ransackedthetre,andpioushands</p>

rifledthebootherearth</p>

fortreasuresbetterhid.soonhadhiscrew</p>

opeothehillaspaciouswound,</p>

anddiggedoutribsofgold.letnoneadre</p>

thatrichesgroaybest</p>

deservethepreciousbane.andhereletthose</p>

ortalthings,andell</p>

paradiselost</p>

26of374</p>

ofbabel,andthephiankings,</p>

leahoonuntsoffa</p>

andstrength,andart,areeasilyoutdone</p>

byspiritsreprobate,andinanhour</p>

inahey,hincessanttoil</p>

andhandsinnurable,s.</p>

nighontheplain,innycellsprepared,</p>

thatuhhadveinsofliquidfire</p>

sluiultitude</p>

hassyore,</p>

severingead,andscuedthebulliondross.</p>

athirdassoonhadfordhintheground</p>

avariousuld,andfroheboilingcells</p>

bystrangenveyancefilledeachhollownook;</p>

asinanan,froneblastofwind,</p>

tonyarohesoundboardbreathes.</p>

anonoutoftheearthafabrichuge</p>

roselikeanexhalation,hthesound</p>

ofdulcetsyhoniesandvoicess</p>

builtlikeatele,ersround</p>

,anddoricpillarsoverlaid</p>

hgoldenarchitrave;nordidthere</p>

iceorfrieze,hbossysculpturesgraven;</p>

therooftedgold.notbabylon</p>

nreatalagnifice</p>

equalledinalltheirglories,toenshrine</p>

belusorserapistheirgods,orseat</p>

theirkings,hassyriastrove</p>

inhandluxury.thasdingpile</p>

paradiselost</p>

27of374</p>

stoodfixedherstatelyheight,andstraightthedoors,</p>

openingtheirbrazenfolds,disver,wide</p>

plespaooth</p>

andlevelpavent:frohearchedroof,</p>

pebysubtlegiyarow</p>

ofstarrylasandblazis,fed</p>

hnapthaandasphaltus,yieldedlight</p>

asfrosky.thehastyltitude</p>

adriered;andtheepraise,</p>

andsotheart.hishandwasknown</p>

inheavenbynyatoructurehigh,</p>

redangelsheldtheirresidence,</p>

andsatasprihesupreking</p>

exaltedtosuchpoorule,</p>

eahishierarchy,theordersbright.</p>

noreunheardorunadored</p>

inagreedinausonianland</p>

ncalledhiulciber;andhowhefell</p>

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asuersday,andhthesettingsun</p>

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ohaegaeahustheyrelate,</p>

erring;forhehthisrebelliousrout</p>

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byallhisengines,but,</p>

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paradiselost</p>

28of374</p>

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ofsatanandhispeers.theirsuonscalled</p>

froverybandandsquaredregint</p>

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