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PARADISE
LOST.

BOOK II.

High on a Throne of Royal State, which far Outſhon the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous Eaſt with richeſt hand Showrs on her Kings Barbaric Pearl & Gold, Satan exalted ſat, by merit rais’d To that bad eminence; and from deſpair Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aſpires Beyond thus high, inſatiate to purſue Vain Warr with Heav’n; and by ſucceſs untaught His proud imaginations thus diſplaid. 10 Powers and Dominions, Deities of Heav’n, For, ſince no deep within her gulf can hold Immortal vigour, though oppreſt and fall’n, I give not Heav’n for loſt. From this deſcent Celeſtial vertues riſing, will appear More glorious and more dread then from no fall, And truſt themſelves to fear no ſecond fate:

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