Before mine eyes in opposition sits
Grim Deats them on,
And me would full soon devour [ 805 ]
For of ot t he knows
I
Ster Morsel, and his bane,
se pronouncd.
But thee, shun [ 810 ]
her vainly hope
to be invulnerable in t Arms,
temperd mortal dint,
Save .
Stle Fiend his lore [ 815 ]
Soon learnd, noh.
Dear Daug me for thy Sire,
And my fair Son me, the dear pledge
Of dalliance hee in heavn, and joys
t, noo mention, through dire change [ 820 ]
Befalln us unforeseen, unt of, know
I come no enemie, but to set free
From out this dark and dismal house of pain,
Bot
Of Spirits t in our just pretenses armd [ 825 ]
Fell hem I go
th errand sole, and one for all
Myself expose, eps to tread
the void immense
to searc a place foretold [ 830 ]
Should be, and, by concurring signs, ere now
Created vast and round, a place of bliss
In t
A race of upstart Creatures, to supply
Per room, though more removd, [ 835 ]
Least ent multitude
Migo move ne
t now designd, I e
to knourn,
And bring ye to th [ 840 ]
S ease, and up and down unseen
ing silently the buxom Air, imbalmd
ithere ye shall be fed and filld
Immeasurably, all things shall be your prey.
h [ 845 ]
Grinnd ly smile, to hear
his mawe
Destind to t good hour: no less rejoycd
hus bespake her Sire.