t, if any pass, the void profound
Of unessential Nig
ide gaping, and ter loss of being [ 440 ]
tens abortive gulf.
If to wever world,
Or unknown Region, w remains him less
then unknown dangers and as hard escape.
But I shrone, O Peers, [ 445 ]
And ty, adornd
it proposd
And judgd of public moment, in the shape
Of difficulty or danger could deterr
Mee from attempting. herefore do I assume [ 450 ]
ties, and not refuse to Reign,
Refusing to accept as great a share
Of hazard as of honour, due alike
to o him due
Of [ 455 ]
s? Go ty Powers,
terror of end at home,
best may ease
t misery, and render hell
More tollerable; if there be cure or charm [ 460 ]
to respite or deceive, or slack the pain
Of termit no ch
Against a wakeful Foe, while I abroad
ts of dark destruction seek
Deliverance for us all: terprize [ 465 ]
None sake hus saying rose
ted all reply,
Prudent, least from ion raisd
Ot offer now
(Certain to be refusd) they feard; [ 470 ]
And so refusd migand
e
earn. But they
Dreaded not more ture then his voice
Forbidding; and at once hey rose; [ 475 ]
t once he sound
Of te. towards hey bend
ith awful reverence prone; and as a God
Extoll o t in heavn:
Nor faild to express hey praisd, [ 480 ]
t for ty he despisd
s damnd
Loose all tue; least bad men s
tes,
Or clos ambition varnish zeal. [ 485 ]