"The other shape, If shape it might be call'd that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb; Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either,--black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on. Satan was now at hand."

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"But all was false and hollow; though his tongue Dropp'd manna, and could make the worse appear The better reason, to perplex and dash Maturest counsels."

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"From morn To noon he fell, from noon to dewy eve,-- A summer's day; and with the setting sun Dropp'd from the Zenith like a falling star."

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"Execute their airy purposes."

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"Sonorous metal blowing martial sounds: At which the universal host up sent A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night."

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"That in our proper motion we ascend Up to our native seat: descent and fall To us is adverse."

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"Arm th' obdur'd breast With stubborn patience as with triple steel."

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"His form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appear'd Less than archangel ruin'd, and th' excess Of glory obscur'd."

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"And out of good still to find means of evil."

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"The low'ring element Scowls o'er the darken'd landscape."

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"When the scourge Inexorable and the torturing hour Call us to penance."

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"Our torments also may in length of time Become our elements."

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"What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men."

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"In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs."

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"His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills to be the mast Of some great ammiral were but a wand, He walk'd with to support uneasy steps Over the burning marle."

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"The strongest and the fiercest spirit That fought in heaven, now fiercer by despair."

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"Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation."

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"My sentence is for open war."

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"Of Man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe."

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"With grave Aspect he rose, and in his rising seem'd A pillar of state; deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care; And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin: sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders, fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies; his look Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air."

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"To be weak is miserable, Doing or suffering."

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"Here we may reign secure; and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven."

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"High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold, Satan exalted sat, by merit rais'd To that bad eminence."

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"When night Darkens the streets, then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine."

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"Their rising all at once was as the sound Of thunder heard remote."

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"Thrice he assay'd, and thrice in spite of scorn Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth."

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"Unrespited, unpitied, unrepriev'd."

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"The palpable obscure."

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"His red right hand."

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"Things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme."

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"Which, if not victory, is yet revenge."

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"For who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night?"

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"Long is the way And hard, that out of hell leads up to light."

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"Who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe."

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"Vain wisdom all and false philosophy."

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"As far as angels' ken."

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"Rather than be less, Car'd not to be at all."

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"Farewell happy fields, Where joy forever dwells: hail, horrors!"

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"Yet from those flames No light, but rather darkness visible."

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"Awake, arise, or be forever fallen!"

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"What though the field be lost? All is not lost; th' unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield."

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"Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational."

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"A mind not to be chang'd by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven."

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"Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven; for ev'n in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoy'd In vision beatific."

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"Let none admire That riches grow in hell: that soil may best Deserve the precious bane."

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"Anon they move In perfect phalanx, to the Dorian mood Of flutes and soft recorders."

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"Gorgons and Hydras and Chimæras dire."

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"Where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all."

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"Heard so oft In worst extremes, and on the perilous edge Of battle."

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"Surer to prosper than prosperity Could have assur'd us."

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