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andhreboundingsurgethebarsassailed,</p>
thatsedhisindignation:throughthegate,</p>
anpassed,</p>
andallaboutfounddesolate;forthose,</p>
appoiositthere,hadlefttheircharge,</p>
flootheupperherestwereall</p>
fartotheinlaired,aboutthewalls</p>
ofpandeniucityandproudseat</p>
oflucifer,sobyallusioncalled</p>
ofthatbrightstartosatanparagoned;</p>
therekepttheirchthelegions,hegrand</p>
inuncilsat,solie</p>
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departinggavend,andtheyobserved.</p>
ashisrussianfoe,</p>
byastra,overthesnowyplains,</p>
paradiselost</p>
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retires;orbathehos</p>
ofturkishcrest,leavesallebeyond</p>
therealfaladule,inhisretreat</p>
totaurisorcasbeen:sothese,thelate</p>
heavenbanishedhost,leftdesartutsthell</p>
nyadarkleague,reduh</p>
rouropolis;andnoing</p>
eathesearch</p>
nidstunrked,</p>
inshoilitant</p>
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ofthatplutonianhall,invisible</p>
asdedhishighthroe</p>
ofrichesttexturespread,attheupperend</p>
re.downawhile</p>
hesat,androundabouthiawunseen:</p>
atlast,asfrocloud,hisfulgenthead</p>
andshapestarbrightappeared,hter;clad</p>
hissiveglorysincehisfall</p>
,orfalseglitter:allazed</p>
atthatsosuddenblazethestygianthrong</p>
benttheiraspedtheywishedbeheld,</p>
theirghtychiefretued:loud:</p>
forthrushedinhastethegreatnsultingpeers,</p>
raisedfroheirdarkdivan,andhlikejoy</p>
ngratulantapproachedhihhand</p>
silendhthesetention,won.</p>
thrones,donations,princedo,virtues,powers;</p>
forinpossessionsuotonlyht,</p>
paradiselost</p>
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icallye,anddeclareyenoued</p>
suessfulbeyondhope,toleadyeforth</p>
triuhantoutofthisinfealpit</p>
abonable,aursed,thehouseofwoe,</p>
anddungeonofourtyrant:nowpossess,</p>
aslords,aspaciousoouativeheaven</p>
littleinferiour,byadventurehard</p>
hperilgreatachieved.longotell</p>
ihavedone;suffered;hpain</p>
voyagedthunreal,vast,unboundeddeep</p>
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bysinahabroadwaynowispaved,</p>
toexpediteyloriousrch;buti</p>
toiledoutunuthpassage,forcedtoride</p>
theuntractableabyss,pluheb</p>
ofuninalnightandchaoswild;</p>
that,jealousoftheirsecrets,fiercelyopposed</p>
joueystrange,orousuproar</p>
protestingfatesupre;thencehowifound</p>
theneeinheaven</p>
longhadforetold,afabriderful</p>
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plaaparadise,byourexile</p>
dehappy:hiyfraudihaveseduced</p>
froisoretoencrease</p>
yourhanapple;he,thereat</p>
offended,hyhterhathgivenup</p>
bothhisbelovedn,andallhisworld,</p>
tosinahaprey,andsotous,</p>
paradiselost</p>
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