【】betthejustlingrocks,</p>

orhelarboardshunned</p>

charybdis,andbythothereered.</p>

sohehdifficultyandlabourhard</p>

vedon,hdifficultyandlabourhe;</p>

but,heoncepassed,soonafter,anfell,</p>

straerationsinahain,</p>

follorahhewillofheaven</p>

pavedafterhibroadaenway</p>

overthedarkabyss,whoseboilinggulf</p>

talyenduredabridgeofh,</p>

froellntinued,reagthutstorb</p>

ofthisfrailsperverse</p>

heasyinterursepasstoandfro</p>

totetorpunishrtals,except</p>

godandgoodangelsguardbyspee.</p>

butnolastthesacredinfluence</p>

oflightappears,andfrohewallsofheaven</p>

shootsfarintothebosofdiight</p>

aglieringdaurefirstbegins</p>

herfarthestverge,andchaostoretire,</p>

asfroeroutstworks,abrokenfoe,</p>

paradiselost</p>

66of374</p>

ultlessandhlesshostiledin;</p>

thatsataoil,andnohease,</p>

er,</p>

and,likeaherbeatenvessel,holds</p>

gladlytheport,thoughshroudsandtackleto;</p>

oriierblingair,</p>

obehold</p>

farofftheyrealheaveendedwide</p>

inuit,uernedsquareorround,</p>

hopaltoentsadoed</p>

oflivingsapphire,oncehisnativeseat;</p>

and,fastby,hanginginagolden,</p>

thispear</p>

ofsllestgnitudeoon.</p>

thither,fullfraughtischievousrevenge,</p>

aursed,andinacursedhour,hehies.</p>

paradiselost</p>

67of374</p>

bookiii</p>

hail,holylight,offspringofheavenfirstbo,</p>

oroftheetealetealbeabr></p>

yiexpresstheeunblasincegodislight,</p>

andinunapproachedlight</p>

deteity,dtheninthee</p>

brighteffluenreate.</p>

orhear”stthouratherpureetherealstrea</p>

ainellbeforethesun,</p>

beforetheheavensthou,andatthevoice</p>

ofgod,asantle,didsti</p>

therisingersdarkanddeep,</p>

thevoidandforessinfinite.</p>

theeirevisitnohb,</p>

escapdthestygianpool,thoughloaind</p>

inthatobscuresojou,yflight</p>

throughutterandthroughddledarknessboe,</p>

hotheotesthantotheorpheanlyre</p>

isungofchaosaealnight;</p>

taughtbytheheaveoventuredown</p>

thedarkdest,anduptoreasd,</p>

thoughhardandrare:theeirevisitsafe,</p>

ahysovranvitallbutthou</p>

revisitstnottheseeyes,thatrollinvain</p>

tofindthypiergray,andfindnodawn;</p>

sothickadropserehquenchdtheirorbs,</p>

ordiuffusionveild.yetnotthere</p>

paradiselost</p>

68of374</p>

ceaseitouseshaunt,</p>

clearspring,orshadygrove,orsunnyhill,</p>

sththeloveofsacredsong;butchief</p>

thee,sion,andthefloh,</p>

thathyhallo,andwarblingflow,</p>

nightlyivisit:norsotisfet</p>

soinrenown,</p>

thysovrannd,thatnshouldfindgrace;</p>

blindtharis,andblindeonides,</p>

andtiresias,andphineus,prophetsold:</p>

thehoughts,thatvoluntaryve</p>

harniousnuers;asthewakefulbird</p>

singsdarkling,andinshadiestverthid</p>