [ 620 ]
ords inter thir way.
O Myriads of immortal Spirits, O Powers
Matc y, and t strife
as not inglorious, t was dire,
As testifies, and this dire change [ 625 ]
eful to utter: but w power of mind
Foreseeing or presaging, from th
Of kno or present, could have feard,
ed force of Gods, how such
As stood like these, could ever know repulse? [ 630 ]
For er loss,
t all t Legions, whose exile
ied o re-ascend
Self-raisd, and repossess tive seat?
For mee be ness all t of heavn, [ 635 ]
If counsels different, or danger shund
By me, our he who reigns
Monarcill then as one secure
Sat on e,
Consent or custome, and ate [ 640 ]
Put fort full, but still rength conceald,
empted our attempt, and our fall.
we know, and know our own
So as not eito provoke, or dread
Ne; our better part remains [ 645 ]
to work in close design, by fraud or guile
force effected not: t he no less
At length from us may find, who overcomes
By force, half his foe.
Space may produce new orlds; whereof so rife [ 650 ]
t a fame in he ere long
Intended to create, and t
A generation, whom his choice regard
So the Sons of heaven:
t to pry, shall be perhaps
Our first eruption, ther or elsewhere: [ 655 ]
For t shall never hold
C?lestial Spirits in Bondage, nor th Abyss
Long under darkness cover. But ts
Full Counsel must mature: Peace is despaird, [ 660 ]
For when, arr
Open or understood must be resolvd.